ERICA pubescens.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis ovatis, pubescentibus; foliis quaternis, arcuatis, incurvatis, hirtis; caule piloso.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, ramosus, pilosus; rami et ramuli pilosi, filiformes, virgati.
Folia quaterna, sæpe terna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis adpressis.
Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, bini, terni, vel plures, copiosi, purpurei; pedunculi capillares, bracteis tribus, hirsutis, instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis pilosis, rufescentibus, subulatis, apicibus coloratis, obtusis.
Corolla, ovata, obtusa, villosa; oris laciniis minutis, erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, purpureus. Stigma ad basin peltatum, apice tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti, in Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, auctum.
2. Calyx, et Corolla.
3. Calyx, auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina, lente aucta.
6. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just without; blossoms egg-shaped and downy; leaves grow by fours, bowed, turned inwards, and hairy; stem hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, branching and hairy; the large and small branches are hairy; thread-shaped, and twiggy.
Leaves grow by fours, often by threes, blunt, hairy, turned inwards, bowed, and furrowed beneath; having very short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels of two, three, or more, are very abundant, and purple; foot-stalks are hair-like, having three hairy floral-leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are hairy, rough, awl-shaped, coloured at the ends, and blunt.
Blossom egg-shaped, blunt, and hairy; the segments of the mouth are small and upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped and purple. Summit shield-shaped at the base, and four-cornered at the top.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, and Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives, magnified.
6. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.
