ERICA gelida.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus verticillatis, spicatis, dependentibus; corolla pollicaris, cylindrica, albicanto-virescens, basi quadrifariam sulcata, apice arctata, atro-virens; foliis quaternis senisve, curvatis, patentibus, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, strictissimus, tripedalis; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli verticillati, simplices.
Folia ramulorum subquaterna, ramorum sena, linearia, glabra, curvata, acuta, patentia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
Flores in ultimis ramis axillares, spicati, imbricati, dependenti; pedunculi curvati, bracteis tribus, membranaceis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium, tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis acutis, margine membranaceis, adpressis.
Corolla cylindrica, apice arctata, basi quadrata, sulcata, pollicaris, albicanto-virescens, apice atro-virens.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen subglobosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Aprile, in Julium.
REFERENCE.
1. Flos. 2. Calyx, lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente aucta. 5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with bearded tips within the blossom; flowers grow whorled, in spikes, hanging down; blossoms an inch long, cylindrical, of a whitish green, four-furrowed at the base and narrowed at the mouth, which is dark-green; leaves grow by fours or sixes, curved, spreading and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, very upright, grows three feet high; the large branches are few and upright; the small branches grow in whorles and are simple.
Leaves of the small branches grow mostly by fours, those on the large by sixes, linear, smooth, curved, pointed, spreading; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the stem.
Flowers grow at the top of the branches, close to the stem, in spikes, tiled, hanging down; foot-stalks curved, having three skinny floral leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, skinny at the edge, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom cylindrical, narrowed at the top, squared and furrowed at the base, an inch long, of a whitish green, and dark green at the end.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April, ’till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower. 2. The Empalement, magnified. 3. The Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip magnified, 5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
