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2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA viscaria.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis campanulatis, viscosis; floribus axillaribus, spicatis; calycibus foliaceis, duplicatis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus; rami et ramuli simplices, longi, laxi, superne viscosi.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, acuta, glabra, juniora in apicibus ramulis viscosa; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES spicati in medio ramulorum, patentes, axillares; pedunculi brevissimi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex; foliolis rudibus, viscosis, adpressis, marginibus glandulosis.

COROLLA campanulata, valde mucosa, purpurascens, semiquadrifida; laciniis reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo linearia. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum. Stylus inclusus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Aprili, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

6. Stamen unum, auctum.

7. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossoms, which are bell-shaped, and clammy; the flowers grow from the foot-stalks of the leaves close to the branches forming close spikes; the cups are like the leaves of the plant, and are double; the leaves grow by fours, are linear and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.