ERICA depressa.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto; floribus terminalibus, subternis, subsessilibus; corollis grossis, flavescentibus; foliis quaternis, crassiusculis, obtusis, nitidis; ramis depressis; caule robusto.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, robustus, spithamæus; rami divaricati, flexuosi, depressi; ramuli frequentissimi, brevi.
Folia quaterna, linearia, crassiuscula, obtusa, nitida, seniora reflexa; petiolis brevissimis adpressis.
Flores in ramulis terminales, subterni, subsessili; bracteis adpressis, imbricatis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acutis, margine membranaceis, carinatis, adpressis.
Corolla subcylindrica, grossa, subpollicaris, flava.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsersus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 2. Calyx cum bracteis aucta. 3. Stamina, a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. 4. Pistillum et Germen.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom, shaft without; flowers terminal, mostly by threes, fitting nearly close to the stem; blossoms swelled and yellow; leaves grow by fours, thickish, blunt, shining; branches bent downward; sturdy stem.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, sturdy, a span in height; branches straddle, grow zig-zagged, and pressed downward; small branches numerous and short.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, thickish, blunt, shining, the older ones turned back; very short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
Flowers terminate the small branches by threes, in general, fitting close to the stem; floral leaves tiled and pressed to the cup.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, skinny edged, keeled, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom nearly cylindrical, swelled, near an inch long and yellow.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud top-shaped and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower natural size. 2. The Cup, with the floral leaves magnified. 3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one Tip magnified. 4. The Pointal and Seed-bud.
