Volume 3 — ERICA oppositifolia, rubra.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus urceolatis, rubris: foliis binis, adpressis: caule tenui: ramis virgatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis sub-pedalis, tenuis: rami virgati, numerosi.
Folia binatim opposita, triquetra, nitida, adpressa.
Flores terminales, plerumque bini: pedunculi breves, bracteis duabus coloratis.
Calyx. Perianthium magnum: foliolis ovatis, acutis, rubris.
Corolla urceolata, rubra, limbo quadrilobo, acuto, sub-reflexo.
Stamina octo capillaria: antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. German tiaræforme, sulcatum, rubrum, ad basin nectariferum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et bractæa. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 4. Pistillum stigmate diducto lenteque aucto. 5. Germen auctum. 6. Ramulus cum involucro florum. 7. Flos et Folia varietatis parvæ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers pitcher-shaped and red: leaves by twos, pressed to the branches: stem slender: branches twiggy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem near a foot high, and slender: branches twiggy, and numerous.
Leaves by twos, opposite, three-sided, shining, and pressed to the branches.
Flowers terminal, mostly by twos: footstalks short, with two floral leaves coloured.
Empalement. Cup large: leaflets ovate, pointed, and red.
Blossom pitcher-shaped and red, with a slightly reflexed and pointed four-lobed border.
Chives. Eight hair-like tips, beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and red, with honey-cups at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and floral Leaves. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit detached and magnified. 5. The Seed-bud magnified. 6. A branch with the involucrum of the flowers. 7. Flower and Leaf of a small variety.
