ERICA halicacaba. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores sub-terni, cernui, 
terminales. Pedunculi breves. Perianthium duplex, 
corollis adpressum. Corolla ovata, inflata, maxima, 
pallide lutea : oris laciniis erectis, acuminatis, conniven» 
tibus, obtusis. Folia terna, subulata, recurvata, tri¬ 
gona, glabra. Caulis robustus, pedalis, valde ramosus. 
Kamuli patentes, plurimi, oppositi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow' 
mostly by threes, nodding, and terminating the branches. 
Footstalks short. Cup double, and pressed to the bios» 
som. Blossom egg-shaped, inflated, large, and of a 
pale yellow colour: the segments of the border are 
erect, tapered, approaching, and blunt-ended. Leaves 
by threes, awl-shaped, recurved, three-sided, and 
smooth. Stem sturdy, a foot high, and very branching. 
The smaller branches are spreading, numerous, and op¬ 
posite. 
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. 
