The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 6

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. VI. SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1845.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in summitate ramorum, verticillati, patentes. Corolla purpurea, cylindracea, uncialis, ore parum arctata: laciniis cordatis, acutis, revolutis. Folia quaterna, trigona, retorta, acuminata, lucida, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami flexuosi, filiformes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow near the summit of the branches in whorls, spreading out. Blossom purple, cylindrical, an inch long, and rather narrowed at the mouth: segments of the border heart-shaped, sharp pointed, and rolled back. Leaves by fours, three-sided, revolute, sharp-pointed, and shining, flat on the upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching. Branches flexuose, and thread-shaped.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom in March and April.
REFERENCE.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in medio ramorum, spicati. Corolla dependens, sub-pollicaris, cylindracea, curvata, imprimis pellucide alba, denique rosacea. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glauca, plerumque patentia. Caulis erectus, flexuosus. Rami longi; cum ramulis binis vel ternis verticillatis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow in spikes about the middle of the large branches. Blossom hanging down, near an inch long, cylindraceous, inflected, at first of a transparent white, afterwards dying off of a rose colour. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, glaucous, and mostly spreading. Stem upright, flexuose. Branches long; with two or three smaller branches in whorls.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till November.