ERICA glandulosa.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis late linearibus pilis glandulosis ciliatis, floribus umbellatis terminalibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, subpedalis, fuscus, valde flexuosus; ramis numerosis, senioribus decumbentibus, apicibus adscendentibus.
Folia quaterna, expansa, vel recurva, ciliata pilis apice glandulosis; petiolis brevissimis, appressis.
Flores terminales, umbellati, nutantes, vel cernui, 4-6 in singula umbella.
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis inæqualibus purpureis pilis glanduliferis ciliatis.
Corolla ovata, nitida, purpurea, laciniis subrotundis, erectis.
Stamina, filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, valde sulcatum. Stylus superans tubum corollæ. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret Mai, in Januar.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta. 2. Corolla cum Calyce. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, leaves in fours broad-linear edged with glandular hairs, flowers umbelled terminal.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, nearly a foot high, brown, extremely flexuose; with numerous branches, the oldest bent downwards, with ascending points.
Leaves in fours, expanded, or recurved, edged with hairs which are glandular at the points; with very short footstalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers terminal, umbelled, nodding, or cernuous, from 4 to 6 in each umbel.
Empalement four-leaved, with unequal purple leaflets edged with gland-bearing hairs.
Blossom egg-shaped, shining, purple, with roundish, erect segments.
Chives, eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, within the blossom.
Pointal. Germen turban-shaped, very much furrowed. Shaft higher than the tube of the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till January.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 2. A Blossom with the Empalement. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal spread open, with one tip magnified. 5. The Pointal and Seed-bud, with the summit magnified. 6. The Seed-bud magnified.
