Volume 3 — ERICA calycina, minor.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis. Folia terna. Rami filiformes. Flores terni, minuti, urceolati, saturate carnei. Calycis foliola corollâ longiora.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis filiformis, spithamæus, erecto-patens, ramosissimus.
Folia terna, lanceolata, subtus sulcata, supra plana, glabra, adpressa.
Flores terni, in ultimis ramulis terminales. Pedunculi carnei, bracteis tribus minutis coloratis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, carneis, corollâ longioribus.
Corolla minuta, urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida; oris laciniis patentibus.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheris cristatis, inclusis.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus inclusus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, reflexum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum. 2. Calyx et Corolla. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Corolla. 5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 6. Stamen unum lente auctum. 7. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom. Leaves by threes. Branches thread-shaped. The flowers grow by threes, are small, pitcher-shaped, and of a deep flesh colour. The leaves of the cup are longer than the flower.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem thread-shaped, a span high, between erect and spreading, and very much branched.
Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, furrowed beneath, flat on the upper surface, smooth, and pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow by threes, and terminate the smaller branches. The footstalks are flesh-coloured, and furnished with three small coloured floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are spathula-shaped, flesh-coloured, and longer than the blossom.
Blossom very small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, and pale at the base; the segments of the border spreading.
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-angled, and rolled back.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement and Blossom. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. A Blossom. 5. The Chives and Pointal, detached from the blossom. 6. A Chive magnified. 7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 8. Seed-bud magnified.
