ERICA ardens.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, floribus lateralibus subternis cernuis subglobosis, laciniis erecto-incurvis, foliis ternis subulatis reflexis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, semipedalis et ultra, flexuosus, ramulis erectis, patentibusque.
Folia ternata, subulata, reflexa, petiolis brevibus, adpressis.
Flores laterales, sæpe ternati, cernui, speciosi; pedunculi floribus sere duplo longiores, bracteis tribus, distantibus, coloratis, instructi.
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis ovato-acuminatis, concavis, incurvatis.
Corolla subglobosa, ignea, laciniis erecto-incurvis.
Stamina octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme; stylus inclusus; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Flos. 3. Calyx cum pedunculo, lente auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Stamen lente auctum. 6. Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips within the blossom, flowers lateral chiefly in threes bowing nearly globose, with the segments erect-incurved, leaves in threes awl-shaped and bent backwards.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, half a foot high and upwards, flexuose, with branches erect, and spreading.
Leaves, in threes, awl-shaped, bent backwards, with short footstalks pressed to the stems.
Flowers lateral, chiefly in threes, bowing, showy; the peduncles almost twice as long as the flowers, with three distant, coloured, floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaves egg-acuminated, concave, and incurved.
Blossom somewhat globular, of a fiery colour, with segments erect-incurved.
Chives. Eight, hair-like; tips crested within the blossom.
Pointal. Germen turban-shaped; shaft within the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. A Flower. 3. The Empalement with the peduncle, magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal. 5. A Chive magnified. 6. The Pointal, with the summit magnified. 7. The Seed-bud magnified.
