ERICA caffra.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto; corollis campanulatis, albidis; floribus umbellatis, secundis, cernuis, odoratissimis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, scabridis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fructicosus, pedalis, rami et ramuli erecti, cinereo-tomentosi, rigidi.
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, subciliata, scabrida, patentia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
Flores in ramis supremis racemosi, secundi, cernui, umbellati; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus minutis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis acuminatis, brevissimis, glabris, adpressis,
Corolla campanulata, minuta, odoratissima, alba; laciniis erectis, apicibus parum reflexis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice curvata. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum. Stylus exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Octobris, in Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum, lente auctum.
2. Calyx, et Corolla.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina, lente aucta.
5. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom; the shaft without; the blossoms bell-shaped and white; flowers grow in bunches, pointing all one way, nodding and very sweet; leaves grow by fours, linear and rough.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, growing a foot high, the larger and smaller branches grow upright, of an ash colour, downy and harsh.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, obtuse, a little hairy, roughish and spreading; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow on the upper branches in loose spikes, pointing one way, nodding and in bunches; the foot-stalks very short, having three small floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are tapered, very short, smooth and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom, bell-shaped, small, sweet-scented, and white; the segments upright, with the points a little bent outwards.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, curved at the end. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular and furrowed. Shaft without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October, till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, and Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, magnified.
5. The Pointal, magnified.
