Part 86

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis sub-cylindricis, dilute purpureis; laciniis revolutis; floribus terminalibus, sub-quaternis; foliis quaternis, sub-ciliatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus; ramuli numerosi, sub-erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, sub-ciliata, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramulorum sessiles, sub-quaterni; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus minutis instructi.

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

COROLLA sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, dilute purpurea; laciniis sub-ovatis, acutis, revolutis; ore parum arctato.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corollâ breviora; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

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

5. Stylus et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; shaft without; blossoms nearly cylindrical, of a light purple; segments of the border rolled back; flowers terminate the smaller branches, mostly by fours; leaves grow by fours, a little hairy at the edges.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot high, and branching; the small branches are numerous, and nearly upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, are linear, a little hairy, furrowed beneath; with very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS grow at the end of the small branches, generally by fours, and sitting close upon them; footstalks very short, having three very small floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves, which are awl-shaped, keeled, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, an inch long, and of a light purple; segments of the border nearly egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and rolled back; the mouth a little narrowed.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, shorter than the blossom; tips beardless, and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.