Volume 3 — ERICA globosa.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris inclusis, basi bicornibus. Stylus exertus. Corolla globosa, incarnata, umbellata, cernua. Pedunculi longissimi. Folia terna, spathulata, patentia, glanduloso-villosa.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, villosi, erecto-patentes.
Folia terna, spathulata, subtus carinata, supra plana; marginibus glandulosis, revolutis.
Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui. Pedunculi longissimi, glanduloso-pilosi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, carinatis, glandulosis.
Corolla globosa, incarnata; oris laciniis obtusis, incurvatis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheris bicornibus, inclusis.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium. 2. Idem subtus lente auctum. 3. Calyx et Corolla. 4. Calyx lente auctus. 5. Stamina et Pistillum. 6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 7. Stamen unum lente auctum. 8. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 9. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips within the blossom, and two-horned at the base. Shaft without. Blossom globular, flesh-coloured, umbelled, and nodding. Footstalks very long. Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, spreading, and glandularly hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high. The large and small branches are numerous, hairy, and between erect and spreading.
Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, keeled beneath, flat on the upper surface. The margins are glandular, and rolled back.
Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding. Footstalks very long, and glandularly hairy.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, keeled, and glandular.
Blossom globular, flesh-coloured. The segments of the border are obtuse, and turned inwards.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed, and hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf. 2. The under side of the same, magnified. 3. The Empalement and Blossom. 4. The Empalement magnified. 5. The Chives and Pointal. 6. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 7. A Chive magnified. 8. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 9. Seed-bud magnified.
