1. A leaf.
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. Flowers of a pale pink, and white variety.

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ERICA refulgens.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ: stylo exserto. Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque quaterni, cernui. Corolla cylindracea, lucida, ima parte læte rubra, apice viridi. Folia quaterna, linearia, longa, patenti-adscendentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. Ramuli numerosi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without. Flowers terminate the small branches, mostly by fours, nodding. Blossom cylindrical and shining, the lower part of a bright red colour, the mouth green. Leaves by fours, linear, long, and between spreading and ascending. Stem erect, a foot and a half high. Branches numerous.