Volume 3 — ERICA Sebana, nana.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corolla clavata, incurvata, saturate aurantia; floribus terminalibus; calyx duplex; foliis ternis, confertis; caulis brevis, fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis erectus, robustus, humilis, ramosissimus; ramuli verticillati.
Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub-trigona, glabra, apice acuta.
Flores duo in apice ramulorum, dependentes; pedunculi breves, nudi.
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum; foliolis ovatis, membranaceis, imbricatis, adpressis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.
Corolla clavata, incurvata, rugosa, saturate aurantia; laciniis limbi erectis, incurvatis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo linearia, plana; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ, in filamenta attenuatæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Januarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips without the blossom, and very long; blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, and of a deep orange colour; flowers terminate the branches; cup double; leaves by threes, and crowded; stem short and shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, sturdy, low, and very branching; the smaller branches are whorled.
Leaves by threes, linear, bowed, and crowded together; nearly three-sided, smooth, and sharp-pointed.
Flowers grow by twos at the ends of the small branches, hanging down; the footstalks are short and naked.
Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; the leaflets egg-shaped and skinny, tiled, and pressed to the cup; the inner one is four-leaved, with larger leaflets.
Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, wrinkled, and of a deep orange colour; the segments of the border are upright, and turned inwards.
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, and tapered into threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till January.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified.
