Part 49

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

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA margaritacea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis globoso campanulatis; floribus terminalibus, sub-umbellatis; foliis quaternis, lineari-trigonis, glabris, erectis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi, erecti, glabri.

FOLIA quaterna, lineari-trigona, erecta, subtus sulcata, glabra; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES terminales, nutantes, sub-umbellati; pedunculi filiformes, bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, carinatis, sulcatis, lævibus, adpressis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, calyce paulo longior; laciniæ limbi obtusæ, erecto-patulæ.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice inflexa. Antheræ ovatæ, brunneæ, cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Junii, in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamen unum, lente auctum.

5. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom; shaft without; blossoms globularly bell-shaped; flowers terminate the branches in small bunches; leaves grow by fours, linearly three-sided, smooth and upright.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, and branching; the small branches are numerous, upright, and smooth.

LEAVES grow by fours, linearly three-sided, upright, furrowed on the under part and smooth; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the branches, are a little bent downwards, and grow in small bunches; the foot-stalks are thread-shaped, with three linear floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, the little leaves are awl-shaped, keeled, furrowed, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.