REFERENCE.

1. The empalement magnified.
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified.
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA penicillata.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores solitarii, penduli, medio ramorum spicati. Pedunculi colorati, longi. Corolla conica, purpurea; laciniis minutis, erectis, luteo-virentibus. Folia terna, linearia, fasciculata, glabra, patentia. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, sub-bipedalis. Rami sub-simplices; ramuli conferti.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers grow solitary, hanging down, making a spike from the middle of the branches. Footstalks coloured, and long. Blossom conical, and purple. Segments small, upright, and of a greenish yellow. Leaves by threes, linear, bundled, smooth, and spreading. Stem upright, shrubby, near two feet high. Branches nearly simple; smaller branches crowded.