ERICA tetragona. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores in axillis foliorum, 
plerumque terni, erecti, conferti, cum odore cucumis. 
Corolla urceolata, lutea, tetragona, concava, ore arctata 5 
laciniis aequalibus, acuminatis, patentibus, et reflexis. 
Folia terna, trigona, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, 
virgatus, sub-pedalis, ramosus, gracilis. Rami filiformes 
et patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow 
from the axillae of the leaves, mostly by threes, upright, 
crowded together, and smell like a cucumber. Blossom 
pitcher-shaped, yellow, four-sided, and concave, nar¬ 
rowed towards the mouth, the segments of which are 
equal, sharp-pointed, spreading, and reflexed. Leaves 
by threes, three-sided, linear and smooth. Stem shrub¬ 
by, twiggy, and nearly a foot high, branching and slen¬ 
der. The branches are thread-shaped and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. An umbel of flowers. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. A blossom magnified. 
4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
