ERICA campanulata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus solitariis, cernuis; calycibus coloratis; corollis globoso-campanulatis, luteis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, angustissimis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, erectus, filiformis; rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati, glabri.
Folia quaterna, linearia, angusta, glabra, erecta; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
Flores terminales, subsolitarii, cernui; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus, coloratis, subulatis, instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, adpressis, coloratis.
Corolla globoso-campanulata, lutea; laciniis semi-ovatis, subreflexis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen sub-globosum. Stylus columnaris. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Junii, in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Corolla.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Anthera una, aucta.
6. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom; flowers grow singly, hanging down; cups coloured; blossoms globularly bell-shaped, and yellow; leaves grow by fours, are linear, and very narrow.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, grows a foot high, upright, and thread-shaped; the greater and smaller branches are thread-shaped, twiggy, and smooth.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, narrow, smooth, and upright; very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow mostly solitary, at the end of the smaller branches, hanging down; the foot-stalks are coloured, having three awl-shaped, coloured floral leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, concave, pressed to the blossom, and coloured.
Blossom, globularly bell-shaped, and yellow; the segments half egg-shaped, and a little reflexed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, curved inwards. Tips beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globe-shaped. Shaft pillar-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June, till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. A Tip, magnified.
6. The Pointal, magnified.
