1. A leaf shown from the under side, magnified.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA Plukenetia.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores sub-solitarii, pendentes a ramulis, in medio ramorum spicam laxam formantes. Pedunculi longi, colorati: bracteis tribus infra minutis. Corolla conica, purpurea: laciniis exiguis, erectis, luteo-virentibus. Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, acuta, glabra, fasciculata. Caulis erectus, bipedalis, fruticosus. Rami sub-simplices, ramulis brevissimis, confertis, tecti.

DESCRIPTION.