ERICA curviflora.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; corollis curvatis, clavato cylindricis, pubescentibus, terminalibus, luteo-aurantiis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis; laxus, superne villosus; rami laxi, ramulosi, ramulis brevissimis, frequentissimis, sparsis.
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glabra, subtus sulcata.
Flores terminales in ramulis, patenti, racemum longum formantes; pedunculi brevissimi, foliolis tribus, adpressis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, acuminatis, glabris, adpressis.
Corolla curvata, clavata, pollicaris, pubescentia, luteo-aurantia; oris laciniis expansis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, curvata, longitudine tubi. Antheræ muticæ.
Pistillum. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, curvatus, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Julii, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just without the blossoms, which are curved, cylindrically club-shaped, downy, terminating the branches, and of a yellow gold colour; the leaves grow by fours, are linear, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, grows two feet high, weak, and hairy at the top; branches weak and numerous; the smaller branches are very short, numerous, and scattered.
Leaves grow by fours, are linear, blunt, smooth, and furrowed underneath.
Flowers terminate the smaller branches, spreading out, and forming a long spike; foot-stalks very short, with three small leaves pressed to the cup.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, tapering, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom curved, club-shaped, an inch long, downy, and of a yellow gold colour; the segments of the mouth spread outward.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, which are curved, and the length of the blossom. Tips beardless.
Pointal. Seed-bud club-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, curved, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July, till November.
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.
