Volume 3 — ERICA pallens.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus tubulosis, umbellatis: corollis pallidis: foliis ternis, tomentosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis humilis, fruticosus, semi-pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, patentes.
Folia terna, subulata, tomentosa, supra plana, subtus sulcata, albo-virescentia.
Flores terminales, in umbellis ternis vel senis, sub-sessiles, bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, pallidis.
Corolla tubulosa, luteo-alba, horizontaliter sita; oris laciniis rotundatis, erecto-patentibus.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheris muticis, inclusis.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus exertus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 4. Stamen unum lente auctum. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom. Flowers tubular, and grow in umbels. Blossoms of a pale colour. Leaves by threes, and downy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem low, shrubby, half a foot high. The small and large branches are numerous, and spreading.
Leaves by threes, awl-shaped and downy, flat on the upper surface, furrowed beneath, and of a whitish green.
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of from three to six, nearly sessile, and furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, and of a pale colour.
Blossom tubular, of a yellowish white colour, and standing in a horizontal direction. Segments of the border roundish, and between erect and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like filaments; tips beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft without the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal detached from the blossom. 4. A Chive magnified. 5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. The Seed-bud magnified.
