ERICA pubescens minor.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo subexserto; floribus terminalibus, umbellatis; corollis ovatis, pubescentibus, purpureis; foliis quaternis, erectis, obtusis, hirtis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis sesquipedalis fruticosus, ramosus, pilosus; rami et ramuli pilosi, filiformes, virgati, erecti.
Folia quaterna, sæpe terna, obtusa, hirta, erecta, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, numerosi, purpurei; pedunculi capillares, bracteis tribus, hirtusis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis pilosis, subulatis, adpressis.
Corolla ovata, obtusa, villosa; laciniis minutis, erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen obovatum, quadratum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, arcuatus, purpureus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Octobre, in Martium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, lente auctum. 2. Corolla et Calyx. 3. Calyx, auctus. 4. Stamina, et Pistillum, lente auctum. 5. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just without; flowers terminate the branches in umbels; blossoms egg-shaped, downy and purple; leaves grow by fours, upright, blunt, and hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem grows a foot and a half high, shrubby, branching and hairy; the larger and smaller branches are hairy, thread-shaped, twiggy, and upright.
Leaves grow by fours, often by threes, are blunt, hairy, upright, and furrowed beneath; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the stem.
Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, are numerous and purple; the foot-stalks are hair-like, with three hairy floral leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets hairy, awl-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom egg-shaped obtuse, covered with soft hairs; segments of the border small and upright.
Chives. Threads hair-like. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud inversely egg-shaped, squared and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, bowed and purple. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October, till March.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified. 2. The Blossom and Empalement. 3. The Empalement, magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 5. The Pointal, magnified.
