1. An umbel of flowers.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified.

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ERICA mutabilis.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ sub-exertæ, basi bicornes. Flores terminales, in umbellis irregularibus, plerumque horizontaliter siti. Pedunculi longissimi, capillares, colorati, glandulis tecti. Calyx lanceolatus, coloratus, glandulosus, adpressus. Corolla tubulosa, costata, leviter pilosa, imprimis saturate purpurea, denique pallidior. Folia terna, quaterna, ad basin plantæ quina, supra convexa, subtus sulcata, margine pilis longis obsita. Caulis fruticosus. Rami numerosi, erecto-patentes.

DESCRIPTION.