Part 21

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, exsertis; corollis clavatis, sesquipollicaribus, luteis; foliis quaternis, glabris, obtusis, crassis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, tripedalis, ramosus; ramulis verticillatis, brevibus.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, linearia, crassa; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramulorum terminales, nutantes, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus spathulatis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis obtusis, glabris, sub-ovatis.

COROLLA clavata, sesquipollicaris, lutea, basi attenuata; oris laciniis magnis, revolutis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheris bifidis, basi bicornibus, exsertis.

PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.

5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at their base, and without the blossom: the blossoms are club-shaped, an inch and a half long, yellow: the leaves grow by fours, are smooth, blunt, and thick.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows three feet high, and branching: the smaller branches are short, and grow in whorls.

LEAVES grow by fours, are blunt, linear, thick, and have short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS are terminal at the summit of the smaller branches, waving, having short foot-stalks, with three spathula-shaped floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: leaves blunt, smooth, and nearly egg-shaped.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch and a half long, yellow, and tapering to the base: the segments of the mouth are large, and rolled back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed to the receptacle: the tips are cleft, two-horned at their base, and without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.