Volume 3 — ERICA australis.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis cylindraceo-urceolatis, pallide purpureis, fragrantibus; floribus terminalibus; foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis erectus, fruticosus, ramosus, bipedalis; rami et ramuli filiformes.
Folia quaterna, obtusa, curvata, subtus sulcata.
Flores terminales, in ramulis numerosis, quaterni, pedunculis brevibus.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum; foliolis ovatis, ad interiores adpressis, imbricatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus, fimbriatis.
Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, odorata, pallide-purpurea; laciniis revolutis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, tenuissime lanâ tecta, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat in Lusitania.
Floret a mense Martio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina et Pistillum corollâ diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips within the blossoms, which are of a cylindrical pitcher-shape, pale purple, and sweet-scented; flowers terminal; leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, shrubby, and branching, two feet high; the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped.
Leaves by fours, blunt-ended, curved, and furrowed beneath.
Flowers terminate the numerous small branches, by fours, with short footstalks.
Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, pressed to the inner ones, and tiled; the inner is four-leaved, with larger leaflets, and fringed.
Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and of a pale purple; segments of the border are rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly covered with wool, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of Portugal.
Flowers from the month of March till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of the Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the blossom, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified.
