The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 4

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. IV. SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1845.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores axillares, sub-terminales, declinati, plerumque terni. Calyx magnus, lato-ovatus, carneus: corollis ovatis, magnis, incarnatis. Folia ternata, subulata, incurvata, acuta, petiolis longis adpressis. Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra. Rami pauci. Ramuli verticillati, ternati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, are nearly terminal, and bend downwards, mostly in threes. The empalement is large, of a broad ovate form, and flesh-coloured. Blossom egg-shaped, large, and flesh-coloured. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, incurved, sharp-pointed, with long footstalks pressed to the branches. Stem upright, a foot or more high. Large branches few. The smaller branches in whorls, by threes.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till May.
REFERENCE.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ inclusæ, basi bicornes. Flores in ramis terminales, fasciculati, plerumque quaterni. Pedunculi longi, colorati. Corolla inflato-tubulosa, ore arctata, saturate purpurea, pollicaris, lucida; laciniis limbi rotundatis, expansis, albicantibus. Folia quaterna et quina, revoluta, lucida, apice aristata. Caulis fruticosus, vix pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli flexuosi, filiformes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips within the blossoms, and two-horned at their base. Flowers terminate the branches in bunches, mostly in fours. Footstalks long, and coloured. Blossom of an inflated tubular form, narrowed at the mouth, which is of a deep purple, an inch long, and shining. The segments of the border are rounded, spreading, and white. Leaves by fours and fives, rolled back, and shining, with a bristle at the point. Stem shrubby, scarce a foot high, branching. The small and large branches are flexuose, and thread-shaped.