of this fine tribe of plants. Its flowers equal in lustre the finest
silk: their succession is so abundant, that we have found it in
luxuriant bloom for six months. Our drawing was finished in the month of
February 1820; and although the cold season checked the rich colour of
its blossoms, yet was it (even so restrained) the most elegant ornament
of the conservatory. It resembles the E. _discolor_ in many particulars,
but is specifically distinct in having the anthers _muticæ_ instead of
_aristatæ_.
[Illustration]
ERICA triflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis: foliis ternis; floribus ternis,
globosis, albis: calyce magno.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sesquipedalis, erectus, ramosus: ramulis numerosis, plerumque
ternis.
FOLIA terna, sub-trigona, acuta, lucida, patentia; petiolis longis,
adpressis.
FLORES ramulos terminantes, terni, cernui: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis
tribus instructis, calyci adpressis: foliola lato-ovata, carinata, alba,
magna, corollæ albæ, globosæ, adpressa.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Ramus parvæ varietatis.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom: leaves by threes: flowers
grow by threes, globular, and white: empalement large.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot and a half high, upright and branching, with numerous small
branches, mostly by threes.
LEAVES by threes, nearly three-sided, pointed, shining, and spreading:
footstalks long, and pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches by threes, nodding: footstalks
short, furnished with three floral leaves, and pressed to the cup:
leaves of the empalement broadly ovate, keeled, white, large, and
pressed to the blossom, which is white and globular.
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 Branch of a small variety.
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
ALTHOUGH this Erica is well known to cultivators by the specific title
of triflora, it could not be discriminated by that name, as more than
half the genus at present known bear flowers by threes, and which its
nomenclator was not aware of, being amongst the earliest importations
from the Cape. Our figure was drawn from a plant in the collection of
Messrs. Colville, in the summer of 1808.
[Illustration]
ERICA vernix, _longiflora_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus ternis, tricoloribus,
viscosis, urceolatis: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis; ramulis ternis, verticillatis.
FOLIA ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, subtus sulco exarata: petiolis
longis.
FLORES plerumque ternati, cernui, speciosi: pedunculi colorati, bracteis
tribus coloratis instructi. Corolla urceolata, glutinosissima, et
lucida, colore saturate aurantio: laciniis oris erectis, saturate
viridibus: calycis foliolis ovato-acutis, adpressis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamen auctum.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom: flowers grow by threes, are
three-coloured, clammy, and pitcher-shaped: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high: the branches grow by threes in
whorls.
LEAVES by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on their upper surface, and
furrowed beneath: footstalks long.
FLOWERS grow mostly by threes, nodding and showy: footstalks coloured,
furnished with three coloured floral leaves: blossom pitcher-shaped,
very glutinous, and shining, of a deep gold colour: segments of the
border are upright, and of a deep green: the leaflets of the cup are
ovate-pointed, and pressed to the blossom.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished with honey-bearing
nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of February till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Chive magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THIS elegant addition to the extensive family of the Ericæ was raised
from Cape seed in the Summer of 1808, by Mr. Knight, Nurseryman, of the
King’s Road, Chelsea. The difference between this plant and the E.
vernix is easily discernible when they are in flower; but from the great
similitude in their habit, stalks, and leaves, it is scarcely possible
to distinguish them from each other when out of bloom.
[Illustration]
ERICA vernex rubra.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus in medio ramorum: foliis
ternatis: caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis et ultra: ramis plerumque ternis.
FOLIA ternata, subulata, supra plana, subtus sulco exarata.
FLORES ramulos ternatim plerumque terminant in medio ramorum, cernui:
corolla subglobosa, ignea, glutinosissima, et lucida: limbo saturate
viridi: laciniis æqualibus, erectis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret per menses vernales, iterumque mensibus autumnalibus.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamen unum, anthera lente aucta.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with crested tips within the blossom: flowers grow in the middle
of the large branches: leaves by threes: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot or more high: branches mostly by threes.
LEAVES by threes, awl-shaped, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed
beneath.
FLOWERS grow in the middle of the large branches, and terminate the
small branches mostly by threes, nodding: blossom nearly globular, of a
fiery colour, very glutinous, and shining: border of a deep green:
segments equal and upright.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing
nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers in the spring months, and again in autumn.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Chive, summit magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS Erica was first raised in the summer of 1823, and flowered in the
spring of 1824, at Messrs. Rollinson’s nursery: it also bloomed again in
the autumn of the same year, and is therefore doubly valuable. It is at
present a scarce plant; and, although only a variation between E. vernex
and E. ardens, is superior to either of them in beauty, and will, no
doubt, be considered as one of the finest of the Ericæ family.
[Illustration]
ERICA viridiflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris minute bicornutis, subexsertis: floribus sessilibus,
nutantibus: foliis ternatis: caule ramoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis, erectus, fruticosus: ramulis plerumque ternis.
FOLIA terna, glabra, sub-trigona, curvata, acuta.
FLORES terni in apicibus ramulorum, dependentes: pedunculi nulli:
perianthium duplex, exteriori triphyllo: corolla viridis, viscosa,
metulæ-flora: laciniis limbi erectis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii usque ad Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina et pistillum.
3. Stamen unum, anthera lente aucta.
4. Germen et pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with tips minutely two-horned just without the blossom: flowers
sessile, and hanging down: leaves by threes: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low, upright, and shrubby: smaller branches mostly by threes.
LEAVES by threes, smooth, nearly three-sided, curved, and pointed.
FLOWERS grow by threes at the ends of the smaller branches, hanging
down: footstalks none: cup double, the outer one three-leaved; blossom
green, clammy, and skittle-shaped: segments of the border upright.
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 June till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. Chives and Pointal.
3. A Chive, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THIS little green-flowered shrub at first sight bears a strong
resemblance to the E. clavata, but on close inspection will be found to
differ in almost every particular, except colour, from that species. We
first observed the E. viridiflora, at the Hammersmith nursery, in 1820,
at which period there was only one plant of it that had been raised from
Cape seed: at present there are many other plants of it, that will, upon
comparison, be found to differ from the E. clavata, not only in the
exterior, but also in the interior of the blossom, as the anthers in
this species are minutely bicornute, and in the other beardless.
[Illustration]
ERICA undulata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA muticis inclusis: floribus terminalibus: corollis ampullaceis:
foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis: fruticosus rami virgati flexuosi.
FOLIA terna, linearia, brevia adscendentia verticillis, irregulariter
confertis.
FLORES ramulos terminant plerumque terni: corolla uncialis ampullacea,
costata, undulata, rubra: oris laciniis recurvatis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamen, antherâ lente auctâ.
4. Germen et pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers terminal:
blossom flask-shaped: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high: shrubby branches, twiggy and flexuose.
LEAVES by threes, linear, short and ascending, in irregular crowded
whorles.
FLOWERS terminate the branches mostly by threes: blossom an inch long,
flask-shaped, ribbed, waved, and red: segments of the border rolled
back.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped and furrowed, 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.
2. The Empalement.
3. A Chive, tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
OUR drawing of this singular species of Erica was made from a plant at
the Nursery of Messrs. Rollinson, in the summer of 1828, said to be
raised from seed of the E. translucens. Its contort flowers suggested a
specific title, by which, in bloom, it could not fail to be recognised;
the undulations continue the same from the early bud state, to the decay
of the full-grown flower. The only Heath we ever met with of a similar
and rather more contort character, was E. rugosa, (figured in Vol. 3,)
which never ripened seed nor would propagate by cuttings, thus
indicating an abortive novelty on which Nature reluctantly conferred the
power of vegetation.
[Illustration]
SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT
OF THE
LXXII ERICAS, OR HEATHS, CONTAINED IN
VOL. IV.
Taken from the shape of the tips, and the number of leaves which
surround the stem in one whorl.
ANTHERÆ ARISTATÆ. TIPS BEARDED.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
E. Comptoniana Compton H.
-- grandinosa Hail-like
-- nivalis Snowy white
-- pygmæa Dwarf
-- regerminans Regerminating
-- Sainsburyana Sainsbury
_Foliis sparsis._ _Leaves scattered._
-- foliacea foliaceous
-- ollula pot-shaped
-- pedunculata pedunculated
_Foliis quaternis._ _Leaves by fours._
-- Bauera Bauer
-- mollis soft
-- Solandroides Solander-like
-- splendens splendid
_Foliis senis._ _Leaves by sixes._
-- Imperialis Imperial
ANTHERÆ CRISTATÆ. TIPS CRESTED.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
-- Andromedæflora, _alba_ Andromedæflora, _white_
-- droseroides, _minor_ Sun-dew-leaved, _small_
-- flagelliformis Whip-shaped
-- pumila Dwarfish
-- reflexa Reflexed
-- rupestris, _rubra_ Rock-growing, _red_
-- taxifolia, _major_ Yew-leaved, _large_
-- triflora Three-flowered
α vernex, _longiflora_ α Varnished, _long-flowered_
β --, _rubra_ β --, _red_
ANTHERÆ BICORNUTÆ. TIPS TWO-HORNED.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
-- cruciformis cross-growing
-- Infundibuliformis Funnel-shaped
-- magnifica Magnificent
-- rugosa wrinkled
-- Shannonea Shannon
-- viridiflora green-flowered
ANTHERÆ MUTICÆ. TIPS BEARDLESS.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
E. aristata, _minor_ Bearded, _small_ H.
-- Bandonia Bandon
-- costata, _superba_ Ribbed, flowered, _superb_
-- crassifolia Thick-leaved
-- dumosa Bushy
-- glomerata Crowded
-- Jasminiflora, _minor_ Jasmine, flowered, _small_
-- moschata Musk-scented
-- peltata Shield-shaped
-- perspicua Perspicuous
-- Plukenetia, _albens_ Plukenet, _whitish_
-- serpyllifolia Wild thyme, _leaved_
-- Thunbergia Thunberg
-- transparens Transparent
-- undulata Waved
_Foliis quaternis._ _Leaves by fours._
-- Beaumontia Beaumont
-- colorans Discoloured
-- Coventrya Coventry
-- exudans Exuding
-- Lawsonia Lawson
-- Linnæa, _superba_ Linnæa, _superb_
-- minutæflora Minute-leaved
-- mirabilis Admirable
-- mundula Delicate
-- pellucida, _rubra_ Pellucid, _red_
-- prestans Excellent
-- radiata, _discolor_ Radiated, _two-coloured_
-- refulgens Refulgent
-- ruber calyx Red-cupped
-- Russeliana Russel
-- stellifera Star-like
-- sulphurea Sulphur-coloured
-- tenuiflora, _carnea_ Slender-flowered, _flesh-coloured_
_Foliis sparsis._ _Leaves scattered._
-- quadrangularis Four-angled
_Foliis quinis._ _Leaves by fives._
-- suaveolens Sweet-scented
-- Echiflora, _purpurea_ Echium-flowered, _purple_
_Foliis senis._ _Leaves by sixes._
-- argentiflora Silver-flowered
-- exsurgens, _hybrida_ Exsurgent, _hybrid_
-- formosa, _bicolor_ Handsome, _two-coloured_
-- recurvata Recurved
-- Salisburia Salisbury
-- Templea Temple
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
TO THE
FIGURES IN VOL. IV.
217. Erica Andromedæflora, _alba_.
218. ---- argentiflora.
219. ---- aristata, _minor_.
220. ---- Bandonia.
221. ---- Bauera.
222. ---- Beaumontia.
223. ---- colorans.
224. ---- Comptoniana.
225. ---- costata, _superba_.
226. ---- Coventrya.
227. ---- crassifolia.
228. ---- cruciformis.
229. ---- droseroides, _minor_.
230. ---- dumosa.
231. ---- echiflora, _purpurea_.
232. ---- exsurgens, _hybrida_.
233. ---- exudans.
234. ---- flagelliformis.
235. ---- foliacea.
236. ---- formosa, _bicolor_.
237. ---- glomerata.
238. ---- grandinosa.
239. ---- Imperialis.
240. ---- infundibuliformis.
241. ---- Jasminiflora, _minor_.
242. ---- Lawsonia.
243. ---- Linnæa, _superba_.
244. ---- magnifica.
245. ---- minutæflora.
246. ---- mirabilis.
247. ---- mollis.
248. ---- moschata.
249. ---- mundula.
250. ---- nivalis.
251. ---- Ollula.
252. ---- pedunculata.
253. ---- pellucida, _rubra_.
254. ---- peltata.
255. ---- perspicua.
256. ---- Plukenetia, _albens_.
257. ---- præstans.
258. ---- pumila.
259. ---- pygmæa.
260. ---- quadrangularis.
261. ---- radiata, _discolor_.
262. ---- recurvata.
263. ---- reflexa.
264. ---- refulgens.
265. ---- regerminans.
266. ---- ruber-calyx.
267. ---- rugosa.
268. ---- rupestris, _rubra_.
269. ---- Russeliana.
270. ---- Sainsburyana.
271. ---- Salisburia.
272. ---- serpyllifolia.
273. ---- Shannonea.
274. ---- Solandroides.
275. ---- splendens.
276. ---- stellifera.
277. ---- suaveolens.
278. ---- sulphurea.
279. ---- taxifolia, _major_.
280. ---- Templea.
281. ---- tenuiflora, _carnea_.
282. ---- Thunbergia.
283. ---- transparens.
284. ---- triflora.
285. ---- vernix, _longiflora_.
286. ---- vernix, _rubra_.
287. ---- viridiflora.
288. ---- undulata.