ERICA aurea» 
DESCRIPTIO» 
Antherje muticae, sub-inclusae. Flores horizontaliter 
verticillati, prope ramorum summitatem. Pedunculi 
brevissimi, bracteis tribus instructi. Corolla cylindracea, 
glabra, aurantia: laciniis oris parum reflexis. Folia 
sena, linearia, glabra, apice incurvata, patentia. Caulis 
erectus, fruticosus, pedalis. Rami verticillati, patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers 
grow horizontally in whorls near the summit of the 
branches* Footstalks very short, and furnished with 
three floral leaves. Blossom cylinder-shaped, smooth, 
and of a gold colour: segments of the mouth a little 
reflexed. Leaves by sixes, linear, and smooth, turned 
inward at the point* and spreading. Stem upright, 
shrubby, a foot high. The branches grow in whorls, 
and are spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
