ERICA Bland fordia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers aristatae, inclusae. Flores plures, sessiles, 
et horizontaliter siti, ramulos plerumque binatim termi¬ 
nantes: sub apicibus ramorum conferti in ramulos brevis¬ 
simos, spicam formantes. Corolla urceolata, glabra, lu¬ 
tea, ore arctata s laciniis reflexis. Folia quaterna, line¬ 
aria, obtusa, glabra. Caulis fruticosus,, sesquipedalis, 
erectus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers nu¬ 
merous, sessile, in a horizontal direction, and terminate 
the smaller branches mostly in twos: near the upper 
part of the larger branches they are crowded together 
upon very short branches, and form a spike. Blossom 
jar-shaped, smooth and yellow, narrowed at the mouth, 
with the segments feflexed. Leaves by fours, linear, ob¬ 
tuse, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half 
high, and upright. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The seed-bud, chives, and pointal. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
