Volume 3 — ERICA canaliculata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis, nigris; floribus terminalibus, ternis, pallide purpureis, cernuis; caule erecto; foliis ternis, erectis, canaliculatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, ferrugineus; rami et ramuli verticillati, numerosi.
Folia terna, erecta, obtusa, supra plana, subtus canaliculata.
Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, nutantes; pedunculi longi, colorati, bracteis tribus adpressis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovatis, coloratis, adpressis.
Corolla campanulata, pallide purpurea; oris laciniis ovatis, acutis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martio in Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips just without the blossom; flowers terminal, by threes, of a pale purple, nodding; stem upright; leaves by threes, upright, and channelled.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, and rusty; the larger and smaller branches are whorled, and numerous.
Leaves by threes, upright, blunt, flat on the upper surface, and channelled beneath.
Flowers terminate the ends of the smaller branches, mostly by threes, hanging down; footstalks long, and coloured, with three floral leaves pressed to them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets are ovate, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom bell-shaped, and of a pale purple; segments of the border are egg-shaped, and sharp-pointed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and just without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at their base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till May.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified.
