ERICA exurgens, longifolia . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, exsertae. Flores ramorum verticil- 
lat, recti, verticillis alter alteri exsurgentibus. Corolla 
clavato-cylindracea, saturate aurantia, uncialis. Folia sena, 
linearia, glabra, apice mucronata. Caulis fruticosus, pe¬ 
dalis. Rami erecti, simplices. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow in 
whorls straight out, the whorls rising out of each other 
in succession. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, of a 
deep orange colour, an inch long. Leaves by sixes, linear, 
smooth, and sharp at the point. Stem shrubby, a foot 
% 
high. The branches are upright and simple. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
