1. Empalement.
2. A chive, tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.

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ERICA metulæflora discolor.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ ad basin bicornes, inclusæ. Flores in umbellis terminalibus. Corolla tubulosa, oblonga, ad basin rosea; oris laciniis cordatis, acutis, albis. Folia quaterna, linearia. Caulis pedalis, fruticosus; ramis et ramulis numerosis.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. Flowers grow in terminal umbels. Blossom tubular, oblong, rose-coloured at the base: segments of the border heart-shaped, pointed, and white. Leaves by fours, linear. Stem a foot high and shrubby, with numerous large and small branches.