ERICA Uhria.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica antheris aristatis, sub-exsertis; stylo exserto, apice curvato; corollis clavato-tubulosis, tomentosis, sanguineis, basi quadratis, apicibus virentibus; floribus solitariis, terminalibus; foliis, ternis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, rami pauci, erecti; ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patenti.
Folia terna, linearia, glabra, patentia, subtus sulcata; petiolis adpressis.
Flores terminales, solitarii, racemum formantes in apice ramorum; pedunculi crassiusculi, bracteis tribus minutis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, quadratum; foliolis ovato-acuminatis, marginatis, intus viscosis, adpressis.
Corolla clavato-tubulosa, tomentosa, sanguinea, apice virescens, basi quadrata, viscosa; laciniis limbi erectis, subincurvis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, sub-exsertæ.
Pistillum. Germen sub-ovatum, costatum, ad basin summaque glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, apice curvatus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Augusto, in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx auctus. 2. Flos. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. 5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum. 6. Germen, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with bearded tips, just without the blossom; shaft without the blossom, curved at the end; blossoms tubularly club-shaped, downy, blood-coloured, squared at the base, green at the ends; flowers solitary, terminal; leaves grow by threes, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, grows two feet high, large branches few and upright; smaller branches numerous, upright and spreading.
Leaves grow by threes, linear, smooth, spreading, furrowed beneath; foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers terminate the small branches, grow solitary, forming a long bunch at the top of the branches; foot-stalks rather fleshy, having three small floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, squared; leaflets pointed egg-shaped, bordered, clammy on the inside, pressed to the blossom.
Blossom tubularly club-shaped, downy, blood-colour, green-ended, squared at the base, clammy; segments of the border upright, rather turned inwards.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded just without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, ribbed, glandular at the base and the top. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, curved at the point. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, magnified. 2. A Flower. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified. 6. The Seed-bud, magnified.
