ERICA flava.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis subinclusis, marginibus foliorum ternatorum asperiusculis, corollâ ovatâ costatâ sub-quadrilineari.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, suberectus, cortice fulvo, ramis distantibus, paucis, simplicibus, suberectis.
Folia ternata, suberecta, dein patula, denique expansa et flexuosa, linearia, crassiuscula, lucida, subtus sulcata, marginibus lente minutissime cartilagineo-ciliatis, et inde tactu asperiusculis.
Flores numerosi, subcongesti, infra apices ramorum, nutantes vel cernui; pedunculi corollâ longiores, bracteis tribus distantibus muniti.
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, marginibus minutissime ciliatis.
Corolla ovata, costata, læte lutea, laciniis patentibus obtusissimis.
Stamina octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret Autumno ad Vernum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips just within the blossom, the margins of the ternate leaves roughish, and with the blossom egg-shaped ribbed and near four lines long.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, erectish, with brown bark, branches distant, few, simple, and nearly erect.
Leaves in threes, erectish, then patulous, finally expanded and flexuose, linear, thickish, shining, and furrowed beneath, with margins in the magnifier very minutely cartilaginous-ciliated, and thence slightly rough to the touch.
Flowers numerous, rather crowded, beneath the tips of the branches, nodding or cernuous; peduncles longer than the blossom, and furnished with three remote floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped, with most minutely ciliated edges.
Blossom egg-shaped, ribbed, and bright yellow, with extremely blunt spreading segments.
Chives eight, capillary; tips beardless, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from Autumn till the Spring-time.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified. 4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified. 5. The Seed-bud magnified.
