CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericaantheris muticis, inclusis: flores ramulos terminant: foliis quaternis: caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulispedalis: ramis et ramulis numerosis, flexuosis, filiformibus.
Foliaquaterna, linearia, recta, obtusa, erecto-patentia.
Floresramulos terminant, plerumque quaterni, patentes: calyce et pedunculis rubris: corolla metulæformi, pellucida, imprimis alba, denique rosea: oris laciniis erectis.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Januarii ad Maium.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heathwith beardless tips within the blossom: flowers terminate the smaller branches: leaves by fours: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot high: the large and smaller branches numerous, flexuose, and thread-shaped.
Leavesby fours, linear, straight, obtuse, and between erect and spreading.
Flowersterminate the smaller branches, mostly by fours, spreading: empalement and footstalks red: blossom skittle-shaped, transparent, white at first, then dying off a rose colour: segments of the border upright.
Seed-budturban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of January till May.
REFERENCE.
This species of Erica in the mutability of its flowers resembles the blossoms of theE. colorans. It was first raised from Cape seed at the Hammersmith Nursery in the summer of 1825, under the appellation ofruber-calyx: a specific title of one word would have been preferable, but it is very characteristic of the plant when in bloom, which is a recommendation not often to be met with where the best specific titles are already occupied. It is a handsome dwarf shrub, with abundance of successive bloom.[Pg 203]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris bicornibus, sub-exertis: floriribus sub-terminalibus, rugosis, rubris: foliis linearibus: ramulis numerosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulisfruticosus, erectus, bipedalis: ramulis ternis, verticillatis.
Foliairregulariter verticillata, 3 vel 5 linearia; parum curvata, patentia: petiolis longis.
Floressub-terminales: corolla sub-tubulosa, patens, rugosa, saturate rubra; oris laciniis patentibus: pedunculi longi, colorati.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin rubrum, cum nectariis melliferis, supernè villosum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, just without the blossom; flowers nearly terminal, wrinkly, and red: leaves linear: branches many.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemshrubby, upright, two feet high: branches grow by threes, in whorls.
Leavesin irregular whorls, of 3 to 5 linear, slightly curved, and spreading; footstalks long.
Flowersnearly terminal: blossom nearly tubular, spreading, wrinkly, and of a deep red colour; segments of the border spreading: footstalks long and coloured.
Seed-budturban-shaped, furrowed, red at the base, with honey-bearing nectaries, villose on the upper part.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till August.
REFERENCE.
Thiscurious species of Erica was raised from seed at the nursery of Mr. Rollinson about the year 1806, from which period it has flowered abundantly; but all attempts to increase it have hitherto proved abortive; and whether the wrinkly character of its blossoms would be continued were it to seed with us, is certainly doubtful, as it appears to be a contraction in the flowers bordering upon monstrosity; and we at first declined figuring it, expecting the wrinkles would not appear when next it bloomed; but for four successive summers it has still retained its strange appearance, more singular than beautiful, but probably more interesting by its oddity.[Pg 207]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericaantheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus lateralibus, terminalibus, campanulatis, nutantibus: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Cauliserectus, sesquipedalis: ramulis plerumque ternis, ad basin procumbentibus, in medio patentibus, superne adscendentibus.
Foliaternata, crassa, obtusa, recta, subtus sulcata, marginibus rotundatis.
Floresad apices ramorum ramulorumque in umbellis irregularibus, cernuis: corolla campanulata, rubra, oris laciniis patentibus: calyce lanceolato, adpresso.
Germentiaræforme, bicoloratum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat in Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii ad Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heathwith crested tips, within the blossom; flowers lateral, terminal, bell-shaped, and nodding: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemupright, a foot and a half high: smaller branches mostly by threes, hanging down at the base of the plant, in the middle spreading out, and ascending towards the top.
Leavesby threes, thick, blunt, straight, and furrowed beneath, with roundish edges.
Flowersgrow at the ends of the larger and smaller branches, in irregular umbels, nodding all one way. Blossom bell-shaped and red; segments of the border spreading. Empalement lance-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.
Seed-budturban-shaped, two-coloured, with honey-bearing nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of February till November.
REFERENCE.
ThisErica was raised from British seed gathered from the E. rupestris, in the autumn of 1807, by Mr. Knight, nurseryman, in the King’s Road, Chelsea, and is the only one, out of a number sown, that vegetated. Its first year’s growth exhibited a strong resemblance to the habit of the original species, spreading and hanging over the sides of the pot. The second year it began to lose its pendulous appearance, and the third summer it acquired a handsome pyramidal form, instead of the straggling dwarf character of the mother plant.
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus terminalibus: pedunculis longis: foliis quaternis: caulis fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulissesquipedalis, virgatus, flexuosus: ramulis erecto-patentibus.
Foliaquaterna, trigona, leviter curvata, acuta, lucida.
Floresin apicibus ramorum, plerumque terni, cernui: corolla urceolata, rubra: laciniis oris patentibus, cordatis, carneis, acutis: pedunculis rubris, longis, bracteis tribus minoribus: calyx oblongus, acutus.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret per menses æstivales, iterumque in mensibus autumnalibus.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers terminal: peduncles long: leaves by fours: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot and a half high, twiggy and flexuose: branches between erect and spreading.
Leavesby fours, three-sided, slightly curved, pointed and shining.
Flowersterminate the ends of the branches, mostly by threes, nodding: blossom pitcher-shaped, red: segments of the border spreading, heart-shaped, flesh-coloured, and pointed: footstalks red, long, and furnished with three small floral leaves: empalement oblong, and pointed.
Seed-budturban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers in the summer months, and again in autumn.
REFERENCE.
Thisfine new species of Erica was first raised from Cape seed in the nursery of Mr. Lee at Hammersmith, in the summer of 1824, and named in compliment to His Grace the Duke of Bedford. It bears very little if any resemblance to any other species as yet in cultivation with us; it flowers early in summer, and again in autumn.[Pg 215]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris inclusis, aristatis: floribus umbellatis, terminalibus, in pedunculis longissimis: foliis ternis, linearibus, longis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulisfruticosus, sesquipedalis: ramis longis, simplicibus, adscendentibus.
Foliaterna, linearia, longa, subtus sulcata: petiolis longis, adpressis.
Floresramos terminant in umbellis: corolla metulæformis, saturate carnea: pedunculi longissimi, filiformes, rubri, bracteis tribus distantibus lanceolatis instructi: calycis foliolis lanceolatis, coloratis, adpressis.
Germentiaræforme, longum, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips within the blossom, bearded: flowers terminate the branches in umbels upon very long footstalks: leaves by threes, linear, and long.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemshrubby, a foot and a half high: with long, simple, ascending branches.
Leavesby threes, linear, long, and furrowed beneath: footstalks long, and pressed to the stem.
Flowersterminate the branches in umbels: blossom skittle-shaped and of a deep flesh colour: footstalks very long, thread-shaped, and red, with three lance-shaped floral leaves set at a distance on them: leaflets of the cup lance-shaped, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
Seed-budturban-shaped, long, furrowed, and furnished with honey-bearing nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till September.
REFERENCE.
Thisfine species of Erica is one of the recent novelties raised from Cape seed; and being very distinct from any hitherto delineated, we have named it in honour of Miss Sainsbury, a great admirer of this beautiful tribe of plants. Our figure was drawn at the nursery of Mr. Rollinson of Lower Tooting, in September 1810.[Pg 219]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, subinclusis: stylo exerto: floribus spicatis, confertis, prope ramorum apices: corolla clavata: ramis longissimis: foliis senis vel octonis, erectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Cauliserectis, tetrapedalis: ramis plerumque simplicibus.
Foliaverticillata, sena vel octona, erecta, lanceolata, intus plana, exterius sulcata: foliis ad basin angustioribus, acuminatis, patentibus.
Floresspicati, conferti, prope apices ramorum: corollis clavatis, coccineis, erecto-patentibus: pedunculis coloratis, bracteis tribus instructis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Octobris ad Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossom: shaft without: flowers growing in a spike, crowded together near the end of the branch: blossoms club-shaped: branches very long: leaves by six or eight, upright.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemupright, four feet high: branches mostly simple.
Leavesgrow in whorls of six to eight, upright, and lance-shaped, flat on the inner and furrowed on the outer side: leaves at the base of the plant are narrower, pointed, and spreading.
Flowersgrow in crowded spikes near the end of the branches: blossoms club-shaped, and of a scarlet colour, between erect and spreading: footstalks coloured, and furnished with three floral leaves.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of October till February.
REFERENCE.
Thisnew species of Erica was first raised at the Hammersmith nursery about the year 1815, and is named after R. Salisbury, Esq., a most able botanist, and Vice-president of the Linnæan Society. Our drawing was made from a plant four feet high, with only one flower-stem, and without any collateral branches.[Pg 223]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericaantheris muticis inclusis: stylo exerto: stigmate magno: foliis ternatis: caule debili, fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulissubpedalis, tenuis: ramis et ramulis filiformibus, numerosis, flexuosis.
Foliaterna, cordata, patentia, supra subplana, setis minutis instructa, subtus glauca, marginibus revolutis.
Floresterni vel seni, in ramos terminant: corolla parva, campanulata, pallide carnea; stigmate magno, patente, tetragono, peltato, incluso.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heathwith beardless tips within the blossom: shaft without: summit large: leaves ternate: stem weak and shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemnear a foot high and slender: the large and smaller branches are thread-shaped, numerous, and flexuose.
Leavesby threes, heart-shaped, and spreading, nearly flat on their upper surface, and furnished with minute setæ or bristles; glaucous beneath, with the edges rolled back.
Flowersgrow by threes or sixes, terminating the branches; blossom small, bell-shaped, and of a pale flesh-colour; stigma large, spreading, with four corners, inclosed in a shield.
Seed-budturban-shaped, furrowed, villose, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till November.
REFERENCE.
TheErica serpyllifolia resembles two very opposed and distinct species of Heaths, the E. thymifolia and E. peltata. The former similarly nomenclated; resembling the latter in shape, colour, abundance of flowers, and enlarged stigma, the expansion of which is so rare and peculiar to the E. peltata; and is also a most prominent feature in the physiology of the present figure, but when out of bloom; and the Ericasthymifoliaandmaryfoliaare the only species that can claim the least affinity.
It was first raised from Cape seed at the nursery of Messrs. Loddiges, Hackney. Our drawing is from a plant at Mr. Lee’s, in the summer of 1826.[Pg 227]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericaantheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: stylo sub-exserto: floribus terminalibus, ampullaceis: pedunculis longissimis: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulispedalis, erectus: rami longi, sub-simplices.
Foliaterna, trigona, subulata, recta, acuta, supra plana, subtus carinata.
Floresterminales in umbellis quinis vel octonis, cum pedunculis longissimis rubris: corollis pallide carneis, glutinosissimis, magnis, ad sum mitatem cylindraceis, ad basin inflatis: ore arctato, laciniis expansis, ovatis.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat in Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heathwith tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom: shaft just without: flowers terminal, flask-shaped: footstalks very long: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot high, upright: branches long, and nearly simple.
Leavesby threes, three-sided, awl-shaped, straight and pointed, flat on the upper surface, and keeled beneath.
Flowersterminate the branches in umbels of 5 to 8, with very long red footstalks: blossoms of a pale flesh-colour, very glutinous, and large, cylindrical on the upper part, and swelled out at the base: narrowed at the mouth, with the segments spreading and egg-shaped.
Seed-budturban-shaped and furrowed, with honey-bearing nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till September.
REFERENCE.
ThisErica was raised from Cape seed brought over by Niven in 1808. It is a fine addition to this extensive family, and may be increased by cuttings, but not so freely as many other species; which joined to the short period of only three years since it was first raised from seed, makes it at present rather scarce, and in but few collections. Our figure represents a plant in the nursery of Mr. Rollinson, where we found it under the specific title of Shannonea, in compliment to the Earl of Shannon.[Pg 231]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, sub-exertis: floribus capitatis, aggregatis, cernuis: foliis confertis, pilosis, obtusis: ramis longis, simplicibus: caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulispedalis et ultra: ramis simplicibus, longis, erectis, vel flexuosis.
Foliairregularia, plerumque quatuor, aggregata, pilosa, linearia obtusa, adscendentia: foliis ad basin patentibus.
Florescapitatim terminales, aggregati: corolla parva, albente, tubo-campanulata: calyce duplici, exteriore trifoliato, subulato, piloso, adpresso: pedunculo brevi.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, just without the blossom: flowers grow in crowded heads, nodding: leaves crowded, hairy, and obtuse: branches long and simple: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot or more high: branches simple, long, upright, or flexuose.
Leavesirregular, mostly by fours, crowded together, hairy, linear obtuse, and ascending: leaves at the base of the plant spreading.
Flowersterminate the branches in crowded heads: blossom small, whitish, tubularly bell-shaped: cup double, the outer one three-leaved awl-shaped, hairy, and pressed to the blossom: footstalk short.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till July.
REFERENCE.
ThisErica has been so often baptized, that we are under the necessity of detailing the order of their succession. First it was called E. Solandra after the late Dr. Solander; secondly, another plant of a similar appearance, but bearing purple flowers, was named after that gentleman. This plant was then for some years called the old Solandra; but has recently been named Erica stellata, which we cannot retain, having already occupied that specific title. No other way remained to avoid confusion, but again to rename it something like the first, and not unlike the second, by which means we hope to keep it in its proper sphere—at least to make it recognised for what it has been, by what it now is called.
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis: stylo sub-exerto: floribus cylindraceis, tomentosis: foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulisfruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra: rami numerosi, tomentosi.
Foliaquaterna, linearia, obtusa, tomentosa, adscendentia.
Floresplerumque quaterni, patentes, terminales: corollis uncialibus, ovato-cylindraceis, villosis, coccineis: oris laciniis erecto-patulis.
Germentiaræforme, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii ad Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom: shaft just without: flowers cylindrical and downy: leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemshrubby, upright, a foot or more high: branches numerous and downy.
Leavesby fours, linear, blunt, downy, and ascending.
Flowersgrow mostly by fours, spreading, and terminal: blossoms an inch long, ovately cylindrical, villose, of a scarlet colour: segments of the border upright and spreading.
Seed-budturban-shaped, hairy, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August.
REFERENCE.
Wehave adopted the specific title by which this Erica is well known in the gardens, although we should have preferred that oftomentosa, so decidedly descriptive of the downy character that pervades the whole plant, and which renders it difficult to preserve from the damps, which love to lodge on soft and downy pillows, too often to the destruction of their resting-place. Our figure represents an entire plant from the Nursery of Messrs. Colville, in the year 1816.[Pg 239]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus subterminalibus: foliis quaternis: ramis verticillatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulispedalis et ultra: rami et ramuli verticillati.
Foliaquaterna, lanceolata, pilosa, patentia.
Floressubterminales, umbellati, erecti: pedunculi purpurei: calycis foliola lanceolata, basi bracteis binis oppositis instructa.
Corollainflata, ovata, apice arctata, incarnata: limbo æquali, patente, plerumque sexfido, albido.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers nearly terminal: leaves by fours: branches whorled.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot or more high: the large and smaller branches grow in whorls.
Leavesby fours, lance-shaped, hairy and spreading.
Flowersnearly terminal, in umbels, upright: footstalks purple: leaflets of the cup are lance-shaped, and furnished at the base with two opposite floral leaves.
Blossomof an inflated form, ovate, narrowed towards the end, and flesh-coloured: segments of the border equal, spreading, mostly six-cleft and white.
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.
This Erica is supposed to have been raised from seed of E.ventricosa, orpregnans, and is called the star-flowered variety from the mouth of the flowers having six divisions, and the specific character of the genus being only four-cleft. There are one or two flowers that still remain unaltered, just sufficient to proclaim the metamorphosis not quite complete. There is also another seminal variety with six-cleft petals, and we have given a flower of it among the dissections; this variation, however, can in no other respect be distinguished from the old ventricose species; but the one our figure represents differs in many other particulars, that well support its claim to a specific distinction.[Pg 243]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericaantheris muticis inclusis: floribus racemosis: foliis sparsis: caule fruticoso, erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulissesquipedalis, erectus, ramosus: ramulis simplicibus.
Foliaquina vel sena, numerosa, sparsa, linearia, acuta, adscendentia.
Floresin apicibus ramorum, subterminales et racemosi: corolla cylindrica, odorata, pallide purpurea; oris laciniis recurvata.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heathwith beardless tips within the blossom: flowers grow in clusters: leaves scattered: stem shrubby and erect.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot and half high, upright, branching: the smaller branches simple.
Leavesby fives or sixes, numerous, scattered, linear, pointed, and ascending.
Flowersat the ends of the branches, nearly terminal, and clustered: blossom cylindrical, sweet-scented, and of a pale purple colour: segments of the border recurved.
Seed-budturban-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.
Thisdelicate species of Erica was raised from seed in the summer of 1828, at the Nursery of Messrs. Rollinson, Lower Tooting. The only Heath to which it bears any resemblance is the E. densa, figured in Vol. III. Its specific title alone will recommend it as a most valuable addition to this extensive genus, as the odour of its blossoms is equal in fragrance to almost any Rose.[Pg 247]
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