1. A blossom with its empalement.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. The chives and pointal magnified.
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ERICA lutea.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Corolla lutea, ovato-acuminata, ore arctata. Flores plures, conglomerati. Folia opposita, linearia, adpressa, triquetra, nitida. Caulis laxus, filiformis, gracilis, ad basin ramosus. Ramuli conferti.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom, which is yellow, of a pointed oval shape, and compressed at the mouth. The flowers are numerous, and close together. The leaves grow opposite in pairs, are linear, three-sided, pressed to the stem, and shining. Stem flexible, thread-shaped, slender, branching to the bottom. The branches crowded together.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.