Part 3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1. Calyx lente auctus.

2. Anthera una lente aucta.

3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

4. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom: leaves by threes: flowers white and terminal.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot or more high, upright and bushy.