1. The empalement.
2. A blossom.
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA serpyllifolia.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ: stylo exserto: stigmate magno. Flores terni vel seni, ramos terminantes. Corolla parva, campanulata, pallide carnosa. Folia terna, cordata, patentia, supra subplana, setis minutis instructa, subtus glauca; marginibus revolutis. Caulis subpedalis, tenuis. Rami et ramuli filiformes, numerosi, flexuosi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom; shaft without; summit large. Flowers grow by threes or sixes, terminating the branches. Blossom small, bell-shaped, and of a pale flesh-colour. Leaves by threes, heartshaped and spreading, nearly flat on their upper surface, and furnished with minute setæ or bristles beneath, glaucous, with the edges rolled back. Stem nearly a foot high, and slender. The large and smaller branches thread-shaped, numerous, and slender.