ERICA Banksia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticse, exertae, longissimae. Flores in ul¬ 
timis ramulis, plerumque terni, cernui. Pedunculi bre¬ 
vissimi. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, in¬ 
terius tetraphyllum j late ovatum, rigidum, carinatum, 
acuminatum. Corolla cylindrica, viride-lutea 5 oris la¬ 
ciniis revolutis. Folia terna, subulata, trigona, acumi¬ 
nata. Caulis decumbens, rigidus, scaber, sub-spitha- 
maeus, ramosissimus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. 
Flowers grow at the ends of tire small branches, mostly 
by threes, nodding. Footstalks short. Cup double 3 the 
outer one three-leaved, the inner one four-leaved j broadly 
egg-shaped, harsh, keeled, and sharp-pointed. Blossom 
cylindrical, of a greenish yellow. Segments of the 
border rolled back. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, three- 
sided, and sharp-pointed. Stem drooping, harsh, rough, 
scarce a span high, and very much branched. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from February till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives detached from the pointal. 
S. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
