The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 2

OR A MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ERICA: 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. II. SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1845.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores laterales, sæpe ternati, cernui; pedunculis longissimis. Corolla sub-globosa, ignea, lucida. Folia ternata, subulata, patentia, et reflexa. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, flexuosus, ramulis erectis, patentibusque.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers lateral, chiefly in threes, nodding; with very long peduncles. Blossom somewhat globular, of a fiery colour, and shining. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, spreading, and reflexed. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, flexuose, with branches erect and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June.
REFERENCE.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales in ramulis numerosis, quaterni, pedunculis brevibus. Perianthium duplex. Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, odorata, pallide purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, curvata, subtus sulcata. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, ramosus, bipedalis. Rami et ramuli filiformes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the numerous small branches by fours. The footstalks are short. Cup double. Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and of a pale purple. Leaves by fours, blunt, curved, and furrowed beneath. Stem upright, shrubby, and branching, two feet high. The large and smaller branches are thread-shaped.
Native of Portugal. In bloom from March till July.