ERICA lateralis.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica antheris cristatis, inclulis; corolla purpurea, urceolato-campanulata, ad basin plana; pedunculis longissimis; floribus umbellatis, ternminalibus, fecundis, cernuis; foliis quaternis, obtusis, glaberrimis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis; rami sub-simplices, virgati, filiformes.
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, sub-trigona, crassiuscula, brevissime petiolata, petiolis adpressis.
Flores ad apices ramorum ramulorumque umbellati, cernui, secundi, purpurei; pedunculi florum triplo longitudine colorati, bracteis tribus minutis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis minutis, adpressis, ciliatis, subulatis.
Corolla sub-campanulata ad basin plana, purpurea; laciniis limbi obtusis, suberectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, apice incurvata. Antheras cristatæ, atro-purpureæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus staminibus longior, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum, virescens.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti, in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx, auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
6. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with crested tips, within the blossom; which is purple, between bell and pitcher-shaped, flat at the base; foot-stalks very long; flowers grow in umbels at the end of the branches, point all one way and hang down; leaves grow by fours, are blunt and very smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, grows a foot high; branches nearly simple, twiggy and thread-shaped.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, almost three-sided, thickish, very short foot-stalks, which are pressed to the stem.
Flowers grow in umbels, at the end of the larger and smaller branches, nodding, all pointing one way, and are purple; foot-stalks thrice the length of the flowers, coloured, and three small floral leaves upon them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets small, pressed to the blossom, fringed and awl-shaped.
Blossom approaching to bell-shape; the lower part flat, and purple; the segments of the border are blunt and rather upright
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, turned inwards at the upper part. Tips crested, deep purple, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, glandular at the base. Shaft longer than the chives, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered and greenish.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Blossom.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one Tip magnified.
6. The Pointal, magnified.
