Part 33

ERICA flexuosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, rubris; corollis minutis, albidis, sub-campanulatis; bractæ albæ, calyciformes; rami flexuosi; foliis ternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticus, pedalis vel paulo ultra, inserne nudus, erectus; rami flexuosi, virgati; ramuli brevissimi, sub-terni.

FOLIA terna, linearia, glabra, acuta, subtus sulcata; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramulis terminates, subterni; pedunculi albo-tomentosi, bracteæ albidæ, juxta basin calycis sitæ.

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

COROLLA minuta, sub-campanulata, albida, glabra; oris laciniis adpressis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria apice incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, rubræ.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-rotundum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma peltatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Aprili, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Corolla.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

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

6. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, red, and without the blossoms, which are small, white, almost bell-shaped; the floral leaves are white, and resemble the cup; the branches grow zig-zag; the leaves grow by threes.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows rather more than a foot high, naked beneath, and upright; the branches grow zig-zagged, and twiggy; the smaller branches are short, and grow mostly by threes.

The LEAVES grow by threes, are linear and smooth, sharp, furrowed underneath; the foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

The FLOWERS terminate the ends of the smaller branches, mostly by threes; the foot-stalks are of a downy white; the floral leaves are white, and placed close to the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are egg-shaped, pointed, concave, white, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM small, nearly bell-shaped, white, and smooth; the segments of the mouth are pressed to the threads.