Volume 3 — ERICA longiflora.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; floribus terminalibus, longissimis, tubulosis, curvatis, aurantiis; foliis quaternis et quinis; caulis fruticosus, ramosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis erectus, fruticosus, bipedalis; ramulis numerosis, adscendentibus.
Folia quaterna et quina, linearia, obtusa, glabra, subtus sulcata.
Flores in ramulis terminales, patentes, in umbellis binis vel quaternis; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus ad basin.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliis subulatis, glabris, supra canaliculatis, adpressis.
Corolla longissima, curvata, clavata, superne saturate aurantia, subtus flava; oris laciniis expansis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, curvata, longitudine tubi. Antheræ muticæ.
Pistillum. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, curvatus, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; flowers terminal, and very long, tubular, curved, and of a gold colour; leaves by fours and fives; stem shrubby, and branching.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, shrubby, two feet high, with numerous small ascending branches.
Leaves by fours and fives, linear, obtuse, smooth, and furrowed beneath.
Flowers terminate the smaller branches, spreading, in umbels of two to four; footstalks short, with three floral leaves at the base.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets awl-shaped, smooth, channelled above, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom very long, curved, club-shaped, of a deep gold colour above, and yellow beneath; the segments of the border spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, which are curved, and the length of the blossom. Tips beardless.
Pointal. Seed-bud club-shaped, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, curved, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified. 2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.
