ERICA jasminiflora.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis ampullaceis, sesquipollicaribus, laciniis cordatis, patentibus; floribus subternis; foliis ternis, trigonis, subulatis, patenti-erectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis filiformis, erectus; rami simplicissimi, filiformes, longi, patenti.
Folia terna, trigona, acuta, subulata, margine serrata, basi adpressa, apicem versus patula, sexfariam imbricata.
Flores terminales, sub-terni, horizontales, umbellati; pedunculi purpurei, bracteis tribus, ovatis, coloratis, instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, viscosis, purpureis.
Corolla viscosa, sesquipollicaris, summa cylindracea, ad basin inflata, ore arctata; laciniis expansis, sub-ovatis, maximis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ basi bicornes, apice acuminatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Julii, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum, lente auctum.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Calyx, et Corolla.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una, lente aucta.
6. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with tips two horned at the base and within the blossom, the shaft without; blossoms flask-shaped, an inch and a half long, the segments heart-shaped and spreading; flowers growing by threes mostly; leaves grow by threes, are three-sided, awl-shaped, upright and spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem thread-shaped and upright; the branches are quite simple, thread shaped, long, and spreading.
Leaves grow by threes, are three-sided, sharp, awl-shaped, sawed at the edge, pressed to the stem at the base, spreading towards the end, and forming six angles.
Flowers terminate the branches generally by threes, grow horizontal, and in bunches; the foot-stalks are purple, having three oval, coloured floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are egg-shaped, clammy, and purple.
Blossom, clammy, an inch and a half long, the upper part cylindrical, swelled at the base, and pinched in at the mouth; the segments spreading, nearly egg-shaped and very large.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips two horned at the base, tapered to the points and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July, till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Empalement, and Blossom.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
6. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
