ERICA radiata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exserto; floribus horizontaliter-verticillatis, terminalibus; corollis sub-cylindricis, pollicaribus, laciniis revolutis; foliis quaternis, glabris, patentibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sub-pedalis, ramosus; rami sub-simplices, patento-erecti, glabri.
Folia quaterna, linearia, patentia, subtus sulcata, supra plana, glabra; petiolis adpressis.
Flores in ramulorum apice verticillati, horizontaliter siti; pedunculi foliorum longitudine, bracteis tribus, subulatis, instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, adpressis.
Corolla subcylindrica, calyce triplo longior; oris laciniis revolutis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom; shaft without; flowers terminate the branches in horizontal whorls; blossoms nearly cylindrical, an inch long, with the segments of the border rolled back; leaves grow by fours, smooth and spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, grows near a foot high, and branching; the branches nearly simple, spreading upright and smooth.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, spreading, furrowed on the under part, flat on the upper part and smooth; the foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow in whorls at the ends of the smaller branches, standing horizontally; the foot-stalks the length of the leaves, having three awl-shaped floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, the leaflets are awl-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom almost cylinder-shaped, thrice the length of the cup; the segments of the mouth are rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud club-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Flower.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Shaft and Summit, magnified.
