Volume 3 — ERICA blanda.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris exertis, basi bicornibus; floribus terminalibus, confertis, umbellatis; corollis sub-cylindricis, incarnatis; foliis senis, obtusis, confertis, curvatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, spithamæus, teres; rami numerosi, recurvato-adscendentes.
Folia plerumque sena, linearia, obtusa, asperiuscula, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, petiolis longis, adpressis.
Flores numerosi, terminales, umbellati, horizontaliter siti; pedunculi longi, colorati.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis subulatis, carinatis, adpressis.
Corolla sub-cylindrica, incarnata, læviter tomentosa, laciniis æqualibus, erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ exertæ, basi bicornes.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus exertus. Stigma emarginatum, concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprilis in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx. 2. Idem lente auctus. 3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, and without the blossom; flowers terminal in crowded bunches; blossom nearly cylindrical, and flesh-coloured; leaves by sixes, obtuse, crowded, and curved.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a span high, round; branches numerous bending downwards, and ascending.
Leaves mostly by sixes, linear, obtuse, and roughish, bent downwards at the base, with ascending points; footstalks long, and pressed to the blossom.
Flowers numerous, in terminal bunches, in a horizontal direction; footstalks long, and coloured.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets awl-shaped, keeled, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom nearly cylindrical, flesh-coloured, slightly downy; the segments of the border are equal, and upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips without the blossom, and two-horned at their base.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed. Shaft without. Summit bordered, and hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement. 2. The same magnified. 3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified.
