Part 65

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till December,

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. The Empalement, and Blossom.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives, and Pointal, magnified.

5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, a Tip magnified.

6. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA Plukenetia nana.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, longissimis, exsertis; floribus solitariis, cernuis, bracteis remotis; corolla sub cylindrica, sub-truncata, atro-purpurea; oris laciniis minutis, erectis; calycibus simplicibus; foliis ternis, confertis, inflexis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS sub-pedalis, erectus, robustus; rami verticillati, patenti; ramuli frequentissimi, sub-erecti.

FOLIA terna, linearia, glabra, arcuata, inflexa, subtus sulcata; petiolis ferè nullis.

FLORES in medio ramorum ex axillis foliorum verticillati, solitarii; pedunculi longissimi, bracteis minutis, remotis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis glabris, carinatis, ovatis, acutis, coloratis, adpressis.

COROLLA sub-cylindrica, sub-truncata, glabra, atro-purpurea; laciniis limbi obtusis, obsoletis, viridibus, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, longitudine corollæ. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, filamentorum longitudine, attenuata in filamenta.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, glabrum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Junii, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

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