Volume 3 — ERICA petiolata.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; corollis terminalibus, ternatis, campanulatis, albis; foliis ternis, cuneatis, petiolis longissimis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Suffrutex pygmæus. Caulis ramosus, semi-pedalis. Rami patentes; ramuli numerosi, conferti.
Folia terna, patentia, cuneata, latiuscula, crassiuscula, et lucida, subtus sulcata; petiolis longissimis.
Flores terminales, plerumque ternati, suberecti; pedunculi brevissimi.
Calyx duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis spatulatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus, ad basin late ovatis.
Corolla campanula, alba, laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque.
Stamina octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, albicans. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Anthera unica lente aucta. 6. Germen et pistillum, Stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; blossoms terminate the branches by threes, are bell-shaped, and white; leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, footstalks very long.
DESCRIPTION.
A dwarfish little shrub. Stem branching, half a foot high. Branches spreading; the smaller branches are numerous, and crowded together.
Leaves by threes, spreading, and wedge-shaped, broadish, and rather thick, shining, and furrowed beneath; with very long footstalks.
Flowers terminal, chiefly in threes, nearly upright; peduncles very short.
Empalement double; the outer one three-leaved, leaflets spatula-shaped; the inner one is four-leaved, longer than the outer, and broadly egg-shaped at the base.
Blossom bell-shaped, and white; with the segments half round, and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, just without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and whitish. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled, and hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal. 5. A Chive magnified. 6. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. Seed-bud magnified.
