ERICA odorata.
C H A R A C T E R S F E C I F I C U S.
ERICA, antlieris muticis, inclusis : foliis oblique
sparsis, obtusis : floribus umbellalis, albis, odoratis,
campanulalis : pedunculis longissimis : ramis
paucis, simplicibus.
DESC RI PTIO.
GAULIS fruticosus, pedalis: ramis paucis, suberectis,
simplicibus, filiformibus.
FOLIA sparsa, soepe quaterna, arcuata, margine
glauduloso-denticulata, obtusa, supra planiuscula,
subtus sulco exarata : petiolis longis.
FLORES numerosi, sub ápice ramorum umbellali,
peuduli : pedunculi flore triplo lougiores,
flavescentes, viscidi : bractcis tribus minutis instruct!.
CALYX. Periantbinm tetraphyllum : . foliolis
onus, viscosia, adpressis,
COHOI.I.A campanulata, magna, alba, viscosa,
lucida, melliodora: lacinüs rotundatis, rellexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta ocio linearía : antlieris
muticisj iiiclusis.
PisTlLLUM. Germen liara?forme, sulcatum,
glandulis octo ad basin germinis. Stylus liliformis,
snb-cxcrtus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput liona' Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Juli urn,
ItEFF.REXTIA.
1. Pagina inferior folü lente aucta.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, stigmate lente aiicto.
i . Germes lente auctum.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom:
leaves grow scattered, and are blunt-ended:
flowers grow in umbels, are white, sweet-scented
and bell-shaped : footstalks very long: branches
few, and simple.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high : branches few,
nearly upright, simple, and thread-shaped.
LEAVES g r ow scattered, sometimes by four?,
bowed, appearing toothed by small glands at the
edges, blunt-ended, flaltish on their upper surface,
and deeply furrowed beneath: footstalks
long.
FLOWERS numerous, growing in umbels at
the ends of the branches, and hanging down :
footstalks thrice the length of the blossom, yellowish,
clammy, and furnished with three minute
floral leaves,
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved : leaflets ovale,
viscous, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, large, white, viscous,
shining, and honey-scented : segments rounded,
and reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips beardless,
and within the blossom.
POINT A L. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed,
with eight glands at the base of the seed-bud.
Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
RE F F. R ENCE.
1. The under side o f a leaf magnified,
2. The Empalement.
3. Chives and Pointai, summit magnified
4. Seed-bud magnified.
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