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1805.
ERICA Andromedæflora, _alba_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis: stylo sub-incluso: floribus
axillaribus, declinatis: foliis ternatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis, fruticosus, robustus, pedalis: rami numerosi, conferti.
FOLIA ternata, subulata, incurvata, robusta: petiolis longis adpressis.
FLORES axillares, sub-terminales, declinati, conferti: calyx magnus,
lato-ovatus, albus: corolla ovata, crassa, alba: oris laciniis erectis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii ad Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom: shaft just within: flowers
axillary, and bending down: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low, shrubby, and strong, a foot high: branches numerous, and
crowded together.
LEAVES by threes, awl-shaped, incurved, and stout, with long footstalks
pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS grow from the axillæ of the leaves, nearly terminal, hanging
down, and crowded together: empalement large, broadly egg-shaped, and
white: blossom ovate, thick, and white: segments of the border straight.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, villose, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS white-flowered variety of the E. _Andromedæflora_, from its hardy,
dwarf, and robust character, might almost be considered as a distinct
species, did not the appearance and shape of the blossoms bear out the
specific title too well to admit of any alteration. The flowers are slow
in growth, and of a thickish and rather tough consistence. It is a hardy
green-house shrub, and blossoms mostly during the spring season.
[Illustration]
ERICA argentiflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus horizontaliter
verticillatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramis simplicibus.
FOLIA sena, linearia, apice leviter incurvata, supra plana, subtus
sulcata.
FLORES horizontaliter verticillati prope ramorum summitatem: corolla
clavata, uncialis, oris laciniis patentibus.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
3. German et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers growing
horizontally in whorls.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot and half high: branches simple.
LEAVES by sixes, linear, slightly turned inward towards the end, flat on
their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS grow horizontally in whorls near the summit of the branches:
blossom club-shaped, an inch long: segments of the border spreading.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THE flowers of the Erica _argentiflora_ are of a delicate transparent
white, most difficult to imitate on a white ground. Our drawing was made
from a plant in the summer of 1814 at the Hammersmith Nursery, where it
flowered with abundance of light graceful blossoms, that continued
successively from June till October. But the precise time of any of the
Ericas flowering is quite indefinite. I have frequently seen many
species in full bloom in one collection, and out of flower in others.
Where they are indigenous, their periods of inflorescence are no doubt
much more determinable than they can ever be in such a versatile clime
as Britain, under different modes of culture.
[Illustration]
ERICA aristata, _minor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus quaternis, ampullaceis,
viscosis: foliis ternis, confertis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, pedalis et ultra: ramulis plerumque ternis,
verticillatis.
FOLIA ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana; subtus sulco-exarata; margine
pilis longis obsita.
FLORES quaterni, patentes: corolla basi inflata, apice attenuata, ima
parte rubra, in media alba, summa saturate purpurea, glutinosissima et
lucida: laciniis oris patentibus: calycis foliolis lanceolatis,
barbatis, adpressis.
GERMEN columnæforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
2. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
3. Flos varietas rubra.
4. Flos varietas subalbida.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers grow by fours,
are flask-shaped, and viscous: leaves by threes, crowded together.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, shrubby, a foot or more high: branches grow mostly by
threes, in whorls.
LEAVES by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on their upper surface, and
deeply furrowed beneath; the margins are beset with long hairs.
FLOWERS grow by fours, spreading: the blossom is swelled at the base,
and tapers to the point, red on the lower part, white in the centre, and
of a deep purple towards the end, very glutinous, and shining: the
segments of the border are spreading: the leaflets of the cup are
lance-shaped, bearded, and pressed to the blossom.
SEED-BUD pillar-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
2. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
3. Flower of a red variety.
4. Flower of a pale variety.
AMONGST cultivators, this plant bears the specific titles of aristata
minor, and tricolor; neither of them very appropriate, as it does not
possess three distinct colours; nor can it with propriety be considered
as a variety of the E. aristata: but as it is well known by that
appellation, we have retained it. There are two variations of it at
present in cultivation with us; a flower of each is given, with the
dissections. The pale-flowered variety is from the conservatory of the
Marquis of Blandford, and we have not as yet seen it in any other
collection. It appears to be a plant of easy culture, and was raised
from Cape seed about the year 1806.
[Illustration]
ERICA Bandonia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo exerto: floribus terminalibus:
pedunculis longissimis: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis, fruticosus: rami et ramuli erecto-patentes.
FOLIA terna, trigona, subulata, recta; supra plana subtus carinato.
FLORES terminales in umbellis, quinis vel decem, cum pedunculis
longissimis rubris: corollis urceolatis: oris laciniis patentes equalis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom: shaft without flowers,
terminal: footstalks very long: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high, shrubby; small and large branches between; erect and
spreading.
LEAVES by threes, three-sided, awl-shaped, and straight; flat on their
upper surface, and keeled beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels of five to ten, with very long
red footstalks: blossom pitcher-shaped: segments of the border spreading
and equal.
SEED-BUD turban shaped, with honey bearing nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THIS Erica, named in honour of Lord Bandon, was raised from Cape seed at
the Hammersmith Nursery. It is rather a dwarf, shrubby plant, with
numerous flowers, the blossoms resemble the E. Ventricosa; the great
length of the flower-stalks, are like the E. Irbyana, as is also the
foliage, which likewise bear a similitude to the leaves of the E.
taxifolia; but altogether it is perfectly distinct from any one hitherto
delineated, and makes a brilliant appearance towards the autumn.
[Illustration]
ERICA Bauera.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis: floribus spicatis, axillaribus,
dependentibus: foliis quaternis: caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, flexuosus; ramis longis, cum ramulis binis vel ternis,
verticillatis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glauca, plerumque patentia.
FLORES in medio ramorum, spicati: corollis dependentibus,
subpollicaribus, cylindraceis, curvatis, pellucide albidis: pedunculis
longis, bracteis tribus instructis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti ad Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Idem subtus.
3. Calyx.
4. Stamen unum lente auctum.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom: flowers grow in spikes from
the axillæ of the leaves, hanging down: leaves by fours: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright and flexuose: the large branches are long, with smaller
branches of two or three in whorls.
LEAVES by fours, linear, obtuse, glaucous, and mostly spreading.
FLOWERS grow in spikes about the middle of the larger branches: blossoms
hanging down, nearly an inch long, cylindrical, curved, of a transparent
white: peduncles long, and furnished with three floral leaves.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf.
2. The same shown from the under side.
3. The Empalement.
4. A Chive magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
WE found this new species of Erica in bloom at the Hammersmith Nursery
in the autumn of 1823, under the specific title of _Bauera_, in
compliment to Mr. Bauer, Botanic Draftsman to the Royal Gardens at Kew.
Throughout this extensive Genus of plants, we do not know any one it
resembles at present: but in three or four years time the case may be
different, Mr. Lee having a collector now in the interior of the Cape in
search of novelties; and should his attempt in exploring that botanic
mine prove successful, we may expect an importation of many distinct
species and beautiful varieties.
[Illustration]
ERICA Beaumontia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA muticis inclusis; floribus campanulatis; cernuis, foliis linearia
glandulosa; caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sub pedalis, fruticosus, ramis et ramulis flexuosis.
FOLIA plerumque quaterna, linearia, patentia, obtusa, supra plana,
subtus sulcata: marginibus glandulosus.
FLORES in ultimis ramulis terminales ternis vel senis, pedunculi, rubri:
corolla campanulata, cernui, magna alba: oris laciniis revolutis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum: ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamina et pistillum.
4. Stamen, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Germen et pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers bell-shaped,
nodding: leaves linear and glandular: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM near a foot high, shrubby: the large and smaller branches flexuose.
LEAVES mostly by fours, linear, spreading and obtuse, nearly flat on
their upper surface, and furrowed beneath: with glandular margins.
FLOWERS terminate the ends of the smaller branches in threes or sixes,
footstalk, red: blossom bell-shaped, nodding, large and white: segments
of border rolled back.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped and furrowed; furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement.
3. Chives and pointal.
4. A Chive, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
THIS fine new species of Erica was raised from Cape seed last Autumn,
1827, and flowered the ensuing Summer for the first time at the Nursery
of Messrs. Rollinson, Lower Tooting. We have named it after Mrs.
Beaumont, of Bretton Hall, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, a great admirer of
this fine genus of plants. The only heath throughout this extensive
family, to which it bears any resemblance, is the E. odorata. It is a
handsome dwarf shrub, flowering freely during the months of May and
June.
[Illustration]
ERICA colorans.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus spicatis, confertis: foliis
quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra: ramuli numerosi, breves,
tomentosi.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, tomentosa, obtusa.
FLORES fere ramos terminant, racemum longum densum formantes: corolla
tubulato-campanulata, diaphana, imprimis alba, denique saturate rosacea.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers grow in crowded
spikes: leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot or more high: the smaller branches are
numerous, short, and downy.
LEAVES by fours, linear, downy, and blunt-ended.
FLOWERS nearly terminate the branches, making a long close bunch:
blossom tubularly bell-shaped, transparent, white at first, and then
dying off of a deep rose colour.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till August.
REFERENCE.
1. Calyx.
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THIS Erica may be considered as an elegant but distinct variety of the
E. _Linnæa_. It is well known by the specific title of _colorans_, in
reference to the rich red colour the flowers acquire as the blossoms
decay, which gives a very singular motley appearance to the plant. It
continues a long time in successive bloom; and requires a dry airy
situation in the green-house, to protect its small crowded downy foliage
from the atmospheric damps too prevalent in this climate.
[Illustration]
ERICA Comptoniana.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis minutis, inclusis, stylo sub-incluso: floribus
in umbellis terminalibus: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis et ultra: rami et ramuli filiformes,
adscendentes.
FOLIA ternata, curvata, subulata, acuta.
FLORES ramos terminant, plerumque in umbellis 3-6; calyx adpressus,
pedunculis longis: corolla urceolata, erecto-patens, rubro-purpurea:
oris laciniis æqualibus, patentibus.
GERMEN columnare, tenue, bicoloratum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Folium lente auctum.
3. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with minutely bearded tips, within; shaft just within the
blossom: flowers grow in terminal umbels: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot or more high: the small and large branches are
thread-shaped and ascending.
LEAVES by threes, curved, awl-shaped, and sharp-pointed.
FLOWERS terminate the branches, mostly in umbels of 3 to 6: empalement
pressed to the blossom: footstalks long: blossom pitcher-shaped, erect,
and spreading, of a red purple colour: segments of the border equal and
spreading.
SEED-BUD pillar-shaped, slender, and two-coloured.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till August.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement magnified.
2. A Leaf magnified.
3. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS fine new species of Erica we have named in honour of the Countess
of Northampton, a great admirer and encourager of botanic science. Our
drawing was made from plants in the Hammersmith collection, raised from
Cape seed about the year 1815. Like many other species, we have found it
in bloom in every season of the year; but the most general period of
inflorescence for the whole genus is from the middle of spring till the
beginning of autumn.
[Illustration]
ERICA costata, _superba_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo exerto: floribus terminalibus
ternatis: caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS bipedalis, fruticosus, erectus, ramosus: ramuli frequentissimi,
longi.
FOLIA caulina terna, linearia obtusa, pubescentia: folia ramentacea
erectiora, hirsuta.
FLORES in ramulis terminalibus plerumque terni, subcernui: corolla
cylindrico-clavata, pollicari, pallide carnea, costata: oris laciniis
luteo-albentibus.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio ad Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Anthera una, summitate lente aucta.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
5. Flos varietatis monstrosæ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: shaft without: flowers
terminate the branches by threes: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM two feet high, shrubby, upright, and branching: small branches
numerous and long.
LEAVES on the stem by threes, linear obtuse, and downy: those on the
smaller branches are more upright, and hirsute.
FLOWERS terminate the branches, mostly by threes, nearly drooping:
blossom cylindrically club-shaped, an inch long, of a pale flesh colour,
and ribbed: segments of the border of a whitish yellow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement.
2. A Chive, summit magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
5. Flower of a monstrous variety.
THIS delicate-flowered Heath was raised at the Hammersmith Nursery in
the summer of 1820, under the specific title of E. costata, _superba_
(said to be raised from the seed of the E. costata). There were two
plants of it that flowered: one tall, the other short and bushy. We
preferred the tall one, being the finest and most in flower, but have
given a flower from the other plant, which differed a little in shape,
and had also two blossoms on it, like the one represented, a kind of
monstrosity that sometimes occurs. Upon dissecting the other, we found
all the anthers surmounted by the appearance of an increasing petal, and
they seemed to have been produced solely at the expense of their
fertility, as the absence of the pollen was all the difference we could
discern, neither the shape nor colour having suffered any alteration.
[Illustration]
ERICA Coventrya.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis quaternis, confertis: floribus
sessilibus, fasciculatis terminalibus: frutex pygmæus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis, fruticosus: ramuli numerosi adapice ramis conferti.
FOLIA plerumque, quarterna, linearia, supra plana subtus sulcata.
FLORES sessiles, fascisculatis terminales: corollis ventricosus, rubris,
lacinis cordatis, expansio, albis, subtus læte rubris.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis meliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistullum.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom: leaves by fours, crowded:
flowers sessile, terminating the branches in bunches: a dwarf shrub.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low, shrubby: smaller branches are numerous and crowded together at
the end of the larger branches.
LEAVES mostly grow by fours, linear, flat on their upper surface, and
furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS sessile, in terminal bunches: blossom bellied and red, the
segments of the border are heart-shaped, spreading, and white; of a
bright red on the under side.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey bearing nectaries at the
base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
This Erica resembles the E. primuloides in its foliage, also in the
shape and colour of the blossom, but differs greatly in the manner of
its growth, as the flowers, in this plant, terminate the branches in
complex umbells, more like the genus Daphne than Erica.
It is one of those fine seminal varieties raised from Cape seed at the
Hammersmith Nursery, and received its specific title in honour of the
Earl of Coventry.
[Illustration]
ERICA crassifolia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis inclusis; floribus terminalibus; corolla
campanulata; folia terna; caulis fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis, fruticosus; rami et ramuli flexuosi.
FOLIA terna, oblonga, fere rotunda, brevia, carnosa, glauca, patentia et
adscendentia.
FLORES ramulos subterminantes, plerumque terni; corolla campanulata,
rosea, oris laciniis cordatis, reflexis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, lente auctum.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers terminal; blossom
bell-shaped; leaves by threes; stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low, shrubby, the large and smaller branches flexuose.
LEAVES by threes, oblong, roundish, short, fleshy, glaucous, spreading,
and ascending.
FLOWERS nearly terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes; blossom
bell-shaped, rose-coloured; segments of the border heart-shaped, and
reflexed.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified.
2. Empalement, magnified.
3. Chives and Pointal.
4. One Chive, magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THE Erica crassifolia is a perfectly new species, raised last summer
from Cape seed, at Messrs. Rollinson’s, Lower Tooting. It is a low bushy
shrub, possessing a smooth handsome foliage, of a thick and fleshy
appearance; by no means common to the genus, and therefore will not be
very difficult to distinguish either in, or out of bloom. Flowers during
the months of May and June.
[Illustration]
ERICA cruciformis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris bicornibus, inclusis: floribus quaternis, tubulosis,
brevibus: foliis quaternis, brevibus, linearibus: caule fruticoso,
erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis, fruticosus: ramulis numerosis, confertis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia obtusa, glabra, supra plana, subtus sulcata.
FLORES quaterni, cruciformes: ramulis plerumque terminalibus: corolla
urceolata, aurantia, lucida: laciniis rotundatis, reflexis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junio ad Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamen unicum lente auctum.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
5. Flores varietatum duarum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned, within the blossom: flowers grow by fours,
tubular, short and linear: stem shrubby and upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high, and shrubby: the smaller branches numerous and
crowded.
LEAVES by fours, linear obtuse, and smooth, flat on the upper surface,
and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS grow by fours, cross-shaped, mostly terminating the smaller
branches: blossom jar-shaped, of a gold colour, and shining: segments of
the border rounded and reflexed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Chive magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
5. Flowers of two varieties.
OUR drawing of this handsome little Erica was made at the nursery of Mr.
Lee in the summer of 1819, where it had been recently raised from seed,
with two others of a similar description too nearly allied to require a
separate figure. We have therefore added a flower of each, and hardly
knew to which of the three plants to give the preference. But as the
specific title cruciformis was given to them, we selected that for our
figure whose inflorescence bore out the name with the most uniformity.
[Illustration]
ERICA droseroides, _minor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus terminalibus, cernuis:
foliis ternatis: caule fruticoso, erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS spithamæus, fruticosus: ramis filiformibus, sparsis, erectis,
patentibus, virgatis.
FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, marginibus pilis glandulosis, micantibus.
FLORES in umbellis terminalibus, cernui: corolla urceolata, læte
purpurea, costata, viscosa: ore obliquo, arctato, profunde sanguineo:
pedunculi longissimi pilis glandulosis tecti.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folii pars inferior lente aucta.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom; flowers terminal and
nodding; leaves by threes; stem shrubby and upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a span high and shrubby: branches long, scattered, erect,
spreading, and twiggy.
LEAVES by threes, linear and blunt, with shining glandular hairs on the
margins.
FLOWERS grow in terminal umbels, nodding: blossom pitcher-shaped, of a
bright purple colour, ribbed and clammy: the mouth is oblique, narrowed,
and of a deep blood colour: footstalks very long, and covered with
glandular hairs.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Chive magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
OUR figure represents an entire plant from the Hammersmith Nursery,
raised from seed in the autumn of 1820, after an absence of fifteen
years; during which period we believe it has been lost to every
collection we are acquainted with. It can only be retained by care and
attention to preserve it from damp, of which it is much more susceptible
than the generality of this extended genus.
[Illustration]
ERICA dumosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exertis: floribus terminalibus, pendulis:
pedunculis longissimis: foliis ternatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis, fruticosus: ramis numerosis, filiformibus.
FOLIA ternata, ovata, hispida, patentia, margine revoluta, subtus
glauca.
FLORES terminales in umbellis: corolla pendula, urceolata, purpurea:
pedunculis patentibus, longissimis, tenuibus.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, tomentosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom: flowers terminal and
pendulous: footstalks very long: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low, shrubby: branches numerous and thread-shaped.
LEAVES by threes, ovate, hispid, and spreading, rolled back at the
edges, and glaucous beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels: blossom pendulous,
pitcher-shaped, and purple: footstalks spreading, very long, and
slender.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, downy, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf magnified.
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
THE Erica _dumosa_ is one of those few species whose rude exterior
differs from the leading feature of neatness and uniformity so prevalent
throughout this extensive family of plants. It is a dwarf shrub, with
crowded irregular branches and coarse foliage, but possessing bright
purple flowers on very long peduncles. By some cultivators it is called
_longipedunculata_, a little more descriptive than specific, and which
might be confounded with the E. _pedunculata_. But as a low bushy shrub
it may easily be recognised by the unoccupied title of _dumosa_. Our
figure represents an entire plant raised from seed at the Hammersmith
Nursery in 1815. It requires rather more attention than usual, to
prevent the long slender footstalks of the flowers from being too
powerfully influenced by the atmosphere, which sometimes gives them a
very disordered appearance.
[Illustration]
ERICA Echiflora, _purpurea_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis: floribus terminalibus, tubulosis et
costatis: foliis linearis confertis: caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis: ramis et ramulis flexuosis.
FOLIA irregulariter verticillati, quina vel sena, linearia: undulata,
patentia.
FLORES in umbellis confertis, horizontales: corolla tubulosa, purpurea,
brevis, inflata, costata: laciniis patentibus cordatis, pedunculi brevi.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum: ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Autumnales.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Flos.
4. Stamen et pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Germen et pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen auctum.
7. Flos varietas.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers terminal,
tubular, and ribbed; leaves linear and crowded: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and half high: the large and smaller branches
flexuose.
LEAVES grow in irregular whorls, of fives and sixes: waved and
spreading.
FLOWERS grow in umbels, crowded and horizontal: blossom tubular, purple,
short, inflated, and ribbed: segments of the border heart-shaped and
spreading: footstalks short.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers during the Autumnal months.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Flower.
4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
7. Flower of a variety.
THIS handsome shrub differs not only in the colour of its flowers from
the E. Echiflora, figured in Vol. 3, but also in its foliage, which are
much smaller, thinner, and closer together. It bears numerous bright
purple blossoms, crowded together at the ends of the branches; there are
two slight varieties, one of a paler colour, and the other longer in the
flower and curved, a flower of which is given with the dissections. Our
figure was made from plants in the Hammersmith Collection.
[Illustration]
ERICA exsurgens hybrida.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis: floribus verticillatis: foliis senis:
caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sesquipedalis, erectus: ramis et ramulis longis, simplicibus.
FOLIA sena, conferta, tenuia, linearia, adscendentia: pedunculi
longissimi.
FLORES in medio ramorum, verticillati, recti, verticillis alter alteri
exsurgentibus: corolla clavata, cylindracea, uncialis, curvata, carnea:
oris laciniis magnis, revolutis, intus subalbidis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret per menses autumnales.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamen unum, anthera lente aucta.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips without the blossom; flowers grow in whorls;
leaves by sixes; stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot and half high, upright; the large and smaller branches, long
and simple.
LEAVES by sixes, crowded together, thin, linear, and ascending:
footstalks very long.
FLOWERS grow about the middle of the branches, in whorls, straight, the
whorls rising out of each other in succession: blossom cylindrically
club-shaped, an inch long, curved, and flesh-coloured: segments of the
mouth large, revolute, and nearly white within.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, villose, and furnished at the base
with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers during the autumnal months.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Chive, summit magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS Erica resembles the E. exsurgens in its flowering, with some
affinity in the foliage to the E. vestita alba, and is considered an
hybrid production between those species.
Our figure was taken from a plant, four years old, at the nursery of
Messrs. Rollinson, Lower Tooting, in the autumn of 1824, where it was
first raised from seed, and is at present regarded as a perfectly new
and scarce Heath.
[Illustration]
ERICA exudans.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; stylo sub-exerto: floribus
cylindraceis, terminalibus: foliis quaternis, glandulosis, viscosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sesquipedalis, fruticosus, ramulis numerosis erectis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glandulosa, viscosa, erecto-patentia.
FLORES plerumque quaterni, cernui, terminales; corollis cylindraceis,
costatis, luteolo-rubris, sub-uncialibus, arcuatis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Germen lente auctum.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips, just within the blossom: shaft just without:
flowers cylindrical, and terminating the branches: leaves by fours,
glandular, and clammy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot and half high, shrubby, with numerous small upright
branches.
LEAVES by fours, linear, blunt-ended, glandular, viscous, and between
erect and spreading.
FLOWERS mostly by fours, nodding, and terminal: blossoms cylindrical,
ribbed, of a yellowish red, near an inch long, and slightly bowed.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. Seed-bud magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THIS Erica bears the compound appearance of the E. _droseroides_ and E.
_costata_; resembling the latter in its flowers, and the former in its
foliage, which is covered with glands, from which a thin and viscous
juice exudes. Our drawing of it was first taken from plants in the
Nursery of Mr. Buchanan at Camberwell, as long back as 1805; since that
time it has been so nearly lost, that it was shown to us as a novelty in
1815; and we should not be surprised if it again becomes an absentee, as
the few Ericas that possess glands on the foliage are difficult to
preserve either in beauty or health, being subject to the adhesion of
all sorts of dust, which obscuring their verdure, at the same time
obstructs that perspiration, which being so very apparent, indicates it
to be indispensably requisite to the health of the plant.
[Illustration]
ERICA flagelliformis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis: flores ramos terminant in umbellis:
foliis ternatis: ramis virgatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS virgatus, pedalis: rami et ramuli filiformes, flexuosissimi.
FOLIA ternata, erecta, crassa, obtusa, cauli adpressa.
FLORES ramos terminant in umbellis; pedunculi carnei: perianthium
tetraphyllum: foliolis spathulatis, acuminatis, carneis: corolla
urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida: oris laciniis patentibus.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
6. Ramus varietatis parvæ.
7. Ramus varietatis minoris erectæ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom: flowers terminate the
branches in umbels: leaves by threes; branches twiggy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM twiggy, a foot high; the large and smaller branches are
thread-shaped, and very flexuose.
LEAVES by threes, straight, thick, obtuse, and pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels; footstalks flesh-coloured:
empalement four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, pointed, and
flesh-coloured: blossom pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, but
paler at the base: segments of the border spreading.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
6. Branch of a small variety.
7. Branch of a smaller upright variety.
THIS Erica is figured from a drawing made in the gardens of G. Hibbert,
Esq. as long back as the summer of 1806, where it was raised from Cape
seed amongst many others, and considered as nearer allied to the E.
_calycina_ than any other species. There was only one more plant of it,
and that was of a very straggling growth, hanging down over the sides of
the pot in all directions, making a very picturesque appearance, and to
which we should certainly have given the preference, if we had not
considered it more a casualty of culture than as a permanent
character,--which we had not the opportunity of ascertaining, as both
the plants died in the autumn,--we apprehend, from an excessive
inflorescence,--and have never since re-appeared. Among the dissections
we have given branches of two small seminal varieties, almost distinct
enough to require a separate figure.
[Illustration]
ERICA foliacea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus ramulos terminantibus,
quaternis: foliis sparsis: caule erecto: ramis et ramulis foliis tectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis, fruticosus: ramis longis, adscendentibus: ramulis
perbrevibus.
FOLIA sparsa, numerosa, adscendentia, linearia, obtusa.
FLORES ramulos terminant, quaterni, subsessiles: corolla subcylindracea,
curvata, cernuo-patente, subpollicari, flava, et transparente.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamen unum lente auctum.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips within the blossom: flowers terminate the
smaller branches by fours: leaves scattered; stem upright: the large and
smaller branches covered with leaves.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high, shrubby: the larger branches long and ascending: the
smaller ones very short.
LEAVES scattered, numerous, ascending, linear, and obtuse.
FLOWERS grow from the ends of the smaller branches by fours, and nearly
sessile: blossom nearly cylindrical, curved, between spreading and
nodding, nearly an inch long, yellow, and transparent.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of August till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Chive magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS Erica in its flower resembles the E. depressa: and to distinguish
it from that low bushy shrub, the specific title of _depressa erecta_
was given to it, by which it is generally known in most
collections;--but as a depressed upright appears to us incongruous, we
have adopted that of foliacea, an unoccupied specific by which the plant
may be discriminated either in or out of bloom.
Our figure was made from the collection of Mr. Lee, in the summer of
1822.
[Illustration]
ERICA formosa, _bicolor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; floribus sub apices ramorum
verticillatis; corollis clavatis, bicoloratis; foliis sparsis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sesquipedalis vel bipedalis, erectus; rami pauci.
FOLIA subsena, linearia, obtusa, patentia, parùm curvata; petiolis
longis.
FLORES sub apices ramorum verticillati, axillares, et horizontales;
pedunculis brevibus bracteis tribus instructis; corolla clavata, longa,
parùm curvata, ad basin rubra, ad apicem flava; calycis foliolis
subovatis, adpressis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamen unum, cum antherâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Flos varietatis trivialis.
5. Flos varietatis obscurè coloratæ.
6. Flos varietatis sordidè coloratæ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just within the blossom; flowers grow in
whorls near the ends of the branches; blossom club-shaped, and
two-coloured; leaves scattered.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot and a half or two feet high, upright; branches few.
LEAVES nearly by sixes, linear, blunt, spreading, and slightly curved;
footstalks long.
FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches in whorls, from the axillæ of
the leaves, in a horizontal direction; peduncles short, and furnished
with three floral leaves; blossom club-shaped, long, and slightly
curved, red at the base, and yellow at the end; the leaflets of the cup
are nearly ovate, and pressed to the blossom.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Chive with a tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Flower of a slight variety.
5. Flower of a dull-coloured variety.
6. Flower of a dirty-coloured variety.
THE versatility that pervades this genus is particularly prominent in
this species, which appears allied to the E. formosa, grandiflora,
exsurgens, pinea, and also resembles in its general appearance many of
that beautiful section of the Erica family well known by the specific
appellation of vestita. Our figure was drawn, in the summer of 1807,
from plants in the nursery of Mr. Rollinson. The flowers given with the
dissections are mere florescent variations, no distinction being
observable in the plants when out of bloom; we have therefore deemed it
sufficient to represent only a flower of each of them.
[Illustration]
ERICA glomerata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: flores ramos terminant in capitibus
aggregatis: foliis ternatis: ramis virgatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis: rami et ramuli filiformes, flexuosi.
FOLIA ternata, subulata, erecta, cauli adpressa.
FLORES terminales, capitibus aggregatis: corolla urceolata, incarnata:
calycis foliola magna, ovata, acuminata, colorata, erecta.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, viride.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx.
4. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
7. Involucrum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossoms: flowers terminate the
branches in crowded heads: leaves by threes: branches twiggy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low: the small and large branches are thread-shaped, and flexuose.
LEAVES by threes, awl-shaped, upright, and pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminal, in crowded heads: blossom pitcher-shaped and
flesh-coloured: the leaflets of the empalement are large, egg-shaped,
pointed, coloured, and upright.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and green.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement.
4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
7. The Involucrum.
THIS new species of Erica was raised at the Nursery of Mr. Rollinson, in
the summer of 1812, from seed brought from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr.
Niven. Our figure represents the entire (and we believe unique) plant of
six years growth. It is a handsome little shrub, in its foliage
resembling the E. _calycina_, but in every other particular very
different from any species we are yet acquainted with.
[Illustration]
ERICA grandinosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis: floribus terminalibus: foliis
ternatis: caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis, virgatus, flexuosus, fruticosus: ramulis patentibus.
FOLIA terna, sub-trigona, obtusa, brevia, crassiuscula.
FLORES in apicibus ramulorum subterni, cernui: corolla campanulata,
parva, albida, et costata: laciniis oris revolutis: pedunculus pallide
carneus: calyx duplex, exteriori trifoliato, angustiori.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii usque ad Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamen unum, anthera lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips within the blossom: flowers terminal: leaves by
threes: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high, twiggy, flexuous, and shrubby: smaller branches
spreading.
LEAVES by threes, nearly three-sided, obtuse, short, and thickish.
FLOWERS grow from the ends of the small branches, mostly by threes,
nodding: blossom bell-shaped, small, white, and ribbed: segments of the
mouth rolled back: peduncle of a pale flesh-colour: cup double, the
outer one three-leaved, and narrower.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, villose, and furnished at the base
with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Chive, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.