Part 76

1. One leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement, and Blossom.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

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

6. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA Sebana aurantia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corolla clavata, incurvata, aurantia; laciniis obtusis, incurvis; floribus ternis, terminalibus; calyx duplex, imbricatus; foliis ternis, arcuatis, reflexis; rami toti tecti ramulis brevissimis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS robustus, erectus, pedalis; rami pauci, tecti ramulis confertis, brevissimis.

FOLIA terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, subtrigona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata.

FLORES terni in apice ramulorum dependenti; pedunculi brevissimi, nudi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum, foliolis, lato-ovatis, membranaceis, adpressis, imbricatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.

COROLLA clavata, incurvata, aurea, calyce duplo longior; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo linearia, plana. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ, lineares, attenuata in filamenta.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovale, apice truncatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx auctus.

2. Flos.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

5. Anthera una, lente aucta.

6. Stigma, auctum.

7. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.