ERICA cernua.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus umbellatis, cernuis, secundis, sub-ovatis, pallide-carneis; foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis; rami sub-simplices, erecto-patenti.
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, subtus sulcata, sub-scabrida; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
Flores in apice ramorem umbellati, cernui; pedunculi longi, colorati, bracteis tribus, linearibus, instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis minutis, subulatis, ciliatis, coloratis.
Corolla sub-ovata, pallide-carnea; laciniis limbi acuminatis, sub-erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria apice introrsum declinata. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum. Stylus cylindricus, sub-inclusus. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom; the flowers grow in bunches, nodding, all pointing one way, nearly egg-shaped, and of a pale flesh colour; leaves growing by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, and grows a foot high; the branches are almost simple, upright, and spreading.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, channelled beneath, and roughish; having very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow in bunches, at the end of the branches, nodding; the foot-stalks are long and coloured, with three linear floral-leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are small, awl-shaped, fringed, and coloured.
Blossom, nearly egg-shaped, of a pale flesh-colour; the segments of the border tapered, and nearly upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, bent downward on the inner side. Tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and channelled. Shaft cylindrical just within the blossom. Summit obscurely 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 detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
