ERICA sordida. 
DESCRIPTIO* 
Anthers muticae, exertae. Flores sub-sessiles, in api¬ 
cibus ramulorum, nunc solitarii, nunc bini, vel terni. 
Corolla tubulosa, clavata, curvata, pollicaris, sordide 
lutea, pilosa, oris laciniis recurvatis. Folia quaterna, 
linearia, pilosa, obtusa. Caulis fruticosus, sesqui-pedalis, 
erectus, apice pilosus, 
. DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and without the blossom. Flowers 
nearly sessile, upon the ends of the smaller branches, 
growing solitarily, or by twos and threes. Blossom tubu¬ 
larly club-shaped, curved, an inch long, of a dirty yel¬ 
low colour, and hairy: the segments of the mouth 
rolled back. Leaves grow by fours, linear, hairy, and 
Blunt. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, upright, 
and hairy at the top. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. Chives and pointal, summit magnified, 
