( 1815 ) 



Erica flava (3) imbricata. Imbricated 

 Yellow Heath. 



C/ass ««d Order. 



0CTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens : limbo 4-fido. Antherce 

 ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexae. Ctf^. 

 4 — 8-locularis, 4 — 8-valvis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Sect. 5. Breviflorag. Div. B. Corollce tubus urceolaris. 

 Flores axillares. Bractece calyci proximae. 



Erica flava ; pedunculis prope apicem aggregatis flore 

 longioribus, corollis subtetragonis. 



(«) ternata ; foliis tcrnis patentibus distinctis. 



Erica flava ; foliis senis. liort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 392. 



Erica flava ; antheris muticis subinclusis, marginibus fo- 

 liorum ternatoruin asperiusculis, corolla ovata costata 

 subquadrilineari. Andrews's Heaths, v. 2. 



(P) imbricata ; foliis senis imbricatis ramo adpressis. 



Descr. A shrub two feet high, with long, simple, some 

 what crooked branches. Leaves subulate, six in a whorl, 

 imbricate, more crowded together upwards, and closely ad- 

 pressed to the stem, giving a truncated appearance to the 

 tips of the branches. Flowers axillary, aggregated towards 

 the extremities of the branches. Peduncles longer than the 

 flower, nodding. Bractes subulate : two near to the calyx 

 and one remote. Calycine leaflets subulate, nearly the 

 length of the corolla, a little spreading. Tube of the Corolla 

 oblong-ovate, but slightly bellied, four lines long, four-ribbed, 



spreading 



