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4. The Chives detached from the pointal.

5. A Tip, magnified.

6. The Pointal of the natural size, the Summit larger.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA Sebana, viridis.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exertis, longissimis; corolla conica, sub-viridis, laciniis obtusis, rectis; floribus ternis, terminalibus, dependentibus; calyx duplex, imbricatus; foliis ternis, reflexis, confertis, arcuatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS robustus, erectus, pedalis; rami tecti ramulis brevissimis, confertis.

FOLIA terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub-trigona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata.

FLORES terni, in apice ramulorum brevissimorum cernui.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, membranaceis, adpressis, imbricatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.

COROLLA conica, calyce duplo longior, pallide-viridis; laciniis limbi obtusis, rectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, linearia, plana; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ, sub-rubræ.

PISTILLUM. Germen conicum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret in mense Aprilis.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamen unum auctum.

6. Pistillum lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; blossom conical and greenish, having the segments of the mouth blunt, and straight; the flowers grow by threes, at the end of the branches, hanging down; cup double and tiled; the leaves grow by threes, are bent backward, crowded together, and arched.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM sturdy, upright, and a foot high; the branches are covered with very short lesser branches, crowded together.