ERICA vestita, lutea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis seta- 
ceis, longis, confertis: floribus verticillatis, lu- 
teis: caule erecto. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis bipedalis, erectus: ramis simplicibus, 
adscendentibus. 
Fora sena, septena, vel octona, erecta, ag- 
. gregata, setacea: petiolis longissimis, 
Fronts in’ verticillis aggregatis, sub apicibus 
ramulorum: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus 
instructis. 
Catyx tetraphyllus: foliolis lanceolatis, ad- 
pressis. 
Coroxta cylindrica, uncialis, lutea, leviter 
costata: oris laciniis subrotundis, equalibus, pa- 
tentibus. 
Stamina, Filamenta octo capillaria, An- 
there mutice, incluse. 
Pistinuum. Germen tiareforme, villosum, 
basi poris melliferis instructum, Stylus filifor- 
mis, sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragonum, 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto, 
4. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Hearn, with beardless tips, within the blos- 
som: leaves bristle-shaped, long, and crowded : 
flowers grow in whorls, of a yellow colour :. 
stem upright. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem two feet high, upright, with simple 
ascending branches. 
Leaves in sixes, sevens, or eights, erect, 
crowded, and bristle-shaped: footstalks very 
long. 
Fiowers grow in crowded whorls near the 
ends of the branches: footstalks short, and fur- 
nished with three floral leaves. 
Empatement four-leaved: leaflets lance- 
shaped, and pressed to the cup. 
Buossom cylindrical, an inch long, yellow, 
and slightly ribbed: segments of the border 
nearly round, equal, and spreading, 
Curves. Hight hair-like threads: tips beard- 
less, and within the blossom. 
Porntat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, _villose, 
and furnished with honey-cups at the base, 
Shaft thread-shaped, and just within the blos- 
som. Summit four-cornered, 
Native of the Cape of Good. Hope. 
Flowers from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 
by Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified, 
