ERICA vestita alba.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; folia sena, tremulenta, linearia, conferta, attenuata in petiolos capillares; floribus clavatis, albidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis tripedalis, laxus, erectus, basi simplicissimus, ramis simplicibus adscendentibus.
Folia sena, conferta, glabra, linearia, tremulenta, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petioles capillares semiunguiculares.
Flores in ramulis verticillati, erecto-patentes; pedunculis brevibus bracteis tribus instructis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, glabris, viscosis.
Corolla clavata, pollicaris, alba, pubescens; oris laciniis patentibus.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, summum pilis longis coronatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossoms; leaves grow by sixes, are tremulous, linear, and crowded together, tapering into hair-like foot-stalks; the flowers are club-shaped, and white.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem grows three feet high, loose and upright, simple at the base, with simple ascending branches.
Leaves grow by sixes, crowded together, smooth, linear, tremulous, furrowed underneath, and tapering into hair-like foot-stalks a quarter of an inch in length.
Flowers grow in whorls upon the smaller branches, upright, and spreading; with short foot-stalks having three floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, smooth, and clammy.
Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, white and downy, the segments of the mouth are spread outward.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, tips beardless, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, the top-being crowned with long hairs. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
