Volume 3 — ERICA planifolia.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, sub-exertis: floribus axillaribus, urceolatis, purpureis: pedunculis longis: foliis ternis, spathulatis, glandulosis: ramis numerosis, flexuosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis: rami et ramuli numerosi, flexuosi, erecto-patentes.
Folia terna, spathulata, supra plana, subtus carinata, albida: marginibus glandulosis, revolutis.
Flores sub apices ramorum, simplices, axillares: pedunculis longis, coloratis, glandulosis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis ovato-acuminatis, marginibus revolutis glandulosis.
Corolla urceolata, glabra, purpurea: oris laciniis obtusis, erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria: antheræ basi bicornes, sub-exertæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, leviter sulcatum, supra pilosum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem subtus, lente auctum. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Stamina a Pistillo liberata. 6. Anthera unica lente aucta. 7. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto. 8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and just without the blossom: flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, are pitcher-shaped, and purple: footstalks long: leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, and glandular: branches numerous, and flexuose.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high: the smaller and larger branches are numerous, flexuose, and between erect and spreading.
Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, flat on their upper surface, keeled beneath, and whitish: with glandular margins rolled back.
Flowers grow near the ends of the branches, singly, from the axillæ of the leaves: footstalks long, coloured, and glandular.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved: leaflets ovately-pointed, with revolute glandular margins.
Blossom pitcher-shaped, smooth, and purple: the segments of the border are obtuse, and upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads: tips two-horned at the base, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly furrowed, hairy on the upper part, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till September.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The same shown from the under side, magnified. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal. 5. The Chives liberated from the Pointal. 6. A Chive magnified. 7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 8. Seed-bud magnified.
