ERICA Leea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, sub-inclusse. Flores supra medium 
ramorum, verticillati. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus, 
ad basin calycis, instructi. Corolla quadrata, costata, 
luteo-aurantia. Folia terna vel sena, rigida, obtusa, sub¬ 
tus sulcata, linearia, crassa. Caulis erectus, scaber, qua- 
tuor- vel quinque-pedalis. Rami laxi, simplices, longi. 
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DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers 
grow just above the middle of the branches, in whorls. 
The footstalks are short, with three floral leaves close to 
the cup. Blossom four-sided, ribbed, and of a yellowish 
orange colour. Leaves from three to six, harsh and 
blunt, furrowed beneath, linear and thick. Stem up¬ 
right, rough, four or five feet high. Branches are loose, 
simple, and long. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till January. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified, 
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
$. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
