other new species, by Mr. Sinclair, from the splendid collection of his
Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. This is one of those
white-flowered Ericas so difficult to give a relief upon paper: it is a
delicate little Heath, and although deficient in speciosity, claims
attention as a perfectly new species, very distinct from any other
hitherto figured.
[Illustration]
ERICA Imperialis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis: floribus terminalibus,
speciosissimis: foliis tremulis, spiraliter sparsis, truncatis: ramis
simplicibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS bipedalis, erectus: ramis et ramulis simplicibus, longis.
FOLIA plerumque sena, linearia, obtusa, attenuata in petiolos longos
capillares.
FLORES ramos terminant in verticillis simplicibus, patentibus, viscosis:
pedunculis longis, recurvatis: corolla cylindrico-clavata, longa: ima
parte profunde carnea, apice viridi, ore arctata, laciniis rectis.
GERMEN clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, subinclusus. Stigma
peltatum, concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Novembri ad Januarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom: flowers terminal and showy:
leaves tremulous, spirally scattered, appearing cut off at the ends:
branches simple.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM two feet high, upright: the large and small branches simple and
long.
LEAVES mostly by sixes, linear, blunt, and tapering into long hair-like
footstalks.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in simple whorls, spreading and clammy:
footstalks long and recurved: blossom cylindrically club-shaped and
long: the lower part of a deep flesh-colour, the end green, compressed
at the mouth, whose segments are straight.
SEED-BUD club-shaped and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within
the blossom: summit shield-shaped and hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of November till January.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf.
2. The Empalement.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
OUR figure represents a specimen from the conservatory of the Earl of
Northampton (in November 1818), the only plant we could find in bloom
for the last ten years. It is certainly less hardy than many of this
fine tribe, and requires a clearer atmosphere than is to be met with in
the vicinity of so large a city as London. It was first raised from Cape
seed in the collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. in 1806.
[Illustration]
ERICA infundibuliformis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris superne bicornibus, inclusis: floribus terminalibus,
quaternis: longis tenuis foliis ternis: caulis gracilis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, debilis, pedalis et ultra: rami et ramuli filiformes
virgati.
FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, glabra, erecto, patentia.
FLORES ad apices ramulorum quaterni, pedunculis brevissimis, bracteis:
tribus subulatis instructis: corollis tubulosis longis tenuis rubris:
oris laciniis equalis patentes superne albis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with tips two-horned on the upper part, within the blossom:
flowers terminal, grow by fours, long and slender: leaves by threes:
stem slender.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, weak, a foot or more high: the small and large branches
are thread-shaped, and twiggy.
LEAVES by threes, linear, blunt, smooth, erect, and spreading.
FLOWERS grows by fours at the ends of the small branches: footstalks
very short, and furnished with three awl-shaped floral leaves: blossoms
tubular, long, slender, and of a red colour: segments of the border
spreading, equal and white on the upper surface.
SEED-BUD turban shaped, and furrowed, with honey bearing nectaries at
the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THIS fine species of Erica was raised from seed brought from the Cape of
Good Hope by Mr. Niven: it bears a considerable resemblance to the E.
tenuiflora, but differs in the specific character of its antheræ from
all those we have hitherto figured: for when they are bearded, crested,
or two-horned, those appendages have invariably been at the base, but in
this one instance, they are almost at the top of the anthers, instead of
the bottom.
It is a plant that flowers freely, and during the autumnal months makes
a most elegant appearance.
[Illustration]
ERICA Jasminiflora, _minor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo sub-exerto: floribus
terminalibus: foliis ternis: ramulis numerosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, erecto-patens: ramis longis.
FOLIA terna, trigona, acuta, curvata, supra plana, subtus sulcata.
FLORES terminales, terni vel seni: corolla rubra, sesquipollicaris,
summa cylindrica, ad basin inflata, ore arctata: laciniis patentibus
acutis: pedunculis longis coloratis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Stamina et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
2. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
3. Flos varietatis albæ.
4. Flos varietatis striatæ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossoms: shaft just without:
flowers terminal: leaves by threes: branches numerous.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, between erect and spreading: branches long.
LEAVES by threes, three-sided, pointed and curved, flat on their upper
surface, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in threes or sixes: blossoms red, an inch
and a half long, the upper part cylindrical, swelled at the base, and
contracted at the mouth: segments spreading and pointed: footstalks long
and coloured.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped and furrowed, with honey-bearing nectaries at the
base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
2. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
3. Flower of a white variety.
4. Flower of a striped variety.
OUR figure represents a plant raised from seed in 1807 in the collection
of the Hon. W. Irby, where we also found, at the same time, a variation
with white flowers; and in the conservatory of the Countess de Vandes
this year, 1811, observed another variety, the blossoms of which were
elegantly striped in the tube: we have therefore added a flower of each
variety to our dissections, as all the three plants were so very much
like each other in every other particular, that we could not distinguish
one from the other when out of bloom.
[Illustration]
ERICA Lawsonia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis quaternis: corollis
tubæformibus: caule humili, fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pygmæus: ramis et ramulis filiformibus, virgatis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, acuta, erecto-patentia.
FLORES in medio ramorum, sparsi: pedunculis brevibus.
COROLLA rubra, tubæformis, tenuissima: oris laciniis acuminatis,
patentibus.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Mense Junio ad Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom: leaves by fours: blossom
trumpet-shaped: stem low and shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
A DWARF SHRUB: the small and large branches thread-shaped and twiggy.
LEAVES by fours, linear, pointed, and between erect and spreading.
FLOWERS grow about the middle of the branches, scattered: footstalks
short.
BLOSSOM red, trumpet-shaped, and very slender: segments of the border
are sharp-pointed and spreading.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped and furrowed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS elegant dwarf shrub was named after the late Sir Wilfrid Lawson,
Bart. Our figure was drawn in the summer of 1818 from a plant four years
old; and if we can judge from the appearance of those plants we have
seen in different collections, it will continue to be, as it is at
present, slow in growth and low in stature.
[Illustration]
ERICA Linnæa superba.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus pilosis, pellucidis: foliis
quaternis: caule erecto, fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS bipedalis, fruticosus, erectus: ramulis numerosis, brevibus,
pilosis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, villis brevissimis, adscendentia.
FLORES ramulos terminant, formantes spicam longam: corolla clavata,
leviter curvata, unciali, pilosa, pellucida, ore albo inflata, ad basin
cylindrica et purpurea: laciniis erecto-patentibus et revolutis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret per menses Maii, Junii, et Julii.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamen, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers hairy and
transparent: leaves by fours: stem upright, and shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem two feet high, shrubby, upright: the smaller branches numerous,
short, and hairy.
LEAVES by fours, linear, with very short hairs, and ascending.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches, forming a long spike: blossom
club-shaped, slightly curved, an inch long, hairy and transparent, white
and swelled at the mouth, cylindrical and purple at the base: segments
of the border between erect, spreading, and revolute.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers during the months of May, June, and July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement.
3. A Chive, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
This fine plant has ornamented various collections for the last five or
six years. In growth it is luxuriant, as we have frequently seen it two
feet high, with numerous long flowering branches, at Covent-Garden,
amongst many of the most beautiful (if not most rare) Ericas, which are
exclusively cultivated for that well-known emporium. It may certainly be
considered as one of the finest variations of _Erica Linnæa_, and as
such its hyperbolical specific title may serve to distinguish it from
most of the varieties.
[Illustration]
ERICA magnifica.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris bicornibus, inclusis: floribus metulæformibus,
purpureis, nitidis: foliis ternis: ramis confertis: caule humili.
DESCRIPTIO.
FRUTEX pygmæus, ramis et ramulis numerosis confertis.
FOLIA ternata, linearia, obtusa, recta, subtùs leviter sulcata,
marginibus rotundatis.
FLORES plerumque ternati, patentes, aut cernui: pedunculi colorati,
bracteis tribus instructi: corolla metulæformis, purpurea, lucida: oris
laciniis erectis: calycis foliolis ovato-acutis, adpressis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, bicoloratum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
3. German et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom: flowers
skittle-shaped, purple, and shining: leaves by threes; branches crowded
together: stem low.
DESCRIPTION.
A DWARF shrub, with numerous large and small branches crowded together.
LEAVES by threes, linear, blunt-ended and straight, slightly furrowed
beneath, and rounded on the edges.
FLOWERS grow mostly by threes, spreading or nodding: footstalks
coloured, and furnished with three floral leaves: blossom
skittle-shaped, purple, and shining: segments of the border upright:
leaflets of the cup ovate, pointed, and pressed to the blossom.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, two-coloured, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THIS Erica is a handsome bushy shrub, but certainly not magnificent,
although, when first introduced in the year 1800, its claim to the
specific title of magnifica was undoubtedly more appropriate than it now
appears to be amongst the numerous species (and many of superior beauty)
raised since that period from Cape seed. It is at present in but few
collections; which is probably owing to its being of slow growth, and
not easily increased. The only fine flowering plants we have seen lately
have been in the conservatory of the Countess de Vandes, and at the
nursery of Mr. Williams, whence our figure was taken.
[Illustration]
ERICA minutæflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, subinclusis: stylo exerto: summitate magna,
concava: floribus parvis, axillaribus: foliis quaternis: caule
fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis et ultra, erectus, flexuosus: ramulis verticillatis,
adscendentibus, filiformibus.
FLORES in summis ramulorum paniculati, plerumque bini, axillares;
corolla campanulata, purpurea, minuta: calyce adpresso.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, longa, obtusa, glauca, et patentia.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, tomentosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret per menses autumnales.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flores duo.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Flos lente auctus.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips just within the blossom: shaft without: summit
large and hollow: flowers small, axillary: leaves by fours: stem
shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot or more high, upright, and flexuose: the smaller branches
grow in whorls, ascending, and thread-shaped.
FLOWERS grow in loose spikes near the ends of the branches, mostly in
twos, from the axillæ of the leaves: blossom bell-shaped, purple, and
very small: empalement pressed to them.
LEAVES by fours, linear, long, blunt-ended, glaucous, and spreading.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, downy, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers during the autumnal months.
REFERENCE.
1. Two flowers.
2. Empalement magnified.
3. A Flower magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified.
This very small-flowered Erica was first raised at the Hammersmith
Nursery, from Cape seed, in the summer of 1822, and was then called
_atro_ or _viridi purpurea_, neither of which are characteristic of the
plant, which furnishes when in bloom a very minute but good specific
character; and although not specious, it may be regarded as a curious
and interesting species.
[Illustration]
ERICA mirabilis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus sub-sessilibus,
terminalibus: foliis quaternis: caulis fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis: ramuli numerosi, erecto-patentes.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glabra.
FLORES subsessiles, terminates, fastigiati, quaterni: corolla
ventricosa, imprimis alba, denique rosacea: ore arctato: laciniis
cordatis, undulatis, expansis, maximis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina a pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
3. Germen et pistillum stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers nearly sessile
and terminal: leaves by fours: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high: the smaller branches numerous, between erect and
spreading.
LEAVES by fours, linear, blunt and smooth.
FLOWERS nearly sessile, terminal, in bunches of four together: blossom
swelled out, white at first, but dying off a rose-colour: narrowed at
the mouth: segments of the border heart-shaped, waved, spreading and
large.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, hairy, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June to September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THE Erica mirabilis may be considered as an intermediate species between
the Ericas Walkeria and Hyacinthoides, removed from each and yet allied
to both. When in perfection, the inner segments of the blossoms are of a
pure white, but on going off may justly be said to blush themselves out
of bloom. Our figure was made from the nursery of Messrs. Rollinsons at
Lower Tooting, in the summer of 1824.
[Illustration]
ERICA mollis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis: floribus in umbellis axillaribus,
globosis, pilosis: foliis quaternis: caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis, fruticosus, erectus; ramulis adscendentibus.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, obtusa, pilosa, patentia, supra plana, subtus
sulcata.
FLORES in umbellis, axillares; corolla globosa, purpurea, pilosa:
laciniis rotundatis, patentibus, æqualibus.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julio in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom: flowers grow in umbels
from the axillæ of the leaves, globular, and hairy: leaves by fours:
stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high, shrubby and upright: branches ascending.
LEAVES by fours, linear, obtuse, hairy, and spreading, flat on their
upper surface and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS grow in umbels from the axillæ of the leaves: blossom globular,
purple, and hairy: segments of the border rounded, spreading, and equal.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till September.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. One Chive magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
THE Erica mollis is a compact little shrub, with lively purple flowers:
both flowers and leaves are covered with short hairs, which give it a
soft appearance, although to the touch the hairs are more hispid than
downy. Our figure is from a plant at Mr. Lee’s Nursery.
[Illustration]
ERICA moschata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus campanulatis, pendulis,
odoratis, terminalibus: foliis ternis, obtusis, odorem quasi moschatum
spirantibus: caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra; rami graciles.
FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, supra sub-plana, subtus læviter sulcata,
quasi moschum redolentia.
FLORES plerumque terni, penduli; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus;
corolla campanulata, odorata, incarnata; calycis foliolis lato-ovatis,
adpressis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamen auctum.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen auctum.
6. Ramus varietatis minoris.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers bell-shaped,
pendulous, scented, and terminal: leaves by threes, obtuse, and scented
like musk: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot or more high; branches slender.
LEAVES by threes, linear, and obtuse, nearly flat on the upper surface,
lightly furrowed beneath, and scented like musk.
FLOWERS mostly by threes, pendulous; footstalks coloured, with three
floral leaves; blossom bell-shaped, scented, and flesh-coloured;
leaflets of the cup are broadly 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 May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. A Blossom.
3. A Chive magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
6. Branch of a small variety.
SEVERAL species of the Ericæ are fragrant in the flowers; but not any
that we know of possess a scented foliage, except the one now figured,
whose leaves emit a delicate odour resembling musk; and very few
references to scent will, we think, be found so unequivocal; if the ends
of the branches are gently rubbed, or lightly passed through the hands,
the fragrance is stronger. First raised at the Clapham Gardens in 1805,
and at present, we believe, in few collections; but will doubtless soon
find a place in many, as its flowers are handsome, fragrant, and remain
during the summer months; and the perfume of its leaves lasts all the
year.
[Illustration]
ERICA mundula.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis quaternis: floribus
sessilibus, fastigiatis, terminalibus: frutex pygmæus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, spithamæus, erectus, ramosus: ramuli numerosi,
adscendentes.
FOLIA quaterna, subulata, lucida, supra plana, subtus sulcata.
FLORES sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, terminales: corollis
tubulosis, pellucidis, ore arctato, quod ornatum est in modum Primulæ:
laciniis cordatis, expansis, albis, subtus læte rubris.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Anthera lente aucta.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: leaves by fours: flowers
sessile, fastigiate, and terminal: a dwarf shrub.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a span high, upright, and bushy: small branches numerous
and ascending.
LEAVES by fours, awl-shaped, shining, flat on their upper surface, and
furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS sessile, upright, fastigiate, and terminating the branches by
fours: blossoms tubular, pellucid, narrowed at the mouth, which is
ornamented like a Cowslip: the segments of the border are heart-shaped,
spreading, and white, of a bright red on the under side.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till September.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement.
2. A Chive magnified.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
THE Erica mundula is a small neat shrub resembling the E. primuloides in
its flowers, but different in the leaves, which are by fours instead of
fives; it is also a looser-growing plant, and seems to be a connecting
link between that species, the E. infundibuliformis, E. tenuiflora, and
E. Coventrya, but very distinct from either of them. The flowers in the
early bud state have a very rich appearance, from the deep bright red
colour beneath the segments of the border, contrasted with the dark
shining green leaves. Our drawing represents an entire plant, from the
Hammersmith collection.
[Illustration]
ERICA nivalis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis ternatis: floribus albis,
terminalibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, erectus, ramosus.
FOLIA ternata, linearia, obtusa, parva, glabra, recta.
FLORES ramulos terminant, plerumque terni, subcernui: corolla globosa,
alba, pilis pubescentibus tecta.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.