Volume 3 — ERICA Banksia, purpurea.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis; filamenta plana, longissima, conniventia; corollis cylindricis, luteolo-albis; oris laciniis saturate purpureis. Caulis decumbens. Folia terna.
DESCRIPTIO.
Frutex pygmæus, sub-spithamæus, rigidus, ramosissimus.
Folia terna, sublata, trigona, mucronata; subtus sulcata; supra plana, glabra, profunde viridia.
Flores in ultimis ramulis, terni, cernui; pedunculis brevissimis.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, rigidis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus.
Corolla cylindrica, luteolo-alba; oris laciniis patentibus, saturate-purpureis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo plana, coalescentia, tubum formantia; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, patentes.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom; the threads are flat, very long, and closed together; blossom cylindrical, of a yellowish white; the segments of the mouth are of a deep purple. Stem drooping. Leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
A dwarf shrub, scarce a foot high, harsh, and very much branched.
Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, three-sided, and mucronated; furrowed beneath, and smooth on the upper surface, flat, and of a deep green colour.
Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the small branches, hanging down, with very short foot-stalks.
Empalement. Cup double, the outer three-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped and harsh; the inner four-leaved, and longer than the outer.
Blossom cylindrical, of a yellowish white; the segments of the border spreading, and of a deep purple.
Chives. Eight threads flat and close together, forming a tube; tips beardless, without the blossom, and spreading.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered and hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified.
