ERICA Leea. 
CHARACTER SPECIEICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis ; corollis cos- 
tatis, quadratis, sub-pollicaribus, luteo-aurantiis; 
quatuor quinqueve pedalis; foliis senis, maximis, 
rigidis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis laxus, erectus, scaber, quatuor vel quin- 
que pedalis ; rami laxi, simplices, longi. 
Folia sena, rigida, obtusa, subtus sulcata, li- 
nearia, crassa, petiolis adpressis. 
Flores in ramulis mediis verticillati, spicam for- 
mantes, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus ad 
basin calycis instructs. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
subulatis, concavis, longitudine pedunculi. 
Corolla sub-pollicaris, quadrata, costata, lu- 
teo-aurantia, laciniis dentatis, reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, recepta- 
culo inserta ; anthers mutics, subincluss. 
Pistillum. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum j 
stylus filiformis, exsertus; stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse SpeL 
Floret a mense Augusti in Januarium. 
REFERENT I A. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente 
aucta. 
.5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossoms, 
which are ribbed, four-sided, not quite an inch long, 
and of a yellowish-orange colour ; grows four or 
five feet high ; the leaves grow by sixes, are large, 
and stiff. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem supple, upright and rough, four or five 
feet high; the branches are loose, simple and long. 
Leaves grow by sixes, are harsh, blunt, fur¬ 
rowed underneath, linear, and thick, having the 
foot-stalks pressed to the stem. 
Flowers grow in whorls, about the middle of 
the smaller branches, forming a spike, with short 
foot-stalks, with three floral leaves close to the cup. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are awl- 
shaped, concave, and the length of the foot-stalk. 
Blossom near an inch long, four-sided, ribbed, 
of a yellowish-orange colour; the segments of the 
mouth are notched, and bent backward. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the 
receptacle; the tips beardless, and just within the 
blossom. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel cylindrical, and furrowed ; 
shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom; 
summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from August till January. 
REFERENCE. 
2. The Empalement and Blossom. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
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4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
