ERICA margaritacea.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis globoso campanulatis; floribus terminalibus, sub-umbellatis; foliis quaternis, lineari-trigonis, glabris, erectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis erectus, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi, erecti, glabri.
Folia quaterna, lineari-trigona, erecta, subtus sulcata, glabra; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
Flores terminales, nutantes, sub-umbellati; pedunculi filiformes, bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, carinatis, sulcatis, lævibus, adpressis.
Corolla urceolata, alba, calyce paulo longior; laciniæ limbi obtusæ, erecto-patulæ.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice inflexa. Antheræ ovatæ, brunneæ, cristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Junii, in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
5. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom; shaft without; blossoms globularly bell-shaped; flowers terminate the branches in small bunches; leaves grow by fours, linearly three-sided, smooth and upright.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, and branching; the small branches are numerous, upright, and smooth.
Leaves grow by fours, linearly three-sided, upright, furrowed on the under part and smooth; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.
Flowers terminate the branches, are a little bent downwards, and grow in small bunches; the foot-stalks are thread-shaped, with three linear floral leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, the little leaves are awl-shaped, keeled, furrowed, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom pitcher-shaped, white, and a little longer than the cup; the segments of the border are blunt, upright and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, bent inwards at the ends. Tips egg-shaped, brown, crested and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud globular, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June, till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. A Chive, magnified.
5. The Pointal, magnified.
