REFERENCE.
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1. A Leaf. 2. The Empalement. 3. A Chive, tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
Our drawing of this singular species of Erica was made from a plant at the Nursery of Messrs. Rollinson, in the summer of 1828, said to be raised from seed of the E. translucens. Its contort flowers suggested a specific title, by which, in bloom, it could not fail to be recognised; the undulations continue the same from the early bud state, to the decay of the full-grown flower. The only Heath we ever met with of a similar and rather more contort character, was E. rugosa, (figured in Vol. 3,) which never ripened seed nor would propagate by cuttings, thus indicating an abortive novelty on which Nature reluctantly conferred the power of vegetation.[Pg 291]
SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT
OF THE
LXXII ERICAS, OR HEATHS, CONTAINED IN
VOL. IV.
Taken from the shape of the tips, and the number of leaves which surround the stem in one whorl.
| Antheræ aristatæ. | Tips bearded. |
| Foliis ternis. | Leaves by threes. |
| E. Comptoniana | Compton H. |
| — grandinosa | Hail-like |
| — nivalis | Snowy white |
| — pygmæa | Dwarf |
| — regerminans | Regerminating |
| — Sainsburyana | Sainsbury |
| Foliis sparsis. | Leaves scattered. |
| — foliacea | foliaceous |
| — ollula | pot-shaped |
| — pedunculata | pedunculated |
| Foliis quaternis. | Leaves by fours. |
| — Bauera | Bauer |
| — mollis | soft |
| — Solandroides | Solander-like |
| — splendens | splendid |
| Foliis senis. | Leaves by sixes. |
| — Imperialis | Imperial |
| Antheræ cristatæ. | Tips crested. |
| Foliis ternis. | Leaves by threes. |
| — Andromedæflora, alba | Andromedæflora, white |
| — droseroides, minor | Sun-dew-leaved, small |
| — flagelliformis | Whip-shaped |
| — pumila | Dwarfish |
| — reflexa | Reflexed |
| — rupestris, rubra | Rock-growing, red |
| — taxifolia, major | Yew-leaved, large |
| — triflora | Three-flowered |
| α vernex, longiflora | α Varnished, long-flowered |
| β —, rubra | β —, red |
| Antheræ bicornutæ. | Tips two-horned. |
| Foliis ternis. | Leaves by threes. |
| — cruciformis | cross-growing |
| — Infundibuliformis | Funnel-shaped |
| — magnifica | Magnificent |
| — rugosa | wrinkled |
| — Shannonea | Shannon |
| — viridiflora | green-flowered |
| Antheræ muticæ. | Tips beardless. |
| Foliis ternis. | Leaves by threes. |
| E. aristata, minor | Bearded, small H. |
| — Bandonia | Bandon |
| — costata, superba | Ribbed, flowered, superb |
| — crassifolia | Thick-leaved |
| — dumosa | Bushy |
| — glomerata | Crowded |
| — Jasminiflora, minor | Jasmine, flowered, small |
| — moschata | Musk-scented |
| — peltata | Shield-shaped |
| — perspicua | Perspicuous |
| — Plukenetia, albens | Plukenet, whitish |
| — serpyllifolia | Wild thyme, leaved |
| — Thunbergia | Thunberg |
| — transparens | Transparent |
| — undulata | Waved |
| Foliis quaternis. | Leaves by fours. |
| — Beaumontia | Beaumont |
| — colorans | Discoloured |
| — Coventrya | Coventry |
| — exudans | Exuding |
| — Lawsonia | Lawson |
| — Linnæa, superba | Linnæa, superb |
| — minutæflora | Minute-leaved |
| — mirabilis | Admirable |
| — mundula | Delicate |
| — pellucida, rubra | Pellucid, red |
| — prestans | Excellent |
| — radiata, discolor | Radiated, two-coloured |
| — refulgens | Refulgent |
| — ruber calyx | Red-cupped |
| — Russeliana | Russel |
| — stellifera | Star-like |
| — sulphurea | Sulphur-coloured |
| — tenuiflora, carnea | Slender-flowered, flesh-coloured |
| Foliis sparsis. | Leaves scattered. |
| — quadrangularis | Four-angled |
| Foliis quinis. | Leaves by fives. |
| — suaveolens | Sweet-scented |
| — Echiflora, purpurea | Echium-flowered, purple |
| Foliis senis. | Leaves by sixes. |
| — argentiflora | Silver-flowered |
| — exsurgens, hybrida | Exsurgent, hybrid |
| — formosa, bicolor | Handsome, two-coloured |
| — recurvata | Recurved |
| — Salisburia | Salisbury |
| — Templea | Temple |