Volume 3 — ERICA squamosa.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis globosis, umbellatis, purpureis; calycibus squamosis, albicantibus; foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosus; rami filiformes, erecti.
Folia quaterna, glabra, obtusa, subtus sulcata, serrulata.
Flores terminales, umbellati, terni vel seni in singula umbella, cernui; pedunculi purpurei, bracteis tribus instructi.
Calyx tetraphyllum; foliolis squamosis, ovatis, carinatis, albicantibus.
Corolla globosa, purpurea; laciniis equalibus, patentibus.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum. 7. Ramulus cum Involucro florum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips within the blossom; blossoms globular, umbelled, and purple; the cup is scaly, and of a whitish colour; leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high, branching; branches thread-shaped and upright.
Leaves by fours, smooth, blunt, furrowed beneath, and slightly sawed at the edges.
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of three to six in each umbel, nodding; the footstalks are purple, having three floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved; leaflets scaly, egg-shaped, keeled, and of a whitish colour.
Blossom globular, and purple; the segments are equal and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed to the receptacle; tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified. 7. A branch with the Involucrum of the flowers.
