ERICA Patersonia, major . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje aristatae, inclusae. Flores plures, e medio 
caulis inter folia porrecti. Pedunculi fere nulli. Pe- 
rianthium duplex. Corolla cylindrica, magna, glabra, 
lutea, ore arctata, limbo quadrifido, reflexo. Folia qua¬ 
terna, linearia, incurvata, acuta, glabra. Caulis fruti¬ 
cosus, pedalis et ultra, erectus, basi ramosus, dein spi¬ 
cam simplicissimam pyramidatam formans, ramulis bre¬ 
vibus vestitam. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers nu¬ 
merous, growing about the middle of the stem straight 
out from amongst the leaves, with scarcely any foot¬ 
stalks. Empalement double. Blossom cylindrical, large, 
and smooth, of a yellow colour, narrowed at the mouth, 
with a four-lobed, reflexed border. Leaves by fours, 
linear, incurved, sharp-pointed, and smooth. Stem 
shrubby, a foot or more high, upright, branching at the 
base, then forming a simple pyramidal spike covered by 
short branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
