ERICA lutea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclulis; corollis ovato- 
acuminatis, luteis; foliis oppofitis, triquetris, ad- 
preflis. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within thebloffoms; 
which are of a pointed oval fhape, and yellow, 
the leaves grow oppolite in pairs, are three-fided, 
and preffed to the Rem. ■ 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caul is laxus, filiformis, gracilis, ad bafin ra- 
mofus; ramuli conferti. 
Stem flexible, thread-fhaped, and Render, 
branching to the bottom; the branches crowded 
together. 
Folia oppofita, linearia, adpreffa, triquetra, 
fupra concava, fubtus carinata, fulcata, nitida; 
petiolis breviflimis, adpreflis. 
The Leaves grow oppolite in pairs, are linear, 
prefled to the Rem, three-fided, concave on the 
upper, and keel-lhaped on the under furface, 
furrowed, and finning; having very fhort leaf- 
ftems preffed to the branches. 
Flores plures, conglomerati, fubterminales; 
pedunculi capillares, lutei; bradteis binis. 
Flowers are numerous, clofe together, and 
nearly terminating the branches; the foot-fialks are 
hair-like, and yellow, having two floral leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetrapliyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, acuminatis, luteis, glabris. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets oval? 
pointed, yellow, and fmooth. 
Corolla lute'a, ovato-acuminata, ore arcdata; 
limbo quadrilobo, fubrefiexo. 
The Blossom yellow, of a pointed oval fhape, 
compreffed at the mouth; having a flightly re- 
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flexed, four-lobed border. 
Stamina. Filamenta 06I0 capillaria, corolla 
dimidio breviora, apice recurvata, receptaculo 
inferta. Antherae muticae, inclufae, parvae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, half the 
length of the bloffom, bent back at the point, 
and fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardlefs, 
within the bloffom, and fmall. 
Pistillum. Germen cylindricum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, purpureus, filamentis duplo 
longior. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-veffel cylindrical, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-fhaped, purple, and twice 
as long as the chives. Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Plope. 
Floret a Septembre, in Maium. 
Flowers from September, till May. 
REFERENTI A. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. Calyx, lente au6tus. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3 . Stamina, et Pifiillum. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4 . Stamina a Piftillo didu6ta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5 . Stylus, et Stigma lente au6ta. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified. 
