Volume 3 — ERICA lanata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis sub-exsertis; floribus quaternis, adpressis, sub-globosis, albidis, tomentosis, calyce magno lanato tectis; foliis ternis, cuneatis, lanatis; caulis laxus, filiformis, lanatus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis erectus, laxus, filiformis, fuscus, sesquipedalis; rami et ramuli numerosi, laxi, tomentosi.
Folia terna, cuneata, supra plana, marginibus revolutis, lanata.
Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, quaterni, adpressi, cernuo-patentes, pedunculis brevissimis.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis ovatis, concavis, incurvatis, lanâ densâ tectis, adpressis.
Corolla sub-globosa, albida, lanata, in sinu calycis fere recondita.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ muticæ, sub-exsertæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, apice lanatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum. 2. Idem subtus. 3. Calyx et Corolla. 4. Corolla. 5. Calyx lente auctus. 6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 7. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips just within the blossom; flowers by fours, pressed together, nearly globular, whitish, and downy, covered by a large woolly cup; leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, and woolly; stem weak, thread-shaped, and woolly.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, weak, thread-shaped, and brownish, a foot and a half high; the small and large branches are numerous, weak, and downy.
Leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, flat on their upper surface, rolled back at the edges, and woolly.
Flowers terminate the extremity of the branches by fours, pressed together, are nodding and spreading, with very short footstalks.
Empalement. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, the inner four-leaved; the leaflets are ovate, concave, and turned inwards, covered by a thick wool, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom nearly globular, whitish, woolly, and nearly hid within the cup.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, inserted into the receptacle; tips beardless, and just without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly on the upper part. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till December.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The underside of the same. 3. The Empalement and Blossom. 4. A Blossom. 5. The Empalement magnified. 6. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 8. The Seed-bud magnified.
