Volume 3 — ERICA calycina, major.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus umbellatis; corollis urceolatis, saturate carneis. Calycis foliola corollâ longiora, foliis ternis. Rami virgati.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis virgatus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli flexuosissimi.
Folia terna, lanceolata, trigona, supra plana, glabra, acuminata, adpressa, læte viridia.
Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati. Pedunculi carnei, bracteis tribus coloratis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, acuminatis, carneis, ad basin virescentibus, corollâ longioribus.
Corolla urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida; oris laciniis patentibus, acuminatis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheris cristatis, inclusis.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus subinclusus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta. 2. Calyx magnitudine naturæ. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 5. Stamen unum lente auctum. 6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom. The flowers grow in umbels. Blossom pitcher-shaped, and of a deep flesh colour. The leaves of the cup are longer than the flower. Leaves by threes. Branches twiggy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem twiggy, a foot high. The small and large branches are very flexuose.
Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, three-sided, flat on the upper surface, smooth, sharp-pointed, pressed to the branches, and of a bright green.
Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels. Footstalks flesh-coloured, and furnished with three coloured floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, sharp-pointed, flesh-coloured, greenish at the base, and longer than the flower.
Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh colour, pale at the base. The segments of the border are spreading, and sharp-pointed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement, natural size. 3. A Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the blossom. 5. A Chive magnified. 6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. Seed-bud magnified.
