Volume 3 — ERICA laxa.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis urceolatis capitatis terminalibus lateralibusque, foliis ternatis ciliatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, ramosus; rami obsolete verticillati, graciles, flexuosi, cortice ferrugineo-fusco.
Folia ternata, erecta, late-linearia, obtusa, sub-trilinearia, minutim ciliata, subtus sulcata.
Flores parvi, sæpius ternati, in fasciculis terminalibus et lateralibus.
Calyx duplex, coloratus, adpressus, foliolis cuneato-ovatis, corollâ imbricatis.
Corolla urceolaris, superne roseus, laciniis patulis.
Stamina octo, capillaria; compressa, antheræ barbatæ, exertæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembris ad Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Calyx cum bracteis, lente auctus. 3. Calyx et Corolla. 4. Eadem absque bracteis. 5. Stamina et Pistillum. 6. Stamen lente auctum. 7. Pistillum, stigmate diducto, lente aucto. 8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips within the blossom, blossoms pitcher-shaped headed terminal and lateral, leaves in threes and ciliated.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, branched; the branches obscurely whorled, slender, flexuose, with a rusty brown bark.
Leaves in threes, upright, broad-linear, blunt, near three lines long, minutely ciliated, and furrowed beneath.
Flowers small, chiefly in threes, in terminal and lateral bunches.
Empalement double, coloured, pressed to the blossom, with the leaflets wedge-egg-shaped, and imbricated on the blossom.
Blossom pitcher-shaped, upwards rose-coloured, with slightly spreading segments.
Chives eight flat threads; tips bearded, without the blossom.
Pointal. Germen turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of September till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement with its floral leaves magnified. 3. The Empalement and Blossom. 4. The same without the floral leaves. 5. The Chives and Pointal. 6. A Chive magnified. 7. The Pointal, with the stigma detached and magnified. 8. The Seed-bud magnified.
