Volume 3 — ERICA Savileia.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; floribus solitariis, axillaribus, urceolatis, purpureis; pedunculis longissimis; foliis quaternis; ramis numerosis; caulis humilis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Frutex pygmæus, elegans, ramosissimus; ramis et ramulis flexuosis, erecto-patentibus.
Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra, supra plana, subtus sulcata.
Flores numerosi, simplices, axillares, in medio ramulorum, et sæpe terminales; pedunculis longissimis, coloratis, ad basin bracteis tribus instructis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovato-acuminatis, serrulatis.
Corolla urceolata, læte purpurea, glabra, lucida; laciniis equalibus, rotundis, patentibus, sub-reflexis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, longum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Flos varietatis pallidæ. 5. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 6. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom: flowers grow singly from the axillæ of the leaves, pitcher-shaped, of a purple colour, and with very long footstalks; leaves by fours; branches numerous; stem low.
DESCRIPTION.
An elegant dwarf shrub very branching; the small and large branches are flexuose, and between erect and spreading.
Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
Flowers are numerous, and grow singly from the axillæ of the leaves about the middle of the smaller branches, and often terminate them: the footstalks are very long, coloured, and furnished at the base with three floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are ovately pointed, and finely sawed.
Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a bright purple colour, smooth, and shining: the segments of the border are equal, round, spreading, and nearly reflexed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, long, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. Flower of a pale variety. 5. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. Seed-bud magnified.
