ERICA aurea. 
CHARACTER SPEC1F1CUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, fubinclufis, ftylo exfer- 
to; floribus fubterminalibus verticillatis; corollis 
cylindricis, pollicaribus, aurantiis; foliis fenis, li- 
nearibus, glabris, horizontalibus. 
DESCRIPT.IO. 
Caulis eredtus, fruticofus, pedalis; rami ver- 
ticillati, patentes, rigidi. 
Folia fena, linearia, glabra, feniora teretiuf- 
cula, juniora plana, apice incurvata, patentia; 
petiolis breviflimis. 
Flores horizontaliter verticillati prope ra- 
morum fummitatem; pedunculi breviflimi, brac- 
teis tribus inftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, glabris, adpreflis. 
Corolla cylindracea, glabra, aurantia; laci- 
niis oris parum reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta 06 I 0 capillaria. An- 
therse fubincluf®, muticae. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum, 
apice concavum, ad balin glandulofum. Stylus 
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon® Spei. 
Floret a menfe Julii, in Septembrem. 
REFERENTI A. 
1 . Flos. 
2 . Calyx, audtus. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum, antbera una didubla 
et audla. 
4. Piftillum, Stigma didudlum et audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, juft within the blof- 
fom, Ihaft without; flowers nearly terminate the 
branches in whorls; bloftoms cylindrical, an inch 
long, and of a gold colour; leaves grow by fixes, 
linear, fmooth, and horizontal. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, fhrubby, a foot high; the 
branches grow in whorls, fpreading, and ftiff. 
Leaves grow by fixes, linear, fmooth; the older 
ones rather cylindrical, the younger fmooth, turn¬ 
ed inward at the end, and fpreading; very fhort 
foot-ftalks. 
Flowers grow horizontally in whorls near 
the fummit of the branches; foot-ftalks very fhort, 
having three floral leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl- 
fhaped, fmooth, preffed to the bloffom. 
Blossom cylinder-fhaped, fmooth, gold colour¬ 
ed ; fegments of the mouth a little reflexed. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips juft 
within the bloffom, beardlefs. 
Pointal. Seed-bud top-fhaped, furrowed, 
hollow at the top, glandular at the bafe. Shaft 
tnread-fhaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July, till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . A Flower. 
2 . The Cup, magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one of the tips de¬ 
tached and magnified. 
4. The Pointal, the fummit detached and mag¬ 
nified. 
5. Germen, audtum. 
5. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
