1. The empalement magnified.
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. The seed-bud magnified.
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ERICA serratifolia.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, sub-exsertæ. Flores terminales, in apicibus ramulorum bini vel terni, pollicares, sub-cylindrici, luteo aurantii. Folia quaterna, rigida, acuta, serrata. Caulis erectus, rigidus, pedalis, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi, breves.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, just out of the blossom. Flowers terminal, two or three together at the end of the smaller branches, an inch long, almost cylindrical, and of an orange yellow. Leaves by fours, harsh, sharp, and sawed at the edges. Stem upright, harsh, a foot high and much branched. The smaller branches are numerous and short.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.