ERICA Uhria, pilosa.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis inclusis; stylo exerto, apice curvato; corollis clavato-tubulosis, curvatis, pilosis, rubro-purpureis, apicibus virentibus; floribus terminalibus; foliis ternis, pilosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, erecti; ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patentes.
Folia terna, linearia, pilosa, subtus sulcata; petiolis adpressis.
Flores terminales, sub-bini, numerosi; pedunculi crassiusculi, bracteis duabus minutis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, canaliculatum; foliolis ovato-acuminatis, intus viscosis, adpressis.
Corolla clavato-tubulosa, curvata, pilosa, rubro-purpurea, apice virescens, viscosa; laciniis limbi erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin summumque glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exertus, apice curvatus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Augusto in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 2. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 3. Calyx cum bracteis lente auctus. 4. Stamina libera, antherâ unâ diductâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips within the blossom; shaft without, and curved at the end. Blossoms tubularly club-shaped, curved, and hairy, of a red purple, green at the ends; flowers terminal; leaves by threes, and hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, grows two feet high. Large branches few and upright; the small branches numerous, upright, and spreading.
Leaves by threes, linear, hairy, and furrowed beneath; footstalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers terminate the small branches, mostly by twos, and numerous; footstalks rather fleshy, having two small floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, channelled; leaflets pointedly egg-shaped, clammy on the inside, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom tubularly club-shaped, curved, and hairy, of a red purple, green-ended and clammy. Segments of the border upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, glandular at the base and 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 December.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 2. A Flower, natural size. 3. The Empalement and floral leaves magnified. 4. The Chives free, one tip detached magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. The Seed-bud magnified.
