ERICA fragrans,
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris exertis basi bicornibus, foliis ternatis subulatis, corollis campanulatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, semipedalis, valde ramosus, ramis patentibus.
Folia ternata, subulata, erecta, glauca, supra plana, subtus sulcata, petiolis breviusculis.
Flores subternati, laterales et terminales, parvi, pedunculis longiusculis.
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis, cuspidatis, et carinatis, tribracteatus.
Corolla campanulata, fragrans, pallide purpurea, laciniis majusculis, revolutis.
Stamina octo, capillaria; antheræ basi bicornes exertæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, apice villosum; stylus exertus; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret Martio ad Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem subtus. 3. Flos, cum calyce et pedunculo, 4. Calyx lente auctus. 5. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta. 6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base without the blossom, leaves in threes awl-shaped, and bell-shaped flowers.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, half a foot high, very much branched, with the branches spreading.
Leaves in threes, awl-shaped, erect, glaucous green, plane above, furrowed beneath, with shortish foot-stalks.
Flowers somewhat in threes, lateral and terminal, small, with longish peduncles.
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and keeled; furnished with three floral leaves.
Blossom bell-shaped, sweet-scented, pale purple, with largish revolute segments.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips without the blossom, two-horned at the base.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, villous at the top; shaft without the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March to May.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The under-side of the same. 3. A Flower, with the calyx and peduncle. 4. The Empalement magnified. 5. The Chives and Pointal magnified. 6. The Seed-bud magnified.
