ERICA calycina.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; foliis ternis; rami filiformes; corollis minutis, urceoli-formes; calycis foliola corolla longiora; pedunculis longissimis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis filiformis, spithameus, erectus, ramosissimus.
Folia terna, lanceolata, supra concava, adpressa, glabra; petiolis brevissimis.
Flores plures, in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati; pedunculis carneis, longissimis, bracteis tribus coloratis instructis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, carneis, corolla longiora.
Corolla minuta, urceoli-formis, apice dilute carnea, ad basi virescens; oris laciniis reflexis, saturate carneis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen sub-globosum. Stylus sub-exsertus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Septembri, in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. 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 crested tips, within the blossom; the leaves grow by threes; the branches are thread-shaped, the blossoms small and pitcher-shaped; the leaves of the cup are longer than the flower, the foot-stalks very long.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem thread-shaped, grows half a foot high, upright, and very much branched.
The Leaves grow by threes, are lance-shaped, concave on the upper surface, pressed to the stem, and smooth, having very short foot-stalks.
The Flowers are numerous, and terminate the smaller branches in bunches; the foot-stalks are very long, flesh coloured, with three coloured floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are of a broad oval form, flesh coloured, and longer than the blossom.
The Blossom is small, of a pitcher-shape, light flesh colour at the end, greenish at the base; the segments of the mouth are bent back, and deep flesh coloured.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; the tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel nearly globular; the shaft thread-shaped, partly out of the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The 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.
