ERICA elata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exfertis; ftylo exferto, 
apice torto; floribus fpicatis, maximis, tomento- 
lis, aurantiis; foliis quaternis, faspe quinis; caule 
fub-arborefcente. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis eredtus, fexpedalis et ultra, parum ra- 
mofus; ramuli plurimi, brevi, tomentofi. 
Folia quaterna, fepe quina, patentia, glabra, 
teretiufcula, obtufa; petiolis adpreffis. 
Flores in apicibus ramorum folitarii, fpicam, 
formantes; pedunculi brevi, bracteis tribus, fpa- 
thulatis infirudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, concavis, obtulis, adpreffis. 
Corolla clavata, curvata, tomentofa, maxi¬ 
ma, aurantia; oris laciniis revolutis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria. An- 
therae muticae, exfertae, curvatae. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum, 
ad.bafin glandulofum. Stylus exfertus, apice tor¬ 
tus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a Julio, in Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, lente audtus. 
2. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
3. Stamina a Piftillo didudta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
4. Piftillum, Stigma lente audtum. 
5. Germen, audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, without the blof- 
fom; ffiaft without, twilled at the end; flowers 
grow in fpikes, very large, downy, orange co¬ 
loured; leaves grow by fours, often by fives; with 
the ftem approaching in lize to a tree. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, grows fix feet high or more, 
branching but little; fmall branches many, ffiort 
and downy. 
Leaves grow by fours, often by fives, fpread* 
ing, fmooth, roundifh, obtufe; with the foot- 
ftalks preffed to the Item. 
Flowers grow at the ends of the branches 
folitary, forming a fpike; foot-ftalks ffiort, hav¬ 
ing three fpatula-ffiaped floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
ffiaped, concave, blunt, and preffed to the blof- 
fom. 
Blossom club-ffiaped, curved, downy, very 
large, orange colour; fegments of the mouth 
rolled back. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, without the bloffom, curved. 
Pointal. Seed-bud top-ffiaped, furrowed, 
glandular at the bafe. Shaft without the blof¬ 
fom, twifted at the end. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July, till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, magnified. 
2. The Chives, and Pointal. 
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified 
•5. The Seed-bud. magnified. 
