ERICA Petiveriana, aurantia. 
DESCRIPTIO, 
Anthers muticae, exertae, longissimae. Flores sub» 
terni, ramulos terminantes, incurvati, penduli. Pedun¬ 
culi brevissimi. Corolla clavata, aurantia j laciniis limbi 
ovatis, erectis, inflatis, incurvatis. Folia terna, li¬ 
nearia, obtusa, patentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. 
Rami tecti ramulis, terni. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. 
Flowers mostly by threes, terminating the small 
branches, turned inwards, and hanging down. Foot¬ 
stalks very short. Blossom club-shaped and orange- 
coloured. Segments of the border are egg-shaped, up¬ 
right, swelled out, and incurved. Leaves by threes, 
linear, blunt, and spreading. Stem upright, a foot and 
a half high. Branches covered by smaller branches, and 
growing by threes. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
