ERICA tenuiflora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers mutica, inclusas. Flores in ultimis ramulis 
quaterni, patentes 3 pedunculis brevissimis. Perianthium 
duplex j exterius triphyllum 3 foliolis lanceolatis 3 interius 
tetraphyllum, longius. Corolla tubaeformis, tenuissima, 
lutea3 oris laciniis acuminatis, patentibus. Folia terna 
et quaterna, linearia, erecta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, 
debilis. Rami et ramuli virgati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow 
by fours, at the ends of the small branches, spread¬ 
ing. Footstalks very short. Cup double3 the outer one 
is three-leaved 3 the leaflets lance-shaped 3 the inner one 
is four-leaved, and longer than the outer. Blossom 
trumpet-shaped, very slender and yellow 3 segments of 
the border sharp-pointed, and spreading. Leaves by 
threes and fours, linear, and upright. Stem shrubby, 
a foot high, and weak 3 the large and small branches are 
twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empal ement magnified. « 
2. A blossom. 
3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and poinial, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
