Volume 3 — ERICA metulæflora.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: floribus terminalibus: corollis metulæformibus: foliis quaternis vel quinis. Caulis fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis pedalis et ultra, erectus, fruticosus: ramis confertis, in verticillis irregularibus.
Folia quaterna et quina, glabra, linearia, obtusa, adscendentia.
Flores in umbellis terminalibus, confertis: pedunculis brevibus.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis lanceolatis, in medio canaliculatis, adpressis.
Corolla tubulosa, oblonga, rosacea: limbo equali: laciniis semi-orbiculatis, patentibus.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, pilosum, sulcatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembri in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Stamina à Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. Flowers terminal. Blossom skittle-shaped. Leaves by fours and fives. Stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem a foot or more high, erect, shrubby. Branches crowded, in irregular whorls.
Leaves by fours and fives, smooth, linear, obtuse, and ascending.
Flowers terminate the branches in crowded umbels. Footstalks short.
Empalement. Cup of four leaves; leaflets lance-shaped, channelled in the centre, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom tubular, oblong, and rose-coloured: border equal: segments half-round, and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle. Tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, hairy, and furrowed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified. 2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 4. The Seed-bud magnified.
