ERICA baccans.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; folia quaterna, rigida, glauca; corollis globosis, umbellatis calycibusque purpureis,
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosissimus; rami rigidi, erecti, torti.
Folia quaterna, glauca, incurvata, subtus sulcata, rigida, serrulata.
Flores terminales, plerumque quatuor, umbellati, nutantes; pedunculi longi, purpurei, bracteis tribus instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, carinatis, adpressis.
Corolla globosa purpurea, ima quadrata; limbo quadrilobo, laciniis æqualibus, erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheraæ cristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen globosum, magnum, sulcatum; stylus subexsertus, pyramidatus; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprilis, 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. Pistillum et Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom; the leaves grow by fours, are harsh, and of a whitish green; the flowers are globular, in bunches, and are, as well as their cups, purple.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high, and very branching; the branches are harsh, upright, and twisted.
Leaves grow by fours, are of a whitish green, and bent inwards, furrowed beneath, harsh, and slightly sawed at the edge.
Flowers grow at the ends of the branches, mostly by fours, in bunches, and nodding; the foot-stalks are long and purple, having three floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, keeled, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom globular, purple, and squared at the base; the border four-lobed, the segments of which are upright, and equal.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle. The tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel globular, large, and furrowed; the shaft nearly without the blossom, tapering from the base; the summit four-cornered.
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 Pointal and Seed-vessel magnified.
