Volume 3 — ERICA incurva.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, sub-inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis urceolatis, odoratis, purpureis; foliis ternis, incurvatis, aculeatis; caule rufescente.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli hirsuti, erecto-patentes.
Folia terna, viride-farinosa, arcuata, incurva, aculeata, subtus sulcata; petiolis adpressis.
Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, plerumque terni; pedunculi aculeati, bracteis tribus aculeatis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovatis, aculeatis, pallide-viridia.
Corolla urceolata, purpurea, odorata; oris laciniis rotundatis, sub-erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, pubescens, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exsertis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem subtus. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Flos et Folium varietatis minoris. 5. Stamina diducta; antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, just within the blossom; shaft just without; blossoms pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and purple; leaves by threes, turned inwards, and prickly; stem roughish.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, branching. Large and small branches are roughly haired, and between erect and spreading.
Leaves by threes, of a mealy green, bowed, turned inwards, prickly, and deeply furrowed; footstalks pressed to the branches.
Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, mostly by threes; footstalks prickly, and furnished with three prickly floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, prickly, and of a pale green.
Blossom pitcher-shaped, purple and sweet-scented; the segments of the border are roundish and nearly upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till May.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The under side of the same. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. A Flower and Leaf of a small variety. 5. The Chives detached; one tip magnified. 6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. The Seed-bud magnified.
