ERICA Sebana aurantia . 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exfertis, longiflimis;’ 
coi'olla clavata, incurvata, aurantia ; laciniis ob- 
tufis, ^ncurvis ; fioribus ternis, terminalibus; 
calyx duplex, imbricatus ; foliis ternis, arcuatis, 
reflexis; rauii toti tefti ramulis breviffimis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis robuftus, eredtus, pedalis; rami pauci, 
tedli ramulis confertis, breviffimis. 
Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, fub- 
trigona, reflexa, apice acuta, breviffime peti- 
olata. 
Flores temi in apice ramulorum dependenti; 
pedunculi breviffimi, nudi. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, exterius tri- 
phyllum, foliolis, lato-ovatis, membranaceis, ad- 
preffis, imbricatis ; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis 
majoribus. 
Corolla clavata, incurvata, aurea, calyce 
duplo longior; laciniis limbi obtulis, incurvis. 
Stamina. Filamenta o6to linearia, plana. 
Anthers muticae, exfertae, longilfimae, lineares, 
attenuata in filamenta. 
Pistillum. Germen ovale, apice truncatum, 
fulcatum. Stylus filiformis, fiaminibus paulo 
longior. Stigma obfolete tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menfe Julii, in Novembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
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1. Calyx audtus. 
2. Flos. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Pifiillo didudta. 
5. Anthera una, lente audta. 
6 . Stigma, audtum. 
7- Germen, au&um. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips,without the bloffom, 
and very long ; bloffom club-fhaped, turned in¬ 
wards and orange coloured ; fegments blunt, 
turned inwards; flowers grow by threes at the 
ends of the branches ; cup double, tiled ; leaves 
grow by threes, are curved, and reflexed ; the 
branches are quite covered with little branches. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fiurdy, upright, grows a foot high; 
branches few, covered by little branches which 
are crowded together. 
Leave sgrowby threes, linear, arched, crowded, 
nearly three-fided, reflexed, lharp-pointed, very 
fmall foot-fialks. 
Flowers grow by threes at the end of the 
fmall branches, hanging down; very fhort, 
naked, foot-ftalks. 
Empalement. Cup double, the outer three¬ 
leaved, leaflets broad egg-fhaped and fkinny, 
preffed to the Item, tiled; the inner four-leaved, 
with larger leaflets. 
Blossom club-fhaped, turned inwards, orange 
colour, and twice the length of the cup; the 
fegments of the mouth blunt and turned inwards. 
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads ; tips beard¬ 
lefs, without the bloffom, very long, linear, and 
tapered into the threads. 
Pointal. Seed-bud oval, appearing cutoff 
at the end and furrowed. Shaft thread-fhaped, 
a little longer than the chives. Summit flightly 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July, till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, magnified. 
2. A Flower. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 
5. A Tip, magnified. - ' 
6. The Summit, magnified. 
7. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
