The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 1

CONTAINING COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, WITH LATIN AND ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONS, DISSECTIONS, ETC. OF ALL THE KNOWN SPECIES OF THAT EXTENSIVE AND DISTINGUISHED TRIBE OF PLANTS. By H. C. ANDREWS. IN SIX VOLUMES. VOL. I. SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1845.
As an apology for the present undertaking, the Author has only to observe, that the very great encouragement he has received in his folio edition of the Ericas, joined with the repeated application of many of its subscribers, for a small, concise, and pleasant reference to that beautiful and extensive tribe, has induced him to offer to the amateurs of plants in general, the present Monograph; in which will be given all the known species, and likewise all those successively that may hereafter be introduced; with Latin and English descriptions, dissections, &c. on the same plan as the folio work .
The Author therefore hopes it will be regarded as an agreeable green-house companion, calculated to preserve the folio edition for the use of the library, to which on account of its size it is best adapted.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in apice omnium ramulorum, terni, cernui. Corolla urceolata, purpurea, nitida. Folia quaterna, subulata, mucronata, glabra, erecta. Caulis erectus, pedalis, gracilis. Rami pauci; ramuli numerosi, brevi, erecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow by threes at the ends of all the small branches, nodding. Blossom pitcher-shaped, purple, and shining. Leaves by fours, awl-shaped, sharp-pointed, smooth, and upright. Stem upright, a foot high, slender. Branches few; the small branches numerous, short, and upright.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till July.
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