ERICA glutinosa.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis glutinosissimis, verticillatis, confertis, melinis, pollicaribus; foliis senis, micantibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis bipedalis, erectus. Rami simplices, longi, raro ramulosi.
Folia sena, linearia, nitida, acuminata, glabra, læviter sulcata, patentia; petiolis adpressis.
Flores in apicibus ramorum, verticillato-conferti, horizontales; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus calyci adpressis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, viscosis, adpressis.
Corolla cylindrica, pollicaria, pallido-lutea, glutinosissima, nitida, oris laciniis parum reflexis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, apice pilosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembri in Martium.
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 beardless tips, within the blossoms, which are extremely clammy, in whorls, pressed together, of a straw colour, and an inch long; leaves by sixes, shining.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem two feet high, and upright. Large branches simple, long, and seldom branching.
Leaves by sixes, linear, shining, pointed, smooth, slightly furrowed, and spreading. Foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow at the summit of the branches, pressed together in whorls, and horizontal; foot-stalks short, having three floral leaves pressed to the cup.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, with spear-shaped clammy leaflets, pressed to the blossom.
Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, of a pale yellow, very clammy, shining, with the segments of the mouth slightly reflexed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. The tips beardless, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed, and hairy at the top. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September till March.
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.
