ERICA Petiveriana. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, exertse, longissimae. Flores, bini 
vel terni, terminant ramulos in medio ramorum. Pe¬ 
dunculi brevissimi. Bracteae calyciformes. Corolla cla¬ 
vata, curvata, lutea, ad basin grossa quadrifida. Oris 
laciniae incurvae, adpressae. Folia terna, linearia, ob- 
tusa. Caulis strictissimus, ramulis brevibus frequen- 
tissimis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. 
Flowers terminate the small branches about the middle 
of the large ones, by twos and threes. Foot-stalks very 
short. The floral leaves seem to form part of the cup. 
Blossom club-shaped, curved, yellow, swelled and 
quadrifid at the base. The segments of the mouth are 
bent inwards, and pressed to the filaments. Leaves by 
threes, linear, and blunt. Stem very upright, with 
numerous short branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. A blossom divested of its empalement. 
3. The chives spread, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
