Part 61

3. The Chives and Pointal.

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

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA Petiveriana.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corollis clavatis, pollicaribus, luteis; calyce imbricato, foliis ternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS strictissimus, rigidus, parum ramosus; ramulis brevibus, frequentissimis.

FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, in apicibus ramulorum fasciculata, petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in medio ramorum, ramulis ultimis terminales, bini, vel terni, recurvi; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus calyciformibus.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, imbricatum, interius tetraphyllum, exterius triphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, luteis, glabris.

COROLLA clavata, curvata, lutea, pollicaris, glabra, ad basin grossa, quadrifida; oris laciniis incurvis, adpressis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Corolla.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina a Pistillo diduct; antherâ unâ lente auctâ.

6. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; the blossom is club-shaped, an inch long, and yellow; the cup is tiled; the leaves grow by threes.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM very upright, harsh, very little branched; the smaller branches are short, and numerous.

LEAVES grow by threes, are linear, blunt, and are bundled together at the end of the small branches; the foot-stalks grow close to the branches.