ERICA spicata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers aristatse, inclusae. Flores plures, sub-termi- 
naleSj arete stipati in spicam duram^ ima parte luteoli^ 
summa virescentes, teretiusculi, basi attenuati 3 ore ob¬ 
tuso, quadrifido, aequali, connivente. Perianthium per¬ 
sistens. Folia subsena, mucronata, patentia. Caulis fru¬ 
ticosus, pedalis, erectus 3 ramis pluribus adseenden- 
tibus. , 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers nume¬ 
rous, nearly at the ends of the branches, in hard close 
set spikes, the lower part light yellow, and the extre¬ 
mity of a light geeen 3 somewhat cylindrical, with a 
tapered base 3 the mouth blunt, and divided into a four- 
cleft equal border 3 the segments tend to each other. 
Cup permanent. Leaves mostly by sixes, sharp-pointed, 
and spreading. Stem shrubby, a foot high, upright, 
with numerous ascending branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from November till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and blossom. 
2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
3. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Tlie seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
