ERICA conspicua.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, exsertis; corollis clavatis, sesquipollicaribus, luteis; foliis quaternis, glabris, obtusis, crassis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, tripedalis, ramosus; ramulis verticillatis, brevibus.
Folia quaterna, obtusa, linearia, crassa; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
Flores in apicibus ramulorum terminales, nutantes, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus spathulatis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis obtusis, glabris, sub-ovatis.
Corolla clavata, sesquipollicaris, lutea, basi attenuata; oris laciniis magnis, revolutis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheris bifidis, basi bicornibus, exsertis.
Pistillum. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, and without the blossom: the blossoms are club-shaped, an inch and a half long, yellow: the leaves grow by fours, are smooth, blunt, and thick.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, grows three feet high, and branching: the smaller branches are short, and grow in whorls.
Leaves grow by fours, are blunt, linear, thick, and have short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers are terminal at the summit of the smaller branches, waving, having short foot-stalks, with three spathula-shaped floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved: leaves blunt, smooth, and nearly egg-shaped.
Blossom club-shaped, an inch and a half long, yellow, and tapering to the base: the segments of the mouth are large, and rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed to the receptacle: the tips are cleft, two-horned at their base, and without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till August.
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 Shaft and its Summit magnified.
