ERICA flava. 
CHARACTER specificus. 
Erica, antheris muticis subinclusis, marginibus 
foliorum ternatorum asperiusculis, corolla ovata 
costata sub-quadrilineari. 
DESCRIPTION 
Caulis fruticosus, suberectus, cortice fulvo, ra- 
knis distantibus, paucis, simplicibus, suberectis. 
Folia ternata, suberecta, dein patula, denique 
expansa et flexuosa, linearia, crassiuscula, lucida, 
subtus sulcata, marginibus lente minutissime carti- 
lagineo-ciliatis, et inde tactu asperiusculis. 
Flores numerosi, subcongesti, infra apices ra- 
morum, nutantes vel cernui; pedunculi corolla 
longiores, bracteis tribus distantibus muniti. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, margin 
nibus minutissime ciliatis. 
Corolla ovata, costata, laste lutea, laciniis 
patentibus obtusissirnis. 
Stamina octo, capillaria j antherse muticse, 
subinclusas. 
Pistillum. Germen tiarasforme. Stylus fili- 
formis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Flabitat ad Caput Bonse Speii, 
Floret Autumno ad Vernum. 
REFERENTIAL 
1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Stamina diducta, anthera unica lente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
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5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
-Heath, with beardless tips just within the blossom, 
the margins of the ternate leaves roughish, and 
with the blossom egg-shaped ribbed and near four 
lines long. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, erectish, with brown bark, 
branches distant, few, simple, and nearly erect. 
Leaves in threes, erectish, then patulous, finally 
expanded and flexuose, linear, thickish, shi nin g, 
and furrowed beneath, with margins in the mag¬ 
nifier very minutely cartilaginous-ciliated, and 
thence slightly rough to the touch. 
Flowers numerous, rather crowded, beneath 
the tips of the branches, nodding or cernuous; 
peduncles longer than the blossom, and furnished 
with three remote floral leaves. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets awl- 
shaped, with most minutely ciliated edges. 
Blossom egg-shaped, ribbed, and bright yellow, 
with extremely blunt spreading segments. 
Chives eight, capillary; tips beardless, and 
just within the blossom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread¬ 
shaped. Summit four-angled. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Autumn till the Spring-time. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Blossom. 
3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified. 
4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. 
5. The Seed-bud magnified. 
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