ERICA serratifolia.
Reading edition
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. In bloom from August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives detached from the pointal, summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
