Volume 3 — ERICA Patersonia, major.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis quaternis: floribus luteis, cylindricis, magnis: ramis pyramidatis: ramulis numerosis, confertis: caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus, ad basin ramosus, dein spicam simplicissimam pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevibus vestitam.
Folia quaterna, linearia, incurvata, glabra, subtus leviter sulcata: petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
Flores numerosi, prominentes super ramulos brevissimos cauli adpressos.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex: exterius triphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acuminatis: interioribus tetraphyllis, et longioribus.
Corolla cylindrica, pollicaris, glabra, lutea: limbo quadrifido, reflexo.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria receptaculo inserta: antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen coronæforme. Stylus filiformis, curvatus, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom: leaves grow by fours: flowers yellow, of a cylinder shape, and large: the large branches are of a pyramidal form: the small branches are numerous, and crowded together: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, upright, branching at the base, then forming a simple pyramidal spike covered by short branches.
Leaves by fours, linear, turned inward, smooth, and lightly furrowed beneath: footstalks very short, and pressed to the stem.
Flowers numerous, standing out upon very short branches that are close to the stem.
Empalement. Cup double: the outer one three-leaved: the leaflets are ovate, and pointed: the inner ones four-leaved and longer.
Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, smooth, and yellow: with a four-lobed reflexed border.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle: tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud crown-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, curved, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified.
