ERICA serratifolia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® muticae^ sub-exsertae. Flores terminales^ in 
apicibus ramulorum bini vel terni, pollicares, sub-cylin- 
drici, luteo aurantii. Folia quaterna, rigida, acuta, ser¬ 
rata. Caulis erectus, rigidus, pedalis, ramosus. Ramuli 
frequentissimi, breves. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just out of the blo'ssom. Flowers 
terminal, two or three together at the end of the smaller 
branches, an inch long, almost cylindrical, and of an 
orange yellow. Leaves by fours, harsh, sharp, and 
sawed at the edges. Stem upright, harsh, a foot high and 
much branched. The smaller branches are numerous and 
short. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives detached from the pointal, summit magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified . 
