ERICA Sebana, viridis.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, exertis, longissimis; corolla conica, sub-viridis, laciniis obtusis, rectis; floribus ternis, terminalibus, dependentibus; calyx duplex, imbricatus; foliis ternis, reflexis, confertis, arcuatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis robustus, erectus, pedalis; rami tecti ramulis brevissimis, confertis.
Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub-trigona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata.
Flores terni, in apice ramulorum brevissimorum cernui.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, membranaceis, adpressis, imbricatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.
Corolla conica, calyce duplo longior, pallide-viridis; laciniis limbi obtusis, rectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, linearia, plana; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ, sub-rubræ.
Pistillum. Germen conicum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret in mense Aprilis.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamen unum auctum.
6. Pistillum lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; blossom conical and greenish, having the segments of the mouth blunt, and straight; the flowers grow by threes, at the end of the branches, hanging down; cup double and tiled; the leaves grow by threes, are bent backward, crowded together, and arched.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem sturdy, upright, and a foot high; the branches are covered with very short lesser branches, crowded together.
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, arched, crowded together, nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, and on very short footstalks.
Flowers grow by threes, at the end of the shorter branches hanging down.
Empalement. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, the leaflets of a broad egg-shape, skinny, pressed to the inner cup, and tiled; the inner four-leaved, the leaflets larger.
Blossom conical, twice the length of the cup, and pale green; the segments of the border are blunt, and straight.
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, and reddish.
Pointal. Seed-bud conical. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, and something longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers in the month of April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. A Chive magnified.
6. The Pointal magnified.
