ERICA serratifolia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica,, antheris muticis sub-exsertis, corollis 
sub-cylindricis, luteo-aurantiis, sub-pollicaribus ; 
foliis quaternis, rigidis, acutis, serratis. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips just out of the bios* 
soms, which are nearly cylindrical, of an orange 
yellow, almost an inch long; the leaves grow by 
fours, are harsh, sharp, and sawed at the edges. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis erectus, rigidus, pedalis, ramosus; ra- 
muli frequentissimi, breves. 
Folia quaterna, rigida, serrata, acuta, nitida, 
trigona, patentia, apice incurvata; petiolis bre- 
vissimis, adpressis. 
Flores terminales, in apicibus ramulorum 
biiii vel terni, sub-cernui; pedunculi breves, 
bracteis tribus instructi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lanceolatis, serratis, reflexis. 
Corolla sub-pollicaria, sub-cylindrica, luteo- 
aurantia, apice paulo contracta; oris laciniis re¬ 
flexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheraj 
sub-exsertie, muticce. 
Pistillum. Germen cylindricum. Stylus fili- 
formis, exsertus. Stigma teiragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem. 
RE FERE NT 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. 
DESCRIPTION* 
Stem upright, harsh, grows a foot high, and 
much branched; the smaller branches are nu¬ 
merous, and short. 
Leaves grow by fours, are harsh, sawed, 
sharp, shining, three-sided, and spreading, the 
point bent inwards; with very short floral leaves 
pressed to the stem. 
Flowers are terminal, two or three together 
at the end of the smaller branches, bending- a 
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little downward; the footstalks are short, having- 
three floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets 
are spear-shaped, sawed, and bent outward. 
Blossom near an inch long, almost cylindri¬ 
cal, orange yellow, a little contracted at the 
top; the segments of the mouth are bent back. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips nearly 
without the blossom, and beardless. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel cylindrical. Shaft 
thread-shaped, and without the blossom, Sum¬ 
mit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from August till December, 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom, 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
