REFERENCE.
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1. The Empalement. 2. The Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. 6. Branch of a small variety. 7. Branch of a smaller upright variety. |
This Erica is figured from a drawing made in the gardens of G. Hibbert, Esq. as long back as the summer of 1806, where it was raised from Cape seed amongst many others, and considered as nearer allied to the E. calycina than any other species. There was only one more plant of it, and that was of a very straggling growth, hanging down over the sides of the pot in all directions, making a very picturesque appearance, and to which we should certainly have given the preference, if we had not considered it more a casualty of culture than as a permanent character,—which we had not the opportunity of ascertaining, as both the plants died in the autumn,—we apprehend, from an excessive inflorescence,—and have never since re-appeared. Among the dissections we have given branches of two small seminal varieties, almost distinct enough to require a separate figure.[Pg 75]
ERICA foliacea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.