Part 14

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Blossom.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.

6. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA campanulata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus solitariis, cernuis; calycibus coloratis; corollis globoso-campanulatis, luteis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, angustissimis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, erectus, filiformis; rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati, glabri.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, angusta, glabra, erecta; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES terminales, subsolitarii, cernui; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus, coloratis, subulatis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, adpressis, coloratis.

COROLLA globoso-campanulata, lutea; laciniis semi-ovatis, subreflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum. Stylus columnaris. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Junii, in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Corolla.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

5. Anthera una, aucta.

6. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; flowers grow singly, hanging down; cups coloured; blossoms globularly bell-shaped, and yellow; leaves grow by fours, are linear, and very narrow.