ERICA vestita coccinea.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; foliis senis, tremulis, linearibus, attenuatis in petiolos capillares; corollis clavatis, pollicaribus, coccineis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, parum ramosus, ramulis simplicibus, foliis tectis.
Folia sena, linearia, tremula, glabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petiolos capillares semiunguiculares.
Flores in ramulis mediis conferti, numerosi, erecto-patentes, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus linearibus adpressis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis adpressis glabris.
Corolla clavata, pollicaris, coccinea, oris laciniis revolutis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheris muticis, sub-exsertis.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spæi.
Floret a mense Augusto in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips just without the blossom; the leaves grow by sixes, are tremulous, linear, and taper into hair-like foot-stalks; the blossoms are club-shaped, an inch long, and deep scarlet.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, grows a foot and a half high, branching but little; the smaller branches are simple, and covered with leaves.
Leaves grow by sixes, are linear, tremulous, smooth, furrowed underneath, and tapering into hair-like foot-stalks half an inch long.
Flowers are clustered together about the middle of the branches, are numerous, spreading upwards, having short foot-stalks, with three linear floral leaves pressed to the cup.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, and smooth.
Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, and of a deep scarlet colour; the segments of the mouth are rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle; tips beardless, and just without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
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.
