1. The empalement.
2. A blossom.
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
6. A branch with the involucrum of the flowers.

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ERICA Patersonia.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, axillares et in medio caulis, e foliis recte emergentes; pedunculis fere nullis. Perianthium duplex. Corolla cylindrica, sub-pollicaris, glabra, lutea, ore arctata; limbo reflexo. Folia quaterna, linearia, incurvata, acuta, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus; basi ramosus, dein simplicissime pyramidatus, ramulis brevissimis vestitus.

DESCRIPTION.