Volume 3 — ERICA cordata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; floribus terminalibus, confertissime capitatis, globosis; frutex pygmæus; foliis ternis, cordatis, villosis; ramis numerosis, confertis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis humilis, spithamæus; rami et ramuli numerosi, conferti, flexuosi, patentes.
Folia terna, cordata, patentes, marginibus revolutis, supra villosa, subtus lanata.
Flores terminales, in apicibus ramulorum, confertissimi, capitati, erecti; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis subulatis, villosis, adpressis.
Corolla globosa, glabra, albida; laciniis limbi rotundatis, patentibus.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ, nigræ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, superne villosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem subtus lente auctum. 3. Calyx et Corolla. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Stamen lente auctum. 6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips just without the blossom; flowers terminal, in very crowded heads, and globular; a dwarf shrub; leaves by threes, heart-shaped, and hairy; branches numerous, and crowded.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem low, a span high; the large and small branches are numerous, crowded together, flexuose, and spreading.
Leaves by threes, heart-shaped, spreading, rolled back at the edges, hairy on the upper surface, and woolly beneath.
Flowers terminal, crowded very close together at the ends of the branches in upright heads; footstalks short, furnished with three floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets awl-shaped, hairy, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom globular, smooth, and white; segments of the border round, and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, just without the blossom, and black.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, hairy above, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The under side of the same magnified. 3. The Empalement and Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal. 5. A Chive magnified. 6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. The Seed-bud magnified.
