Part 68

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives, and Pointal.

5. The Chives, magnified.

6. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.

ERICA pulchella.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; flores sub-globosi, incarnati, axillares, paniculati; caulis filiformis, flexuosus; folia terna, trigona, sexfariam imbricata.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS flexuosus, pedalis, glaber; rami flexuosi, sub-simplices, filiformes, longi.

FOLIA terna, trigona, glabra, obtusa, sexfariam imbricata, sub-erecta; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in summis ramulis paniculati, axillares; pedunculi longissimi, bracteis tribus, minutis, remotis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ciliatis, concavis, adpressis, ovatis.

COROLLA sub-globosa, parva, incarnata, laciniis minutis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum. Stylus cylindricus, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Augusti, in Februarium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium unum, lente auctum.

2. Corolla, et Calyx.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

5. Stamen unum lente auctum.

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

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; the flowers nearly globular, flesh-coloured, and grow from the lower part of the leaves, close to the branches, forming a loose spike; stem thread-shaped, growing zig-zagged; leaves grow by threes, three-sided, tiled, and forming six edges.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM grows zig-zagged, a foot high, and smooth; branches like the stem, grow nearly simple, thread-shaped, and long.