ERICA setacea.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; stylo longissimo, exserto; floribus racemosis, terminalibus, ternis; corollis urceolatis, pallidis, minutis; foliis ternis, hispidis; caulis flexilis, filiformis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis rami et ramuli filiformes, flexuosi, tenuissime scabri, villosi.
Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, obtusa, supra sub-scabrida, margine setacea, revoluta; petioli brevissimi.
Flores in ultimis ramulis terminates, sub-terni, spicati; pedunculi longitudine florum, bracteis tribus, ad basin instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, apice pilosis, adpressis.
Corolla urceolata, glabra, sub-albida, minuta; laciniæ limbi sub-erectæ, obtusæ.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ inclusæ, ad basin bicornutæ.
Pistillum. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum. Stylus exsertus, longissimus. Stigma maximum, tetragonum, purpureum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi. Februarii, in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum, lente auctum.
2. Calyx, et Corolla.
3. Calyx, auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
6. Stamen unum, auctum.
7. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom, the shaft very long and without; flowers grow in long bunches, terminating the small branches by threes; blossoms pitcher-shaped, pale and small; leaves grow by threes, with harsh hair on them; stem weak and thread-shaped.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped, grow zig-zag, are a little rough and hairy.
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, bowed, blunt, roughish on the upper side, bristly and rolled back at the edge; the foot-stalks very short.
Flowers grow mostly by threes at the extremity of the smaller branches, forming a spike; the foot-stalks the length of the flowers, having three floral leaves at the base.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, hairy at the end and pressed to the blossoms.
Blossom pitcher-shape, smooth, whitish and small; the segments of the border are almost upright and blunt.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips within the blossom and two-horned at the base.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, and furrowed. Shaft without the blossom, and very long. Summit very large, four-cornered, and purple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till April.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, and Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
6. A Chive, magnified.
7. The Pointal, magnified.
