ERICA Sebana aurantia.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corolla clavata, incurvata, aurantia; laciniis obtusis, incurvis; floribus ternis, terminalibus; calyx duplex, imbricatus; foliis ternis, arcuatis, reflexis; rami toti tecti ramulis brevissimis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis robustus, erectus, pedalis; rami pauci, tecti ramulis confertis, brevissimis.
Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, subtrigona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata.
Flores terni in apice ramulorum dependenti; pedunculi brevissimi, nudi.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum, foliolis, lato-ovatis, membranaceis, adpressis, imbricatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.
Corolla clavata, incurvata, aurea, calyce duplo longior; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo linearia, plana. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ, lineares, attenuata in filamenta.
Pistillum. Germen ovale, apice truncatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx auctus.
2. Flos.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
5. Anthera una, lente aucta.
6. Stigma, auctum.
7. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; blossom club-shaped, turned inwards and orange coloured; segments blunt, turned inwards; flowers grow by threes at the ends of the branches; cup double, tiled; leaves grow by threes, are curved, and reflexed; the branches are quite covered with little branches.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem sturdy, upright, grows a foot high; branches few, covered by little branches which are crowded together.
Leaves grow by threes, linear, arched, crowded, nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, very small foot-stalks.
Flowers grow by threes at the end of the small branches, hanging down; very short, naked, foot-stalks.
Empalement. Cup double, the outer three-leaved, leaflets broad egg-shaped and skinny, pressed to the stem, tiled; the inner four-leaved, with larger leaflets.
Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, orange colour, and twice the length of the cup; the segments of the mouth blunt and turned inwards.
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, linear, and tapered into the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud oval, appearing cut off at the end and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit slightly four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July, till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
5. A Tip, magnified.
6. The Summit, magnified.
7. The Seed-bud, magnified.
