Part 22

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from June till August.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA coronata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; corollis cylindrico-clavatis, speciosissimis; foliis octonis seu spiraliter sparsis, truncatis, arcuatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, basi simplicissimus, rami pauci, simplices, longi.

FOLIA octona, linearia, obtusa, supra scabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petiolos longos capillares.

FLORES plures, subterminales, simpliciter verticillati, conserti, viscosi; pedunculi longi recurvati, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, viscosis, adpressis.

COROLLA cylindrico-clavata, pollicaria, apice recurvata, ima parte profunde carnea, apice viridie, ore arctata, laciniis rectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; receptaculo inserta. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma peltatum, concavum, viride.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Februarii, in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium unum, cum petiolo.

2. Calyx, et Corolla.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

6. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta.