Volume 3 — ERICA emarginata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, sub-inclusis: floribus terminalibus. Calyx emarginatus. Corolla campanulata, alba. Folia terna. Caulis erectus, dumosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, erecto-patentes.
Folia terna, trigona, crassa, rigida, revoluta, acuta, glabra, supra plana, subtus canaliculata: marginibus minute fimbriatis.
Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque terni. Pedunculi albi, bracteis tribus instructi, pilis nigris emarginatis.
Calyx tetraphyllus: foliolis ovatis, albis, adpressis, pilis nigris emarginatis.
Corolla campanulata, alba: oris laciniis æqualibus, revolutis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, sub-inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem subtus lente auctum. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, just within the blossom. Flowers terminal. Empalement emarginated. Blossom bell-shaped and white. Leaves by threes. Stem upright, and bushy.
DESCRIPTIO.
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high. The large and small branches are numerous, erect, and spreading.
Leaves by threes, three-sided, thick, rigid, rolled back, pointed and smooth, flat on their upper surface and channelled beneath; with minutely fringed edges.
Flowers terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes. Footstalks white, and furnished with three floral leaves emarginated with black hairs.
Empalement four-leaved. Leaflets are ovate, white, pressed to the blossom, and emarginated with black hairs.
Blossom bell-shaped and white: the segments of the border are equal, and rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft without. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The under side of the same magnified. 3. Empalement magnified. 4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.
