Volume 3 — ERICA lachnæa, purpurea.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus urceolatis, terminalibus ternis, purpureo-pulverulentis; foliis ternis, confertis, obtusis, tomentosis; ramis et ramulis numerosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis erectus, pedalis, fruticosus; rami numerosi, ramulis brevissimis tecti.
Folia terna, obtusa, conferta, tomentosa, farinario-viridia, patentia.
Flores terni in apice ramulorum, cernui, pedunculis brevissimis.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, adpressum interiori, quod est tetra-phyllum; foliolis ovatis, marginibus villosis.
Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, purpureo-pulverulenta; laciniis limbi obtusis, sub-erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin glandulosum; stylus filiformis, erectus, inclusus.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ diductâ, et auctâ. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips within the blossom; flowers pitcher-shaped, terminating the branches by threes, of a powdery purple; leaves by threes, crowded, blunt, and downy; the large and smaller branches are numerous.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, a foot high, shrubby; branches numerous, and covered by very short smaller ones.
Leaves by threes, blunt, crowded, and downy; of a mealy green, and spreading.
Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the small branches, nodding, with very short footstalks.
Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved, and pressed to the inner, which is four-leaved; leaflets are egg-shaped, and hairy at the edges.
Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, of a powdery purple; the segments of the border obtuse, and nearly upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, glandular at the base; shaft thread-shaped, upright, and within the blossom.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip detached, and magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified.
