ERICA cruciformis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® bicomes, inclusse. Flores in ramulis brevissi¬ 
mis, terminalibus, plerumque quaterni. Corolla urceo- 
lata, lucida, aurantia, ore arctata: laciniis patentibus. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, patentia, glabra. Caulis fruti¬ 
cosus, pedalis et ultra : ramis numerosis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned, and within the blossom. Flowers grow 
terminal, on very short branches,, mostly by fours. Blos¬ 
som jar-shaped, shining, gold-coloured, and narrowed at 
the mouth : segments of the border spreading. Leaves 
by fours, linear, spreading, and smooth. Stem shrubby, 
a foot or more high : branches numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A chive magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
5. Flowers of two varieties. 
