CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis: stylo exerto: floribus cylindraceis, sessilibus: foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulispedalis et ultra, erectus: rami sparsi, virgati, frequentes, villosi.
Foliaquaterna, tenuia, obtusa, villosa, erecta.
Floressub-solitarii, sessiles, ramulos terminantes: corollis cylindraceo-clavatis, curvatis, villosis: limbo campanulato, revoluto.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossom: shaft without: flowers are cylindrical and sessile: leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot or more high, upright: branches scattered, twiggy, numerous, and hairy.
Leavesby fours, thin, blunt, villose, and upright.
Flowersgrow singly, sessile, and terminate the smaller branches: blossoms cylindrically club-shaped, curved, and hairy: the segments of the border are bell-shaped, and rolled back.
Seed-budturban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till October.
REFERENCE.
Thislively shrub was first raised from Cape seed at the Hammersmith Nursery in 1814. In its general character it very much resembles the E.tubifloraand the E.sordida, distinct from each, and yet resembling both. It is a brilliant addition to the gay and extensive genus Erica.[Pg 251]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus in umbellis terminalibus: corollis urceolatis: foliis ternis, trigonis, mucronatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Cauliserectus, bipedalis: ramulis ternis, verticillatis.
Foliaterna, rigida, trigona, mucronata, glauca, suprà plana, subtùs canaliculata: petiolis longis.
Floresramos terminant in umbellis erectis: pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus coloratis: corolla urceolata, carnea, calyce colorato fere tecta.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom; flowers terminate the branches in umbels: blossoms pitcher-shaped: leaves by threes, three-sided, and mucronated.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemupright, two feet high; smaller branches grow by threes in whorls.
Leavesby threes, harsh, three-sided, mucronated, glaucous, flat on the upper surface, and channelled beneath: footstalks long.
Flowersgrow at the ends of the branches in upright umbels: footstalks coloured, with three coloured floral leaves: blossom pitcher-shaped, flesh-coloured, and almost covered by a coloured cup.
Seed-budturban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished with honey-bearing nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till December.
REFERENCE.
Thisfine plant resembles both the E. calycina major and the E. elegans, as well as the E. taxifolia, of which it is considered as a large variety: but from the crested character of the antheræ we are inclined to regard it as equally related to the two former species. It is well known to cultivators by the title we have adopted, and is said to have been first raised from Cape seed at the Hibbertian collection in 1806. Our drawing was made from a plant two feet high in the nursery of Mr. Williams.[Pg 255]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, muticis inclusis: floribus terminalibus: cernuis, foliis lanceolatis, hirsutis: caulis fruticosa.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulisfruticosus, pedalis, ramis et ramulis, simplicibus, flexuosis.
Foliasena, lanceolata, curvata, patentia, supra plana, subtus sulco exarata: marginibus hirsutis.
Floresin ultimis ramis terminales, in umbellis, cernuis; corolla sub cylindracea, ad basin inflata, subalbia, supra læte rubra et striatis, ore arcuata pilosa, laciniis revolutis.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembri in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers terminal and nodding: leaves lance-shaped and hirsute: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemshrubby, a foot high; the large and smaller branches simple and flexuose.
Leavesby sixes, lance shaped, curved and spreading, flat on their upper surface and deeply furrowed beneath: margins harshly haired.
Flowersterminate the ends of the branches in umbels, nodding: blossom nearly cylindrical, swelled at the base, whitish, of a bright red colour above, and striped: narrowed at the mouth, and hairy segments rolled back.
Seed-budturban-shaped, furrowed, hairy, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of September till December.
REFERENCE.
ThisErica was first raised from seed at the Hammersmith Nursery, about the year 1820, and named by the late Mr. Lee after Lady Temple; it is a perfectly new and distinct species; the Erica’s cerinthoides and obbata are the only heaths to which it bears any resemblance. It is a handsome shrub low in stature, but easily distinguished from most of this fine tribe by its glaucous, hairy foliage.[Pg 259]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericaantheris muticis, inclusis: flores ramos terminant: foliis quaternis: caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulispedalis et ultra, fruticosus, flexuosus, filiformis, virgatus.
Foliaquaterna, leviter tomentosa, linearia, brevia, acuta, supra plana, subtus sulcata.
Floresramos terminant, terni vel quaterni, plerumque adscendentes: corolla tubæformi, tenuissima, incarnata: laciniis oris æqualibus, cordatis, acutis, patentibus.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret per menses æstivales.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heathwith beardless tips within the blossom: flowers terminate the branches: leaves by fours: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot or more high, flexuose, thread-shaped, and twiggy.
Leavesby fours, slightly downy, linear, short, pointed, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
Flowersterminate the branches by threes and fours, mostly ascending: blossom trumpet-shaped, very slender, and flesh-coloured: segments of the border equal, heart-shaped, pointed, and spreading.
Seed-budturban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers during the summer months.
REFERENCE.
Our figure represents a fine new species of Erica communicated from the extensive collection of His Grace the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, where it was raised from seed in the summer of 1824. In its foliage it very much resembles theE. tenuiflora alba, figured in our third volume; the principal if not the only distinction is, when in bloom, the delicacy of its flowers, whose fine blush-colour gives it a decided preference over the white variety. It is considered as a variety through the medium of theE. spuria, a mule to which the genus is indebted for many fine variations.[Pg 263]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo sub-exerto: floribus globosis, campanulatis: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulissesquipedalis, erectus: ramis filiformibus, virgatis.
Foliaternata, linearia, erecta, obtusa.
Floresprope apices ramulorum umbellati: pedunculis longissimis: corolla tubo globoso luteo: limbo campanulato: laciniis cordatis, magnis, læte coccineis.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii ad Julium.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: shaft just without: flowers globular, and bell-shaped: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot and half high, upright: branches thread-shaped and twiggy.
Leavesby threes, linear, upright, and blunt-ended.
Flowersgrow near the ends of the branches, in umbels: footstalks very long; blossom with a round tube of a yellow colour: mouth of the flower bell-shaped: segments heart-shaped, large, and of a bright scarlet.
Seed-budturban-shaped, and furrowed, with honey-bearing nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till July.
REFERENCE.
ThisErica is said to be first described by Professor Montin in the Upsal Transactions. It is a very interesting plant, combining beauty with novelty, and perfectly distinct from any other species at present known: it bears the name of that able botanist Thunberg, and was first raised at the Hammersmith Nursery from Cape seed brought by the late F. Masson, Collector to the Royal Gardens at Kew.[Pg 267]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus terminalibus: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulisbipedalis, fruticosus, erectus.
Foliaternata, linearia, nitida, erecto-patentia: foliis majoribus flexuosis.
Floresplerumque terni, cernui, ad ramorum extremitates: calyx duplex, crassus, adpressus: calyx exterior trifoliatus: corolla tubulosa, purpurea: oris laciniis viridi-albicantibus.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers terminal: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemtwo feet high, shrubby, and erect.
Leavesby threes, linear, shining, erect, and spreading: the larger leaves are flexuose.
Flowersgrow mostly by threes, drooping, at the ends of the branches: empalement double, thick, and pressed to the blossom: the exterior calyx three-leaved: blossom tubular and purple: the segments of the border of a greenish white.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till April.
REFERENCE.
TheEricatransparensmay be considered as one of the most beautiful 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.discolorin many particulars, but is specifically distinct in having the anthersmuticæinstead ofaristatæ.[Pg 271]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: foliis ternis; floribus ternis, globosis, albis: calyce magno.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulissesquipedalis, erectus, ramosus: ramulis numerosis, plerumque ternis.
Foliaterna, sub-trigona, acuta, lucida, patentia; petiolis longis, adpressis.
Floresramulos terminantes, terni, cernui: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus instructis, calyci adpressis: foliola lato-ovata, carinata, alba, magna, corollæ albæ, globosæ, adpressa.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips within the blossom: leaves by threes: flowers grow by threes, globular, and white: empalement large.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot and a half high, upright and branching, with numerous small branches, mostly by threes.
Leavesby threes, nearly three-sided, pointed, shining, and spreading: footstalks long, and pressed to the stem.
Flowersterminate 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-budturban-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.
Althoughthis 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.[Pg 275]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus ternis, tricoloribus, viscosis, urceolatis: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Cauliserectus, sesquipedalis; ramulis ternis, verticillatis.
Foliaternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, subtus sulco exarata: petiolis longis.
Floresplerumque 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.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips within the blossom: flowers grow by threes, are three-coloured, clammy, and pitcher-shaped: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemshrubby, a foot and a half high: the branches grow by threes in whorls.
Leavesby threes, nearly three-sided, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath: footstalks long.
Flowersgrow 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-budturban-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.
Thiselegant 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.[Pg 279]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericaantheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus in medio ramorum: foliis ternatis: caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulispedalis et ultra: ramis plerumque ternis.
Foliaternata, subulata, supra plana, subtus sulco exarata.
Floresramulos ternatim plerumque terminant in medio ramorum, cernui: corolla subglobosa, ignea, glutinosissima, et lucida: limbo saturate viridi: laciniis æqualibus, erectis.
Germentiaræforme, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret per menses vernales, iterumque mensibus autumnalibus.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heathwith crested tips within the blossom: flowers grow in the middle of the large branches: leaves by threes: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
Stema foot or more high: branches mostly by threes.
Leavesby threes, awl-shaped, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
Flowersgrow 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-budturban-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.
ThisErica 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.[Pg 283]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericaantheris minute bicornutis, subexsertis: floribus sessilibus, nutantibus: foliis ternatis: caule ramoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulishumilis, erectus, fruticosus: ramulis plerumque ternis.
Foliaterna, glabra, sub-trigona, curvata, acuta.
Floresterni in apicibus ramulorum, dependentes: pedunculi nulli: perianthium duplex, exteriori triphyllo: corolla viridis, viscosa, metulæ-flora: laciniis limbi erectis.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii usque ad Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heathwith tips minutely two-horned just without the blossom: flowers sessile, and hanging down: leaves by threes: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemlow, upright, and shrubby: smaller branches mostly by threes.
Leavesby threes, smooth, nearly three-sided, curved, and pointed.
Flowersgrow 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-budturban-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.
Thislittle 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.[Pg 287]
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Ericamuticis inclusis: floribus terminalibus: corollis ampullaceis: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulisfruticosus, pedalis: fruticosus rami virgati flexuosi.
Foliaterna, linearia, brevia adscendentia verticillis, irregulariter confertis.
Floresramulos terminant plerumque terni: corolla uncialis ampullacea, costata, undulata, rubra: oris laciniis recurvatis.
Germentiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers terminal: blossom flask-shaped: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
Stemshrubby, a foot high: shrubby branches, twiggy and flexuose.
Leavesby threes, linear, short and ascending, in irregular crowded whorles.
Flowersterminate the branches mostly by threes: blossom an inch long, flask-shaped, ribbed, waved, and red: segments of the border rolled back.
Seed-budturban-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.
Ourdrawing 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.[Pg 291]
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Taken from the shape of the tips, and the number of leaves which surround the stem in one whorl.
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