ERICA exsurgens, minor. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae,, sub-exertae. Flores in medio ra¬ 
morum verticillati, recti,, verticilli alter alteri exsur¬ 
gentes. Corolla clavato-cylindrica, saturate aurantia, 
semi-uncialis. Folia sena, linearia^ glabra, apice mu¬ 
cronata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami erecti, sim¬ 
plices. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers 
grow in whorls near the middle of the branches, straight 
out j the whorls rise out of each other in succession. 
Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, of a deep orange- 
colour, half an inch long. Leaves by sixes, linear, 
smooth, and sharp at the point. Stem shrubby, a foot 
high. The branches are upright and simple. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and blossom. 
2. Flower of a yellow variety. 
3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
.5. The seed-bud magnified. 
