ERICA imbricata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis; corollis urceolatis; calycibus duplicatis, viscosis, imbricatis, coloratis, corollam sub-æquantibus; foliis ternis, lævibus, truncatis, linearibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, spithamæus; rami et ramuli frequentissimi, foliosi, erecti.
Folia terna, linearia, recta, truncata, plana, lævia, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.
Flores in ramulis terminales, sub-terni, umbellati, cernui; pedunculis longitudine calycis.
Calyx. Perianthium duplicatum, adpressum, imbricatum: foliolis ovatis, viscosis, incarnatis.
Corolla urceolata, apice incarnata, laciniis obtusis, minutis, erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ.
Pistillum. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Corolla et Stamina.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Stylus et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips without the blossoms, which are pitcher-shaped; cup double, clammy, tiled, coloured, and almost the length of the blossoms; leaves grow by threes, even, appearing cut off at the point, and linear.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, a span high; the larger and smaller branches are numerous, covered with leaves, and upright.
Leaves grow by threes, straight out, appearing cut off at the point, flat, even, and having their footstalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow in bunches, generally three together, at the ends of the smaller branches, hanging downward; footstalks the length of the cup.
Empalement. Cup double, pressed to the blossom, tiled: the leaves are egg-shaped, clammy, and flesh-coloured.
Blossom pitcher-shaped, flesh-coloured at the mouth, which has its segments blunt, small, and upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, bent inwards. Tips beardless, and without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Blossom and Chives.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.
