ERICA áurea, flore paludo.
CHARACTER 8 PEC I FIC US.
E R I C A , aütheris muticis, sub-inclusis: floribus
vcrticillatis; corollis cy 1 i nd racéis, hitéis: fülüs
sen is, linearibus: caulc erecto, fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
C A U L I S íruticosuSj pedal is, sub-erectus: ramis
patentíbus.
F O L I A sena, linearía, patentia, ápice incurvata
: petiolis longis.
FLORES horizontal iter verlicillati, propc ramorum
sumiriitatem : pedunculis brevissimis.
C A L Y X . Perianlhium tetraphylhim: folíolis
lanceolatis, cum bracteis tribus adpressis.
C O R O L L A cylindracca, luteolo-aurea, ápice Ínflala
; oris laciuiis niagnis, albicantibus, et pate
ntibus.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta octo capillaria: antheris
muticis, sub-inclusis.
P I S T I L L L M . Germen tiara?formc, sulcatum,
ad basin nectariferum. Stylus fíliformis. Stigma
tctragoiium.
Habitat ad Caput Home Spci.
Floret a mensc Junii in Octobrem.
TJFFF.K F.NTÍA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una
lente auctá.
4 . Germen ct Pistillum, stigmatc lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auction.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
H E A T H , with beardless tips just within the blossom
: flowers grow in whorls : blossom cylindrical
and y e l l o w : leaves by sixes, and linear;
stem upright and shrubby.
DESCRII'TIO.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, nearly upright:
branches spreading.
LEAVES by sixes, linear, spreading, and turning
inwards at the points : footstalks long.
FLOWERS grow horizontally in whorls near
the summits o f the branches: footstalks very
short.
E M P A L E M F X T . Cup four-leaved; leaflets lanceshaped,
with three floral leaves pressed to them.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, o f a y e l l ow g o l d colour,
swelled at the end: segments o f the border large,
whitish and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips beardless,
andjust within the blossom,
POINTAL. Seed-hud turban-shaped, furrowed,
with honey-cups at the base. Shaft threadshaped.
Summit four-cornered.
N a t i v e of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till October.
It H I E R UNCE.
] . The Empalement magnified
9. \ Blossom.
3. The Chives detached from the Point.tl, one
tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud anil Pointai, summit magnified.
I). Seed-bud magnified.