ERICA exurgens, longifolia.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ. Flores ramorum verticillat, recti, verticillis alter alteri exsurgentibus. Corolla clavato-cylindracea, saturate aurantia, uncialis. Folia sena, linearia, glabra, apice mucronata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami erecti, simplices.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls straight out, the whorls rising out of each other in succession. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, of a deep orange colour, an inch long. Leaves by sixes, linear, smooth, and sharp at the point. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The branches are upright and simple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
