Volume 3 — ERICA Patersonia, coccinea.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis inclusis, corollis cylindraceo-clavatis, coccineis, verticillatis, foliis sub-senis, setaceis, in petioles capillares attenuatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis ramulisque erectis, et sæpe alternis.
Folia plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata.
Flores in summitate ramorum verticillati, recti. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi.
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, serrulatis, adpressis.
Corolla cylindraceo-clavata, coccinea, ore arctata, parum curvata, subpollicaris, limbo reflexo.
Stamina octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium. 2. Calyx et Corolla. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips within the blossoms, which are cylindrically club-shaped, of a scarlet colour, and in whorls. Leaves nearly by sixes, bristle-shaped, and attenuated into capillary footstalks.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, two feet high, with the branches and branchlets erect, and often alternate.
Leaves chiefly in fives or sixes, erect, bristle-shaped, attenuated downwards into capillary footstalks.
Flowers grow at the tops of the branches in whorls straight out. Footstalks short, furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, slightly sawed, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, scarlet colour, and narrowed at the mouth, slightly curved, near an inch long, the border reflexed.
Chives eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf. 2. The Empalement and Blossom. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal detached, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified.
