ERICA rosea.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis plerumque inclusis, foliis subsenis setaceis longiusculis, in petioles capillares attenuatis, floribus sublateralibus clavatis roseis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis ramulisque erectis, et sæpe alternis.
Folia plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata.
Flores 2-3-nati, fere laterales, nutantes; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus instructis.
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis.
Corolla cylindrica, paululum curvata, uncialis, læte rosea, laciniis subrectis.
Stamina filamenta octo capillaria, mutica, plerumque inclusa.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, basi poris melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, sæpe subexclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate tente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips chiefly within the blossom, leaves nearly in sixes bristle-shaped longish, and attenuated into capillary foot-stalks, flowers somewhat lateral club-shaped and rosy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, two feet high, with the branches and branchlets erect, and often alternate.
Leaves chiefly in fives or sixes, erect, bristle-shaped, attenuated downwards into capillary foot-stalks.
Flowers growing in twos and threes, nearly lateral, nodding; foot-stalks short, furnished with three floral leaves,
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom cylindrical, very slightly curved, an inch long, bright rose-colour, with the segments nearly erect.
Chives eight hair-like threads, beardless, chiefly within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furnished with honey-bearing pores at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, often just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified. 4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified. 5. The Seed-bud magnified.
