ERICA pubescens, minima.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis inclusis, corollis minutis, urceolata, læte purpurea, villosa, foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, pilosus; ramuli pilosi, virgati, filiformes.
Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata.
Flores in ultimis ramulis, terminales, umbellati, cernui; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus.
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, villosis.
Cordula minuta, urceolata, læte purpurea, villosa.
Stamina octo, capillaria; antheræ aristatæ inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin nectariferum; stylus filiformis, inclusus; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Novembri ad Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Calyx cum Bracteis lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Idem lente auctus. 5. Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips within the blossom, blossoms very small, pitcher-shaped, bright purple and hairy, leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching and hairy; the branches are hairy, twiggy, and thread-shaped.
Leaves by fours, blunt, covered with soft hairs, turned inwards, and bowed.
Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding; peduncles short, furnished with three floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved, with lanceolate, hairy leaflets,
Blossom very small, pitcher-shaped, bright purple, and covered with soft hairs.
Chives eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, with honey-cups at the base; shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of November till April.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement and floral Leaves magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The same magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.
