1. The empalement.
2. The chives and pointal spread.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA hirta; Var. viridiflora.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, patente-cernui. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla cylindracea, pollicaris, viridis: limbi laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, recta, obtusa, hirta, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, villosus. Ramuli terni, verticillati.

DESCRIPTION.