ERICA Patersonia, maor. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis quater- 
nis: floribus luteis, cylindricis, magnis: ramis 
pyramidatis: ramulis numerosis, confertis: caule 
erecto. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus, ad 
basin ramosus, dein spicam simplicissimam pyra- 
midatam formans, ramulis brevibus vestitam. 
Foria quaterna, linearia, incurvata, glabra, 
subtus leviter sulcata: petiolis brevissimis, ad- 
pressis. 
FLores numerosi, prominentes super ramulos 
brevissimos cauli adpressos. 
Catyx. Perianthium duplex: exterius tri- 
phyllum: foliolis ovatis, acuminatis: interiori- 
bus tetraphyllis, et longioribus. 
Corotta cylindrica, pollicaris, glabra, lutea: 
limbo quadrifido, reflexo, 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria recepta- 
culo inserta : anthera aristate, incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen coroneforme. Stylus 
filiformis, curvatus, exertus, Stigma tetrago- 
num. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Maio in Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente 
aucta. 
A, Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto, 
5. Germen lente auctum, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with bearded tips, within the blossom: 
leaves grow by fours: flowers yellow, of a 
cylinder shape, and large: the large branches 
are of a pyramidal form: the small branches 
are numerous, and crowded together: stem up- 
right. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, a foot and a half high, up- 
right, branching at the base, then forming a 
simple pyramidal spike covered by short branches. 
Leaves by fours, linear, turned i nward, smooth, 
and lightly furrowed beneath: footstalks very 
short, and pressed to the stem. 
FLowers numerous, standing out upon very 
short branches that are close to the stem. 
EmpaLement. Cup double: the outer one 
three-leaved : the leaflets are ovate, and pointed: 
the inner ones four-leaved and longer. 
Biossom cylindrical, an inch long, smooth, 
and yellow: with a four-lobed reflexed border. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads inserted into 
the receptacle: tips bearded, and within the 
blossom. 
Pornvat. Seed-bud crown-shaped. Shaft 
thread-shaped, curved, and without the blossom. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from May till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, 
2. A Blossom. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magni- 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
