ERICA multiflora.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica antheris muticis, exsertis; corollis cylindraceo-urceolatis, costatis; floribus axillaribus, subterminalibus; pedunculis flore triple fere longioribus, ternatis; foliis quaternis seu quinis, linearibus, patentibus, obtusis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, ramosus; rami et ramuli rigidi, erecti.
Folia quaterna seu quina, patentia, obtusa, glabra, linearia, recta.
Flores axillares, sub-terminales, sub-spicati, ternati; pedunculi capillares, longissimi, corollæ triplo longiores, bracteis tribus, minutis, instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, ovatis, concavis, coloratis.
Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, costata, sub-carnea; laciniis minutis, reflexis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, longitudine corollæ. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, nigræ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, quadri-sulcatum, apice arctatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat in Lusitania.
Floret ab Octobre in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Umbella florum. 2. Calyx, auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una aucta. 4. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with beardless tips, without the blossom, which is of a cylindrical pitcher shape and ribbed; flowers grow from the base of the leaves nearly terminal, with flower stems nearly thrice the length of the blossom, growing by threes; leaves grow by fours or fives, linear, spreading, obtuse and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, branching; large and small branches harsh, upright.
Leaves grow by fours or fives, spreading, blunt, smooth, linear, and straight.
Flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, nearly terminal, almost spiked, ternate; foot-stalks hair-like, very long, thrice the length of the blossom, with three floral leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, concave, coloured.
Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, ribbed, slightly flesh-coloured, segments small, reflexed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, the length of the blossom. Tips beardless, without the blossom and black.
Pointal. Seed-bud top-shaped, four-furrowed, narrowed at the top. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of Portugal.
Flowers from October till December.
REFERENCE.
1. An umbel of flowers. 2. The Cup, magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The Pointal, magnified.
