4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just within the blossom, shaft without; the
flowers grow at the end of branches in whorls, club-shaped, curved, and
of a scarlet colour; the leaves of the cup are sharp-pointed; the leaves
grow by sixes, and are turned inwards.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, of a brownish ash-colour, growing a foot high; branches
grow in whorls, upright, and spreading, seldom branching.
LEAVES grow by sixes, turned inwards, sharp-pointed, smooth, and of a
bluish green; the leaf-stems pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS grow in close whorls at the top of the branches; the foot-stalks
very short, the floral leaves appearing like a second cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, skinny at the edges,
sharp-pointed, and keel-shaped.
BLOSSOM curved, club-shaped, downy, and of a blood colour; the segments
of the mouth are upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of the tube. Tips beardless,
and just within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA conspicua.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, exsertis; corollis clavatis,
sesquipollicaribus, luteis; foliis quaternis, glabris, obtusis, crassis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, tripedalis, ramosus; ramulis verticillatis,
brevibus.
FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, linearia, crassa; petiolis brevissimis,
adpressis.
FLORES in apicibus ramulorum terminales, nutantes, pedunculis brevibus,
bracteis tribus spathulatis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis obtusis, glabris, sub-ovatis.
COROLLA clavata, sesquipollicaris, lutea, basi attenuata; oris laciniis
magnis, revolutis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheris
bifidis, basi bicornibus, exsertis.
PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at their base, and without the blossom: the
blossoms are club-shaped, an inch and a half long, yellow: the leaves
grow by fours, are smooth, blunt, and thick.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, grows three feet high, and branching: the smaller
branches are short, and grow in whorls.
LEAVES grow by fours, are blunt, linear, thick, and have short
foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS are terminal at the summit of the smaller branches, waving,
having short foot-stalks, with three spathula-shaped floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: leaves blunt, smooth, and nearly
egg-shaped.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch and a half long, yellow, and tapering to
the base: the segments of the mouth are large, and rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed to the receptacle: the tips are
cleft, two-horned at their base, and without the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA coronata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; corollis cylindrico-clavatis,
speciosissimis; foliis octonis seu spiraliter sparsis, truncatis,
arcuatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, basi simplicissimus, rami pauci,
simplices, longi.
FOLIA octona, linearia, obtusa, supra scabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata
in petiolos longos capillares.
FLORES plures, subterminales, simpliciter verticillati, conserti,
viscosi; pedunculi longi recurvati, bracteis tribus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, viscosis,
adpressis.
COROLLA cylindrico-clavata, pollicaria, apice recurvata, ima parte
profunde carnea, apice viridie, ore arctata, laciniis rectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; receptaculo inserta. Antheræ
aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, subexsertus.
Stigma peltatum, concavum, viride.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Februarii, in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum, cum petiolo.
2. Calyx, et Corolla.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
6. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossoms, which are cylindrically
club-shaped and very shewy; the leaves grow by eights or spirally
scattered, appear cut off at the ends and arched.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, erect, grows two feet high, simple at the base, with but
few branches, which are simple, and long.
LEAVES grow by eights, are linear, blunt, rough on their upper, and
furrowed on their under surface, tapering into long hair-like
foot-stalks.
The FLOWERS are numerous, nearly terminating the branches, in simple
whorls, crowded together, and clammy; the foot-stalks are long, bent
backward, with three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets lance-shaped, clammy, and pressed
to the blossom.
BLOSSOM cylindrically club-shaped, an inch long, bent back at the point,
the lower part of a strong flesh colour, the end green, compressed at
the mouth, whose segments are straight.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips bearded,
and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel club-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped,
almost without the blossom. Summit shield-shaped, concave, and green.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February, till April.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, with its foot-stalk.
2. The Empalement, and Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
6. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA costata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis
sub-cylindraceis, incarnatis, costatis; foliis pubescentibus, ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi.
FOLIA caulina, terna, recta, linearia, obtusa, pubescentia; folia ramea,
erectiora, ovata, sub-serrata, acuminata; petiolis adpressis.
FLORES plures, tres, quatuorve ramuli terminates; pedunculi brevissimi.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; _interius_, tetraphyllum, foliolis
sub-ovatis, acuminatis, serratis, coloratis, apice sulcatis, adpressis;
_exterius_ triphyllum, priori brevioribus, virescentibus.
COROLLA sub-cylindracea, apice paulula curvata, incarnata, costata; oris
laciniis erectis, albidis, obtusis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, ima parte spathulata, receptaculo inserta.
Antheræ inclusæ, muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen sub-cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus attenuatus,
exsertus, apice curvatus. Stigma tetragonum virescens.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Februarii, in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum, lente auctum.
2. Calyx, et Corolla.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
6. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; pointal without;
blossoms nearly cylindrical, flesh-coloured, and ribbed; leaves downy,
growing by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, upright, and branching; the smaller
branches are numerous.
The LEAVES of the stem grow by threes, straight out, linear, blunt, and
downy; those on the smaller branches, more upright, egg-shaped, a little
sawed at the edges, and sharp pointed; the foot-stalks pressed to the
branches.
The FLOWERS are numerous, growing by threes, or fours, at the end of the
smaller branches; foot-stalks very short.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the _inner_ four-leaved; leaves almost
egg-shaped, pointed, sawed, coloured, furrowed at the point, and pressed
to the blossom; the _outer_ three-leaved, shorter than the former, and
greenish.
BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, curved a little at the end, of a flesh
colour, and ribbed; the segments of the mouth are upright, white and
blunt.
CHIVES. Eight threads, spathula-shaped at the base, and fixed into the
receptacle. Tips within the blossom, and beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel almost cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft
tapered, without the blossom, and curved at the end. Summit
four-cornered, and green.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February, till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, and Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. One Chive, magnified.
6. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA cruenta.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, sub-inclusis, foliis quaternis, corollis
sub-ternis, glabris, clavato-cylindricis, pollicaribus; saturate
sanguineis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus; rami erecti, ramulosi; ramulis
brevissimis, frequentissimis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, nitida, saturate viridia, petiolis
brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, prope caulis summitatem, racemum quali
formantes longum; pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus ad basin instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, serratis,
adpressis.
COROLLA clavato-cylindrica, glabra, cruenta, pollicaris; oris laciniis
rectis, obtusis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ
aristatæ, sub-inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen sub-ovatum, sulcatum, pubescens; stylus exsertus;
stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti, in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, whose tips are bearded, and just within the blossom; the leaves
grow by fours, the flowers mostly by threes, and are smooth,
cylindrically club-shaped, an inch long, and of a deep blood colour.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, and upright; the branches grow
upright, having many smaller branches, which are thick set, and very
short.
The LEAVES grow by fours, are linear, smooth, shining, and of a deep
green, having very short foot-stalks, pressed to the stem.
The FLOWERS terminate the shorter branches near the summit of the stem,
forming as it were a long bunch; the foot-stalks are long, having three
floral leaves at their base.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are lance-shaped, sawed, and pressed
to the blossom.
The BLOSSOM is cylindrically club-shaped, smooth, blood colour, and an
inch long; the segments of the mouth are obtuse, and straight.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle; the tips are
bearded, and just within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel nearly egg-shaped, furrowed, and downy; Shaft
without the blossom; Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA cubica.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, sub-inclusis; stylus longissimus;
corollis sub-campanulatis, purureis, oris laciniis patulis, maximis,
ovatis; foliis sub-quaternis, obtusis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, teres, ramosus, fruticosus, pedalis; rami et ramuli
filiformes, laxi, erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, sæpe quina, obtusa, reflexa, apice incurvata, glabra,
nitida, subtus sulcata; petiolis rubris, adpressis.
FLORES sub-terminales, umbellati, cernui; pedunculi longissimi,
angulati, purpurei, foliolis binis, coloratis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, adpressis,
apicibus viridis.
COROLLA globoso-campanulata, purpurea, limbo maximo, expanso; laciniis
ovatis, concavis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine tubi, receptaculo
inserta. Antheræ bifidæ, ad basin bicornutæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, corolla
duplo longior, purpureus. Stigma concavum, marginatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Aprili, in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, nearly within the blossoms;
shaft very long; blossoms almost bell-shaped, and purple, having the
segments of the mouth spreading, very large, and egg-shaped; leaves
growing mostly by fours, and blunt ended.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, cylindrical, branching, shrubby, growing a foot high; the
larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped, weak, and upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, often by fives, blunt ended, bent back, and turned
inward at the point; smooth, shining, and channelled beneath;
foot-stalks red, and pressed to the stem.
The FLOWERS grow near the summits of the branches, in bunches, hanging
down; having very long foot-stalks, angled, purple, and two small,
coloured leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are egg-shaped, tapered, and pressed
to the blossom, the points green.
BLOSSOM globularly bell-shaped and purple, the border very large and
spreading; the segments egg-shaped and concave.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of the tube, fixed into the
receptacle. Tips two-cleft, and two-horned at the base.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular. Shaft thread-shaped, without the
blossom, twice its length, and purple. Summit concave, and bordered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April, till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA curviflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; corollis curvatis, clavato
cylindricis, pubescentibus, terminalibus, luteo-aurantiis; foliis
quaternis, linearibus, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis; laxus, superne villosus; rami laxi,
ramulosi, ramulis brevissimis, frequentissimis, sparsis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glabra, subtus sulcata.
FLORES terminales in ramulis, patenti, racemum longum formantes;
pedunculi brevissimi, foliolis tribus, adpressis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, acuminatis,
glabris, adpressis.
COROLLA curvata, clavata, pollicaris, pubescentia, luteo-aurantia; oris
laciniis expansis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, curvata, longitudine tubi. Antheræ
muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, curvatus,
exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Julii, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossoms, which are curved,
cylindrically club-shaped, downy, terminating the branches, and of a
yellow gold colour; the leaves grow by fours, are linear, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, weak, and hairy at the top; branches
weak and numerous; the smaller branches are very short, numerous, and
scattered.
LEAVES grow by fours, are linear, blunt, smooth, and furrowed
underneath.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches, spreading out, and forming a
long spike; foot-stalks very short, with three small leaves pressed to
the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, tapering, smooth, and
pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM curved, club-shaped, an inch long, downy, and of a yellow gold
colour; the segments of the mouth spread outward.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, which are curved, and the length of the
blossom. Tips beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-bud club-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped,
curved, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July, till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA discolor.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis tubulosis,
subcylindraceis; foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, tripedalis, teres, erectus, gracilis, superne
pubescens, ramulis subsimplicibus.
FOLIA terna, linearia, erecto-patentia, supra plana, subtus revoluta,
nitida, saturate viridia.
FLORES plerumque tres, subcernui, ramei, terminales, prope caulis
summitatem.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis,
erectis, luteo-virentibus: _exterius_ triphyllum, foliolis brevioribus
priori incumbentibus.
COROLLA tubulosa, subcylindracea, ima parte, carnea, pallida, summa,
flavo-virescente, limbo quadrilobo, æquali erectiusculo.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ
oblongiusculæ, bipartitæ, inclusæ, aristatæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, corolla longior, apice
inflexo. Stigma subtetragonum, virescens.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Novembri in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom; the pointal standing out;
the blossom tubular, nearly cylindrical; leaves growing by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows to three feet high, cylindrical, upright, slender,
downy at the top, the branches seldom divided.
LEAVES growing by threes, linear, between upright and spreading, smooth
on the upper, and rolled back on the under, surface, shining and dark
green.
FLOWERS are commonly three together, bending a little downward,
terminating the branches near the upper part of the stem.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the _inner_ four-leaved, ovate, erect, and of a
greenish yellow: the _outer_ three-leaved, the leaves shorter than the
former, and lying on them.
BLOSSOM tubular, nearly cylindrical, of a light flesh colour at the
base, and yellowish green at the mouth, which is divided into four equal
nearly erect segments.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle. Tips nearly
oblong, divided, bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the
blossom, the point bending. The Summit nearly four-cornered, and
greenish.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Time of flowering from November till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement with the Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA droseroides.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corolla ventricosa, ore obliqua,
purpurea; pedunculis coloratis, longissimis; foliis alternis, sparsis,
obtusis, pilis glandulosis micantibus hirtis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, spithameus; rami et ramuli filiformes, sparsi,
erecto-patentes, virgati.
FOLIA alterna, sparsa, linearia, obtusa, apice reflexa, pilis
glandulosis hirta.
FLORES terminales, sub-umbellati, sub-erecti; pedunculi filiformes,
foliis duplo longiores; bracteæ minutæ, coloratæ.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis sub-ovatis, viscosis,
acuminatis, coloratis, apicibus reflexis.
COROLLA ventricosa, purpurea, costata, pubescens, ore obliqua, arctata,
profunde sanguinea; laciniis cordatis, expansis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, torta, receptaculo inserta; antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, purpureus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom, which is big-bellied,
oblique-mouthed, and purple; the foot-stalks are coloured, and very
long; leaves grow alternate, scattered, blunt, and thick with shining
glandular hairs.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, about a span high; the larger and smaller branches are
thread-shaped, scattered, upright, spreading, and twiggy.
LEAVES grow alternate, scattered, linear, blunt, the end bent back, and
thick with glandular hairs.
FLOWERS are terminal, nearly in bunches, almost upright; the foot-stalks
are thread-shaped, and twice as long as the leaves; the floral leaves
are small, and coloured.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaves nearly egg-shaped, clammy, pointed,
coloured, and bent outward at the top.
BLOSSOM big-bellied, purple, ribbed, and downy, with the mouth oblique,
narrowed, and of a deep blood colour; the segments are heart-shaped, and
spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, which are twisted, and fixed into the
receptacle; the tips are crested, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel club-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and
purple. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA exsurgens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; foliis quaternis, mucronatis,
apicibus reflexis; corollis clavato-cylindraceis, verticillatis,
aurantiis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, erectus, basi simplicissimus; rami
verticillati, simplices, erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, apice reflexa, mucronata, supra plana,
subtus sulcata, unguicularia, petiolis adpressis.
FLORES in medio ramorum verticillati, recti; verticilli alter alteri
exsurgentes; pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis,
carinatis, viscosis, adpressis.
COROLLA clavato-cylindrica, pollicaria, aurantia; ore limbo quadrilobo
revoluto, laciniis superioribus longioribus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ,
magnæ, exsertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus
longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembris, in Martium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.