REFERENCE.

1. A leaf magnified.
2. The under side of a leaf magnified.
3. The empalement magnified.
4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA Banksia.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis, plerumque terni, cernui. Pedunculi brevissimi. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; late ovatum, rigidum, carinatum, acuminatum. Corolla cylindrica, viride-lutea; oris laciniis revolutis. Folia terna, subulata, trigona, acuminata. Caulis decumbens, rigidus, scaber, sub-spithamæus, ramosissimus.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers grow at the ends of the small branches, mostly by threes, nodding. Footstalks short. Cup double; the outer one three-leaved, the inner one four-leaved; broadly egg-shaped, harsh, keeled, and sharp-pointed. Blossom cylindrical, of a greenish yellow. Segments of the border rolled back. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, three-sided, and sharp-pointed. Stem drooping, harsh, rough, scarce a span high, and very much branched.