ERICA grandiflora.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, cohærentibus, valdè corollam excedentibus; floribus verticillatis, horizontalibus; corollis clavatis, aurantiis, sesquipollicaribus, glabris; foliis sub-quaternis, patentibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, tripedalis et ultra, strictissimus; rami simplicissimi, erecti, verticillati.
Folia quaterna, levitèr sulcata, rigida, recta, sub-pollicaria, petiolis laxis.
Flores ex axillis foliorum sub-apice ramorum verticillati; pedunculi brevi, bracteis tribus, subulatis, instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, glabris.
Corolla clavata, sesquipollicaris, parum curvata, glabra, aurantia; laciniis æqualibus, suberectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice incurvata. Antheris muticis, bifidis, lateribus cohærentibus, longè exsertis.
Pistillum. Germen clavatum, sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma apice concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Maii, in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum, auctum.
4. Pistillum, et Germen, Stigma diductum et lente auctum.
5. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, sticking together, and protruding considerably beyond the blossom; flowers grow in whorls horizontally; blossoms club-shaped, orange coloured, an inch and half long, and smooth; leaves grow mostly by fours, spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, grows three feet high or more, and very stiff; branches very simple, upright, and grow in whorls.
Leaves grow by fours, are slightly furrowed, harsh, straight, near an inch long, with loose foot-stalks.
Flowers grow from the foot-stalks of the leaves, close to the stem, near the summit of the branches, in whorls; foot-stalks short, having three awl-shaped floral leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, and smooth.
Blossom club-shaped, an inch and a half long, a little curved, smooth, and orange colour; the segments equal, nearly upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, curved inwards at the end. Tips beardless, two-cleft, adhering together by the sides, a great way out of the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud club-shaped, furrowed, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit concave at the top.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May, till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement.
3. The Chives, and Pointal, magnified.
4. The Pointal, and Seed-bud, the Summit separate, magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, magnified.
