Volume 3 — ERICA fimbriata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; corollis sub-globosis; calycibus fimbriatis; foliis crassis, serrulatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis; ramis filiformibus, flexuosis.
Folia terna et quaterna, erecto-patentia, obtusa, carinata, serrulata.
Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, terni et ultra, cernuo-patentes; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus fimbriatis, adpressis.
Calyx tetraphyllus; foliolis ovatis, squamosis, fimbriatis.
Corolla sub-globosa, rubro-purpurea; laciniis semi-orbiculatis, æqualibus, patentibus.
Stamina octo, capillaria; antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem subtus. 3. Corolla. 4. Flores varietatis albæ et purpureæ. 5. Calyx et Bracteæ lente aucta. 6. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta. 7. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, within the blossom, which is nearly globe-shaped; the empalement fringed; leaves thick, and slightly sawed.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, half a foot high; the branches thread-shaped and pliant.
Leaves by threes and fours, erect and spreading, obtuse, keeled, and slightly sawed.
Flowers grow at the extremity of the smaller branches in threes or more, between nodding and spreading; the footstalks are short, with three fringed floral leaves pressed to the cup.
Empalement four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, scaly, and fringed.
Blossom nearly globular, of a red purple; the segments form a half round, equal and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The under side of the same. 3. A Blossom. 4. Flowers of a white and purple variety. 5. The Empalement and floral Leaves magnified. 6. The Chives and Pointal magnified. 7. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.
