Volume 3 — ERICA clavata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, exertis, nigris; floribus terminalibus, pendulis; corolla clavata, viridis; calyx duplex; foliis ternis; caulis brevis, fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis erectus, humilis, ramosus; ramuli patentes, numerosi, verticillati.
Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, recta, glabra.
Flores terni, in apicibus ramulorum, dependentes; pedunculi fere nulli.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis ad basin lato-ovatis, superne subulatis.
Corolla clavata, viridis; laciniis limbi erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, linearia; antheræ muticæ, exertæ, nigræ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Junium.
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, and black; flowers terminate the branches, and hang down; blossom club-shaped, and green: cup double; leaves by threes; stem short, and shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, low, and branching; the smaller branches are spreading, numerous, and whorled.
Leaves by threes, linear, obtuse, straight, and smooth.
Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the smaller branches, and hang down, with scarcely any footstalks.
Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; the inner one four-leaved; the leaflets are broadly ovate at the base, and on the upper part awl-shaped.
Blossom club-shaped and green; the segments of the border are upright.
Chives. Eight linear threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, and black.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, and a little longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified.
