ERICA Patersonia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers aristatae, inclusas. Flores plures, axillares et 
in medio caulis., e foliis recte emergentes j pedunculis fere 
nullis. Perianthium duplex. Corolla cylindrica, sub- 
pollicaris, glabra, lutea, ore arctata j limbo reflexo. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, incurvata, acuta, glabra. Caulis 
fruticosus;, bipedalis, erectus 5 basi ramosus, dein sim¬ 
plicissime pyramidatus, ramulis brevissimis vestitus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers nume¬ 
rous, growing close to and about the middle of the stem, 
peeping straight out from amongst the leaves, with 
scarce any footstalks. Cup double. Blossom cylindrical, 
near an inch long, smooth, yellow, and narrow at the 
mouth border reflexed. Leaves by fours, linear, and 
incurved, sharp-pointed, and smooth. Stem shrubby, 
two feet high, and upright ; branching at the base, then 
forming a simple pyramidal spike covered with very 
short branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
S. The shaft and its summit magnified. 
