The Project Gutenberg eBook of Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3, by H. C. Andrews.

THE

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OF GROWTH, AND TIME OF FLOWERING OF EACH;

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VOL. III.

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DISSERTATION concluded.

At the commencement of this Monograph the extent of this elegant tribe of plants appeared to be circumscribed within a small compass, and we calculated upon one volume enshrining the whole Genus. The termination of that volume left a residuum of sufficient magnitude to complete a second, at whose termination an ample fund for continuation was still apparent. A third is finished; and there yet remains enough to form a fourth, the conclusion of which will, we think, contain all that are as yet in cultivation with us, as the limits of this extensive family appear at present to be bounded within three hundred species and distinct varieties; and unless some new source should be found to extend it, by the discovery of some unexpected mine of novelty, it may be then considered as for a time completed; although, no doubt, from the beautiful variations occasionally raised from seed, there will be still further accessions of novelty to merit attention at some future period, by way of appendix.

When the author first began to delineate the Erica family in the year 1794, the greater part of the species then known had been so recently imported, that the seeds did not ripen with us. A period of fifteen years having since elapsed, many of them have become so far naturalized as to perfect their seed freely. The prevalent idea of their not ripening with us is owing to a want of sufficient attention to preserve them; for, as soon as the seeds are perfect, if not immediately collected, the capsule splits, and the seeds, which are extremely small, escape unperceived.

The fourth volume will contain, in addition to each figure, a short account of who first raised it, &c., and at the end of the volume (which the author trusts will be completed in much less time than the foregoing ones) all the seeds that can possibly be procured will be represented, both of the natural size and magnified, to render the work as complete as the progressive increase of the vegetable kingdom will possibly admit of.[Pg 4]

SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT

OF THE

LXXII ERICAS, OR HEATHS, CONTAINED IN

VOL. III.

Taken from the shape of the tips, and the number of leaves which surround the stem in one whorl.

ERICA acuminata.

Erica, antheris muticis inclusis; corollis subcylindricis, purpureis; floribus umbellatis, subterminalibus; foliis quaternis, retortis, acuminatis, glabris.

Folia quaterna, trigona, retorta, acuminata, lucida, supra plana, subtus sulcata; petiolis longis, adpressis.

Flores umbellati, sub-terminales; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus subulatis instructi.

Corolla sub-cylindrica, ore arctata, pollicaria, purpurea; laciniis ovatis, revolutis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, superne villosum, ad basin glanduliferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom; which is nearly cylindrical, and purple; flowers grow in umbels, nearly terminal; leaves by fours, rolled back, sharp-pointed, and smooth.

Stem shrubby, a foot high, very branching, branches flexuose, and thread-shaped.

Leaves by fours, three-sided, rolled back, sharp-pointed, and shining, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath; footstalks long, and pressed to the branches.

Flowers grow in bunches, nearly terminal; footstalks short, and furnished with three awl-shaped floral leaves.

Blossom nearly cylindrical, narrowed at the mouth, an inch long, and purple; the segments of the border are egg-shaped, and rolled back.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed, villose on the upper part, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Andromedæflora.

Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus axillaribus, sub-terminalibus, declinatis; corollis ovatis, magnis, incarnatis; foliis ternatis, subulatis, acutis; caulis erectus; rami verticillati.

Caulis erectus, gracilis: ramis superioribus brevibus: inferioribus longioribus, verticillatis.

Folia ternata, sub-trigona, subulata, arcuata, acuta, supra plana, subtus sulcata.

Flores axillares, sub-terminales; ramis superioribus brevissimis spicæ formam exhibentibus; ramis ad basin plantæ longis, verticillatis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-ovatis, acutis, coloratis, magnis, adpressis.

Pistillum. Germen conicum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossom; flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, nearly terminal, and bending downwards; blossom egg-shaped, large and flesh-coloured; leaves by threes, awl-shaped, and pointed; stem upright; branches whorled.

Stem upright, slender: the upper branches short; those below are longer, and grow in whorls.

Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, awl-shaped, bowed, and pointed, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, nearly terminal. The branches on the upper part are very short, and bear the appearance of a spike. The branches on the lower part of the plant are long, and whorled.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets are broadly egg-shaped, pointed, coloured, large, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom egg-shaped, swelled at the base, large, and flesh-coloured; the segments are straight out, and rounded.

Pointal. Seed-bud conical, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA aristata.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; floribus umbellatis, sub-ampullaceis, lucidis, viscosis, striatis; foliis quaternis et quinis, retortis, lucidis, aristatis; caule humili.

Flores in ramis terminales fasciculati, plerumque quaterni; pedunculi longi, colorati, bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi.

Corolla inflato-tubulosa, ore arctata, saturate purpurea, pollicaria, lucida, laciniis rotundatis, expansis, albicantibus.

Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, within the blossoms; flowers grow in umbels, nearly flask-shaped, shining, clammy, and striped; leaves by fours and fives, rolled back, shining, and bearded; stem low.

Stem shrubby, scarce a foot high, branching; the small and large branches are flexuose, and thread-shaped.

Leaves by fours and fives, nearly three-sided, rolled back, shining, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers terminate the branches in bunches, mostly in fours; footstalks long, coloured, and furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, viscous, and pressed to the blossom.

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, spread, and white.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips within the blossom, and two-horned at their base.

Pointal. Seed-bud of an oblong form, and furrowed. Shaft without the blossom, and white. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA aspera.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis tubulato-ventricosis, setis densissime circumsessis, luteis; foliis quaternis, rigidis, aculeatis.

Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni vel seni, cernui; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus, hispidis, subulatis, adpressis.

Corolla tubulato-ventricosa, setis densissime circumsessa, pollicaria, ore obsolete quadrifida.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, villosum, albicans. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossoms, which are of an inflated tubular shape, closely beset with bristles, and of a yellow colour; leaves by fours, harsh, and prickly.

Stem upright, two feet high; branches few, the small branches are numerous and simple.

Leaves grow by fours, are lance-shaped, prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath, foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels of from three to six, nodding; peduncles very short, furnished with three floral leaves, hispid, awl-shaped, and pressed to the cup.

Blossom of an inflated tubular form, closely beset with bristles, an inch long; the mouth is slightly divided into four segments.

Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, hairy, and whitish. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA aurea, flore pallido.

Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; floribus verticillatis; corollis cylindraceis, luteis; foliis senis, linearibus; caule erecto, fruticoso.

Flores horizontaliter verticillati, prope ramorum summitatem; pedunculis brevissimis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, cum bracteis tribus adpressis.

Corolla cylindracea, luteolo-aurea, apice inflata; oris laciniis magnis, albicantibus, et patentibus.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips just within the blossom; flowers grow in whorls; blossom cylindrical and yellow; leaves by sixes, and linear; stem upright and shrubby.

Leaves by sixes, linear, spreading, and turning inwards at the points; footstalks long.

Flowers grow horizontally in whorls near the summits of the branches; footstalks very short.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, with three floral leaves pressed to them.

Blossom cylindrical, of a yellow gold colour, swelled at the end; segments of the border large, whitish and spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA australis.

Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis cylindraceo-urceolatis, pallide purpureis, fragrantibus; floribus terminalibus; foliis quaternis.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum; foliolis ovatis, ad interiores adpressis, imbricatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus, fimbriatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, tenuissime lanâ tecta, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossoms, which are of a cylindrical pitcher-shape, pale purple, and sweet-scented; flowers terminal; leaves by fours.

Stem upright, shrubby, and branching, two feet high; the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped.

Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, pressed to the inner ones, and tiled; the inner is four-leaved, with larger leaflets, and fringed.

Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and of a pale purple; segments of the border are rolled back.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly covered with wool, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Banksia, purpurea.

Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis; filamenta plana, longissima, conniventia; corollis cylindricis, luteolo-albis; oris laciniis saturate purpureis. Caulis decumbens. Folia terna.

Folia terna, sublata, trigona, mucronata; subtus sulcata; supra plana, glabra, profunde viridia.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, rigidis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus.

Stamina. Filamenta octo plana, coalescentia, tubum formantia; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, patentes.

Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom; the threads are flat, very long, and closed together; blossom cylindrical, of a yellowish white; the segments of the mouth are of a deep purple. Stem drooping. Leaves by threes.

Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, three-sided, and mucronated; furrowed beneath, and smooth on the upper surface, flat, and of a deep green colour.

Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the small branches, hanging down, with very short foot-stalks.

Empalement. Cup double, the outer three-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped and harsh; the inner four-leaved, and longer than the outer.

Blossom cylindrical, of a yellowish white; the segments of the border spreading, and of a deep purple.

Chives. Eight threads flat and close together, forming a tube; tips beardless, without the blossom, and spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered and hollow.

ERICA blanda.

Erica, antheris exertis, basi bicornibus; floribus terminalibus, confertis, umbellatis; corollis sub-cylindricis, incarnatis; foliis senis, obtusis, confertis, curvatis.

Folia plerumque sena, linearia, obtusa, asperiuscula, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, petiolis longis, adpressis.

Flores numerosi, terminales, umbellati, horizontaliter siti; pedunculi longi, colorati.

Corolla sub-cylindrica, incarnata, læviter tomentosa, laciniis æqualibus, erectis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus exertus. Stigma emarginatum, concavum.

Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, and without the blossom; flowers terminal in crowded bunches; blossom nearly cylindrical, and flesh-coloured; leaves by sixes, obtuse, crowded, and curved.

Stem shrubby, a span high, round; branches numerous bending downwards, and ascending.

Leaves mostly by sixes, linear, obtuse, and roughish, bent downwards at the base, with ascending points; footstalks long, and pressed to the blossom.

Flowers numerous, in terminal bunches, in a horizontal direction; footstalks long, and coloured.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets awl-shaped, keeled, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom nearly cylindrical, flesh-coloured, slightly downy; the segments of the border are equal, and upright.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips without the blossom, and two-horned at their base.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed. Shaft without. Summit bordered, and hollow.

ERICA Blandfordia.

Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus tubulosis, brevissimis, sessilibus, luteis, in ramulis terminalibus; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris; caulis fruticosus, gracilis, erectus.

Flores plures, sessiles, in ramulis terminales, plerumque bini, horizontaliter siti; ad apices ramorum flores conferti in ramulis brevissimis, spicam formantes.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-ovatis, apice virescentibus, infra pallidioribus; bracteis duabus adpressis.

Heath, with bearded tips within the blossom; flowers are tubular, very short, sessile, of a yellow colour, and terminating the smaller branches; leaves by fours, linear, and smooth: stem shrubby, slender, and upright.

Leaves by fours, linear, obtuse, and smooth, flat on the upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers numerous, sessile, and terminating the smaller branches, mostly by twos, in a horizontal direction; near the end of the larger branches; the flowers are crowded together on very short branches, forming a spike.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets are broadly egg-shaped, greenish at the point, and paler beneath: with two floral leaves pressed to them.

Blossom jar-shaped, yellow, smooth, and narrowed at the mouth; the segments are roundish, and reflexed.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Blandfordia.

Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus tubulosis, brevissimis, sessilibus, luteis, in ramulis terminalibus; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris; caulis fruticosus, gracilis, erectus.

Flores plures, sessiles, in ramulis terminales, plerumque bini, horizontaliter siti; ad apices ramorum flores conferti in ramulis brevissimis, spicam formantes.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-ovatis, apice virescentibus, infra pallidioribus; bracteis duabus adpressis.

Leaves by fours, linear, obtuse, and smooth, flat on the upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets are broadly egg-shaped, greenish at the point, and paler beneath: with two floral leaves pressed to them.

Blossom jar-shaped, yellow, smooth, and narrowed at the mouth; the segments are roundish, and reflexed.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Broadleyana.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; flores solitarii, penduli; pedunculi longi; corolla metulæformis; folia terna; caulis erectus, fragilis.

Flores solitarii, penduli, in medio ramorum spicam laxam formantes: pedunculi longi, colorati: bracteis tribus infra minutis.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum, leviter sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers solitary, hanging down; footstalks long; blossom skittle-shaped; leaves by threes; stem upright and brittle.

Stem brittle, a foot and a half high, upright, and shrubby, with numerous small branches.

Flowers grow singly, hanging down, and forming a loose spike about the middle of the branches: footstalks long, and coloured, with three minute floral leaves on the lower part.

Blossom skittle-shaped, of a red purple colour; the segments of the border are small, upright, and yellow.

Pointal. Seed-bud oblong, lightly furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA calycina, major.

Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus umbellatis; corollis urceolatis, saturate carneis. Calycis foliola corollâ longiora, foliis ternis. Rami virgati.

Folia terna, lanceolata, trigona, supra plana, glabra, acuminata, adpressa, læte viridia.

Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati. Pedunculi carnei, bracteis tribus coloratis instructi.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, acuminatis, carneis, ad basin virescentibus, corollâ longioribus.

Corolla urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida; oris laciniis patentibus, acuminatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus subinclusus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom. The flowers grow in umbels. Blossom pitcher-shaped, and of a deep flesh colour. The leaves of the cup are longer than the flower. Leaves by threes. Branches twiggy.

Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, three-sided, flat on the upper surface, smooth, sharp-pointed, pressed to the branches, and of a bright green.

Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels. Footstalks flesh-coloured, and furnished with three coloured floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, sharp-pointed, flesh-coloured, greenish at the base, and longer than the flower.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh colour, pale at the base. The segments of the border are spreading, and sharp-pointed.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA calycina, minor.

Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis. Folia terna. Rami filiformes. Flores terni, minuti, urceolati, saturate carnei. Calycis foliola corollâ longiora.

Flores terni, in ultimis ramulis terminales. Pedunculi carnei, bracteis tribus minutis coloratis instructi.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, carneis, corollâ longioribus.

Corolla minuta, urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida; oris laciniis patentibus.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus inclusus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, reflexum.

Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom. Leaves by threes. Branches thread-shaped. The flowers grow by threes, are small, pitcher-shaped, and of a deep flesh colour. The leaves of the cup are longer than the flower.

Stem thread-shaped, a span high, between erect and spreading, and very much branched.

Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, furrowed beneath, flat on the upper surface, smooth, and pressed to the branches.

Flowers grow by threes, and terminate the smaller branches. The footstalks are flesh-coloured, and furnished with three small coloured floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are spathula-shaped, flesh-coloured, and longer than the blossom.

Blossom very small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, and pale at the base; the segments of the border spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-angled, and rolled back.

ERICA canaliculata.

Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis, nigris; floribus terminalibus, ternis, pallide purpureis, cernuis; caule erecto; foliis ternis, erectis, canaliculatis.

Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, nutantes; pedunculi longi, colorati, bracteis tribus adpressis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips just without the blossom; flowers terminal, by threes, of a pale purple, nodding; stem upright; leaves by threes, upright, and channelled.

Stem shrubby, upright, and rusty; the larger and smaller branches are whorled, and numerous.

Leaves by threes, upright, blunt, flat on the upper surface, and channelled beneath.

Flowers terminate the ends of the smaller branches, mostly by threes, hanging down; footstalks long, and coloured, with three floral leaves pressed to them.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets are ovate, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom bell-shaped, and of a pale purple; segments of the border are egg-shaped, and sharp-pointed.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at their base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA clavata.

Erica, antheris muticis, exertis, nigris; floribus terminalibus, pendulis; corolla clavata, viridis; calyx duplex; foliis ternis; caulis brevis, fruticosus.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis ad basin lato-ovatis, superne subulatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips without the blossom, and black; flowers terminate the branches, and hang down; blossom club-shaped, and green: cup double; leaves by threes; stem short, and shrubby.

Stem upright, low, and branching; the smaller branches are spreading, numerous, and whorled.

Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the smaller branches, and hang down, with scarcely any footstalks.

Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; the inner one four-leaved; the leaflets are broadly ovate at the base, and on the upper part awl-shaped.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, and a little longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA cordata.

Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; floribus terminalibus, confertissime capitatis, globosis; frutex pygmæus; foliis ternis, cordatis, villosis; ramis numerosis, confertis.

Caulis humilis, spithamæus; rami et ramuli numerosi, conferti, flexuosi, patentes.

Folia terna, cordata, patentes, marginibus revolutis, supra villosa, subtus lanata.

Flores terminales, in apicibus ramulorum, confertissimi, capitati, erecti; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, superne villosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips just without the blossom; flowers terminal, in very crowded heads, and globular; a dwarf shrub; leaves by threes, heart-shaped, and hairy; branches numerous, and crowded.

Stem low, a span high; the large and small branches are numerous, crowded together, flexuose, and spreading.

Leaves by threes, heart-shaped, spreading, rolled back at the edges, hairy on the upper surface, and woolly beneath.

Flowers terminal, crowded very close together at the ends of the branches in upright heads; footstalks short, furnished with three floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets awl-shaped, hairy, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom globular, smooth, and white; segments of the border round, and spreading.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, just without the blossom, and black.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, hairy above, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA curviflora, rubra.

Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; floribus tubulosis, curvatis; pedunculis brevissimis. Folia quaterna. Caulis fruticosus.

Flores ramulos terminant, solitarii, patentes, racemum sparsum formantes. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus instructi.

Corolla curvata, clavata, pollicaris, rubra, limbo albicante; laciniis expansis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma concavum.

Heath, with beardless tips just without the blossom. Flowers tubular, and curved. Footstalks very short. Leaves by fours. Stem shrubby.

Stem a foot or more high. The large and small branches are numerous, erect, and spreading.

Flowers terminate the branches singly, spreading out, and forming a scattered spike. Footstalks very short, and furnished with three floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved: the leaflets at the base are ovate, toothed, and awl-shaped at the end.

Blossom curved, club-shaped, an inch long, red, with a whitish border; segments expanded.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without. Summit hollow.

ERICA decora.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus axillaribus, spicatis; corollis campanulatis, costatis, saturate carneis, dependentibus; foliis senis, arcuatis, obtusis; caule gracili.

Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, sub-erectus, gracilis; rami et ramuli verticillati.

Flores spicati, laxi, in medio ramulorum, axillares, dependentes; pedunculi longi, colorati.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, bracteis tribus calycibus adpressis.

Pistillum. Germen coronæforme, pubescens, album, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus subinclusus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom; the flowers grow from the footstalks of the leaves in spikes; blossom bell-shaped, ribbed, of a deep flesh colour, and hanging down; leaves by sixes, bowed, and blunt-ended; stem slender.

Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, nearly upright, and slender; the large and small branches grow in whorls.

Leaves by sixes, linear, blunt, and bowed, with long footstalks pressed to the stem.

Flowers grow in loose spikes about the middle of the branches from the footstalks of the leaves, and hang down; footstalks long, and coloured.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, with three floral leaves pressed to the cup.

Blossom bell-shaped, ribbed, and of a deep flesh colour; the segments of the border are bent back.

Pointal. Seed-bud crown-shaped, downy, and white, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft just within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA densa.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; floribus numerosis e foliis porrigentibus; corollis cylindraceis, lucidis; caule erecto, pyramidato.

Caulis fruticosus, sub-bipedalis, erectus, basi ramosus, dein spicam simplicem vel sæpè triplicem pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevibus vestitam.

Flores plures, è foliis horizontaliter emergentes; pedunculis brevissimis, bracteis tribus instructis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-lanceolatis, serrulatis; corollis adpressis.

Corolla cylindrica, oblonga, et lucida, pallidè purpurea vel luteola; limbo rosaceo.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom; flowers numerous, standing straight out from amongst the leaves; blossom cylindrical and shining; stem upright, and pyramidal.

Stem shrubby, near two feet high, upright, branching out at the base, then forming a single or often a triple pyramidal spike covered by short branches.

Flowers many, emerging from the leaves in a horizontal direction; footstalks very short, and furnished with three floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets broadly lance-shaped, finely sawed, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom cylindrical, of an oblong form, and shining, of a pale purple or yellowish colour: border rose-coloured.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads: tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Echiiflora.

Erica, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus verticillato-spicatis costatis viscosis, foliis 5, 6, sive septenis rigidis, marginibus asperis.

Suffrutex bipedalis, caulis flexuoso-erectus, ramis adscendentibus, verticillatis, ramulis simplicibus, rigidis, irregulariter sulcatis.

Folia irregulariter verticillata, sed sæpius 5, 6, vel septena, horizontalia, vel parum recurvata et flexuosa, apicibus incurvis, rigida, et ad margines asperiuscula, sordide viridia, supra lineâ elevatâ, subtus sulcatâ, petiolis prælongis adpressis in sulculos ramulorum.

Flores fere terminales, in spicam dense verticillati, horizontales, pedunculis pubescentibus, tribracteatis.

Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis inferne ovatis, sed superne longe acuminatis, viscosis, pubescentibus, subtus sulcatis.

Corolla tubulosa, brevis, inflata, instar Echium, saturate carnea, costata, viscosa, laciniis patentibus, rotundatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, lanuginosum, glandulis 8 nectariferis; stylus filiformis; stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, flowers in whorled spikes ribbed and viscous, leaves in fives, sixes or sevens, and rigid, with rough margins.

A small shrub, two feet high, the stem flexuose-erect, with ascending, whorled branches, and lesser branches simple, rigid, and irregularly furrowed.

Leaves irregularly whorled, but chiefly in fives, sixes, or sevens, horizontal, or a little recurved and flexuose, with incurved points, rigid, and at the margins roughish, of a dingy green colour, above marked by an elevated line, beneath channelled, with very long foot-stalks pressed into the little furrows of the branchlets.

Flowers almost terminal in a spike densely whorled, horizontal, with peduncles pubescent, and furnished with three floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets downwards egg-shaped, but upwardly far acuminated, viscous, pubescent, and furrowed beneath.

Blossom tubular, short, inflated, resembling an Echium, deep flesh-colour, ribbed, and viscous, with spreading, rounded segments.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly; with eight honey-bearing glands; shaft thread-shaped; summit four-cornered.

ERICA elegans.

Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis terminalibus, capitatis, ventricosis, foliis ternatis trigonis glaucis.

Caulis robustus, fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, ramulis patulis, cortice fuscescente.

Flores capitati, terminates, cernui; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus etiam coloratis instructi, et involucro polyphyllo; foliolis involucri ovatis, acutis, saturate roseis, apicibus viridibus.

Corolla deorsum ventricosa, superne arctata, basi carnea, ore viridi, laciniis 4, semiovatis, obtusis.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossom, blossoms terminal, headed, ventricose, leaves in threes three-sided and glaucous.

Stem stout, shrubby, a foot high, branched, with the branches spreading, and a brownish bark.

Leaves in threes, three-sided, linear, glaucous, a little incurved, and rather erect.

Flowers headed, terminal, cernuous; peduncles coloured, furnished with three floral leaves also coloured, and a many-leaved involucrum; with its little leaves ovate, acute, deep rose-coloured, with green points.

Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-shaped, acute, concave, and of a deep rose-colour.

Blossom bellied below, contracted above, flesh-coloured at the base, with a green mouth, with four obtuse, half-ovate segments.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom; summit four-cornered.

ERICA emarginata.

Erica, antheris cristatis, sub-inclusis: floribus terminalibus. Calyx emarginatus. Corolla campanulata, alba. Folia terna. Caulis erectus, dumosus.

Folia terna, trigona, crassa, rigida, revoluta, acuta, glabra, supra plana, subtus canaliculata: marginibus minute fimbriatis.

Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque terni. Pedunculi albi, bracteis tribus instructi, pilis nigris emarginatis.

Calyx tetraphyllus: foliolis ovatis, albis, adpressis, pilis nigris emarginatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with crested tips, just within the blossom. Flowers terminal. Empalement emarginated. Blossom bell-shaped and white. Leaves by threes. Stem upright, and bushy.

Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high. The large and small branches are numerous, erect, and spreading.

Leaves by threes, three-sided, thick, rigid, rolled back, pointed and smooth, flat on their upper surface and channelled beneath; with minutely fringed edges.

Flowers terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes. Footstalks white, and furnished with three floral leaves emarginated with black hairs.

Empalement four-leaved. Leaflets are ovate, white, pressed to the blossom, and emarginated with black hairs.

Blossom bell-shaped and white: the segments of the border are equal, and rolled back.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft without. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA erubescens.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis. Corolla cylindracea, pilis glandulosis densissime circumsessa; imprimis alba, denique rosea. Calyx duplex, imbricatus. Folia quaterna, rigida, aculeata.

Calyx duplex: exterior triphyllus, maximus, late ovatus, sulcatus, squamosus, dentatus, interiori adpressus, qui est tetraphyllus.

Corolla cylindracea, pilis glandulosis densissime circumsessa sub-pollicaribus; os intus pilosum, laciniis rotundis, revolutis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom. Blossom cylindrical, closely beset with glandular hairs; white at first, and then dying off of a rose colour. Empalement double, and tiled. Leaves by fours, harsh, and prickly.

Stem upright, near two feet high. Large branches few. Smaller ones numerous, and simple.

Leaves by fours, lance-shaped, prickly, deeply furrowed beneath. The footstalks pressed to the branches.

Flowers terminate the small branches by fours, hanging down; footstalks very short.

Empalement double: the outer one three-leaved, very large, broadly egg-shaped, furrowed, scaly, and toothed; pressed to the inner one, which is four-leaved.

Blossom cylindrical, closely beset with glandular hairs near an inch long; the inner part of the mouth hairy; the segments round, and rolled back.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA ferruginea.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus ampullaceis, verticillatis, horizontalibus, carneis, viscosis; foliis sub-quaternis, confertis, pilis longis ferrugineis circumcessis.

Caulis humilis, fruticosus, erectus, sub-pedalis; rami et ramuli flexuosi, filiformes, foliis sub-tecti.

Folia sub-quaterna, obtusa, pilis longis ferrugineis circumcessa, supra plana, subtus leviter sulcata; petiolis longis, adpressis.

Flores in ramulis terminales, simpliciter verticillati, horizontales; pedunculi colorati, hispiduli, bracteis tribus hirsutis instructi.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliola lanceolata, pilis longis ferrugineis ad apices.

Corolla basi inflata, apice attenuata; ima pars carnea, summa saturate purpurea, ore arctata; laciniis acutis, patentibus.

Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers flask-shaped, growing in horizontal whorls, flesh-coloured, and clammy; leaves mostly by fours, crowded, and beset with long rusty-coloured hairs.

Stem low, shrubby, upright, and scarce a foot high; the large and small branches are flexuose, thread-shaped, and nearly covered by the leaves.

Leaves mostly by fours, blunt-ended, and beset with long rusty-coloured hairs, flat on the upper surface, and slightly furrowed beneath; footstalks long, and pressed to the branches.

Flowers terminate the smaller branches in single horizontal whorls; footstalks coloured, slightly hispid, and furnished with three hairy floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, with long rusty-coloured hairs at their points.

Blossom inflated at the base, and tapering to the point; the lower part of a flesh-colour, the upper of a deep purple, straightened at the mouth; the segments are pointed, and spreading.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle; tips beardless, and within the blossom.

ERICA fimbriata.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; corollis sub-globosis; calycibus fimbriatis; foliis crassis, serrulatis.

Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, terni et ultra, cernuo-patentes; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus fimbriatis, adpressis.

Corolla sub-globosa, rubro-purpurea; laciniis semi-orbiculatis, æqualibus, patentibus.

Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, within the blossom, which is nearly globe-shaped; the empalement fringed; leaves thick, and slightly sawed.

Leaves by threes and fours, erect and spreading, obtuse, keeled, and slightly sawed.

Flowers grow at the extremity of the smaller branches in threes or more, between nodding and spreading; the footstalks are short, with three fringed floral leaves pressed to the cup.

Blossom nearly globular, of a red purple; the segments form a half round, equal and spreading.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.

ERICA globosa.

Erica, antheris inclusis, basi bicornibus. Stylus exertus. Corolla globosa, incarnata, umbellata, cernua. Pedunculi longissimi. Folia terna, spathulata, patentia, glanduloso-villosa.

Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, villosi, erecto-patentes.

Folia terna, spathulata, subtus carinata, supra plana; marginibus glandulosis, revolutis.

Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui. Pedunculi longissimi, glanduloso-pilosi.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with tips within the blossom, and two-horned at the base. Shaft without. Blossom globular, flesh-coloured, umbelled, and nodding. Footstalks very long. Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, spreading, and glandularly hairy.

Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high. The large and small branches are numerous, hairy, and between erect and spreading.

Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, keeled beneath, flat on the upper surface. The margins are glandular, and rolled back.

Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding. Footstalks very long, and glandularly hairy.

Blossom globular, flesh-coloured. The segments of the border are obtuse, and turned inwards.

Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed, and hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA glutinosa minor.

Erica, antheris muticis inclusis, corollis glutinosissimis, verticillatis, horizontalibus, pallide viridibus, semi-uncialibus, et costatis. Folia sena.

Flores sub apicibus ramorum conferti, verticillato-horizontales. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus calyci adpressis.

Corolla cylindrica, semi-uncialis, pallide viridis, glutinosissima, nitida et costata, oris laciniis parum reflexis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum et superne sericeum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossoms, which are extremely clammy, in whorls, horizontal, and of a pale green, half an inch long, and ribbed. Leaves by sixes.

Leaves grow by sixes, are linear-pointed and smooth, slightly furrowed, and spreading.

Flowers grow near the ends of the branches, pressed together in horizontal whorls. The footstalks are short, having three floral leaves pressed to the cup.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are lance-shaped, clammy, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom cylindrical, half an inch long, of a pale green, very clammy, shining and ribbed, the segments of the mouth slightly reflexed.

Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed and silky at the upper part. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Hibbertia.

Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; corollis bi-coloratis, viscosis, sub-cylindricis, curvatis, speciosissimis; foliis senis, confertis.

Flores sub-terminales, plures, in verticillis simplicibus. Pedunculi longi, colorati; bracteis tribus viridibus.

Corolla sub-cylindracea, curvata, tenuissime sulcata, micans, viscosa, saturate et læte rubra, sed apicem versus viridis, laciniis superne patentibus.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips just within the blossoms; blossom two-coloured, viscous, nearly cylindrical, curved, and very handsome; leaves by sixes, and crowded.

Leaves in sixes, obtuse, thick and crowded, smooth on their upper and furrowed on their under surface.

Flowers are numerous, in single whorls, near the summits of the branches. The foot-stalks are long, coloured, and furnished with three green floral leaves.

Blossom nearly cylindrical, curved, slightly furrowed, shining and viscous, of a deep bright red, but towards the apex green, with the upper part of the segments spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA hirta, Var. viridiflora.

Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus ternis, cylindraceis, viridibus; foliis ternis et quaternis, linearibus, obtusis, hirtis; caule erecto; ramis simplicibus.

Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, recta, obtusa, hirta, supra plana, subtus sulcata.

Flores in ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, patento-cernui; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteæ tres lanceolatæ, ciliatæ, longitudine calycis, adpressæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with bearded tips within the blossom; flowers by threes, of a cylinder-shape and green; leaves by threes and fours, linear, blunt, and hairy; stem upright; branches simple.

Stem upright, two feet high, and hairy; the smaller branches grow by threes in whorls.

Leaves by threes and fours, linear, straight, blunt, and hairy, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers terminate the smaller branches mostly by threes, between spreading and hanging down; footstalks very short, with three floral leaves, lance-shaped, fringed, and pressed to the cup.

Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, and green; the segments of the border are obtuse, and upright.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Hyacinthoides.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus sessilibus, erectis, terminalibus, quaternis, confertis, incarnatis, undulatis: foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.

Caulis fruticosus, spithameus, erectus, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patentes.

Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra, crassiuscula, nitida, patentia, petiolis brevissimis.

Flores sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, conferti, terminates, fere pedunculati.

Calyx tetraphyllum, foliolis ad basin late ovatis, dentatis, superne acuminatis; bracteis tribus subulatis, canaliculatis, adpressis.

Corolla ventricosa, incarnata, ore arctata; laciniis sub-cordatis, undulatis, expansis, maximis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, læviter sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom; flowers sessile, upright, and terminating the ends of the branches by fours, crowded together, flesh-coloured, and waved; leaves by fours, linear, and smooth.

Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and branching; the smaller branches are numerous, and between erect and spreading.

Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, thickish, shining, and spreading, footstalks very short.

Flowers sit close in upright bunches, by fours, on the ends of the branches, scarce any footstalks.

Empalement four-leaved, the leaflets at the base are broadly egg-shaped, and toothed, sharp-pointed above; there are three floral leaves, awl-shaped, channelled, and pressed to the cup.

Blossom swelled out, and flesh-coloured, narrowed at the mouth, the segments are nearly heart-shaped, waved, spreading, and very large.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and slightly furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA incurva.

Erica, antheris aristatis, sub-inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis urceolatis, odoratis, purpureis; foliis ternis, incurvatis, aculeatis; caule rufescente.

Folia terna, viride-farinosa, arcuata, incurva, aculeata, subtus sulcata; petiolis adpressis.

Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, plerumque terni; pedunculi aculeati, bracteis tribus aculeatis instructi.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, pubescens, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exsertis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with bearded tips, just within the blossom; shaft just without; blossoms pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and purple; leaves by threes, turned inwards, and prickly; stem roughish.

Stem shrubby, branching. Large and small branches are roughly haired, and between erect and spreading.

Leaves by threes, of a mealy green, bowed, turned inwards, prickly, and deeply furrowed; footstalks pressed to the branches.

Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, mostly by threes; footstalks prickly, and furnished with three prickly floral leaves.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, purple and sweet-scented; the segments of the border are roundish and nearly upright.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Irbyana.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: stylo sub-exerto: floribus terminalibus: pedunculis longissimis: corollis albis, ampullaceis, viscosis: foliis ternis, trigonis, subulatis.

Folia terna, trigona, subulata, recta: apice mucronato, supra plano, subtus carinato.

Flores terminales in umbellis quinis vel decem: cum pedunculis longissimis rubris, patentibus vel cernuis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis lanceolatis, carinatis, acutis, viscosis.

Corolla alba, ad basin carnea, glutinosissima, pollicaris, lucida, summatim cylindracea, ad basin inflata; ore arctata, laciniis expansis, sub-ovatis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, tenuissima, torta: antheræ basi bicornes, apice acuminatæ, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom: shaft just without: flowers terminal: peduncles very long: blossoms white, flask-shaped, and clammy: leaves by threes, three-sided, and awl-shaped.

Leaves by threes, three-sided, awl-shaped, and straight, with a mucronated point flat on the upper surface, and keeled beneath.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of five to ten flowers, with very long red footstalks, spreading or nodding.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved: leaflets lance-shaped, carinated, sharp-pointed, and viscous.

Blossom white, flesh-coloured at the base, and extremely glutinous, an inch long, and shining, cylindrical on the upper part, and swelled out at the base, narrowed at the mouth, with the segments spreading, and nearly egg-shaped.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads, very slender and twisted: tips two-horned at the base, pointed at the end, and within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA lachnæa.

Erica, antheris aristatis subinclusis, corollis subcampanulatis, albis; oris laciniis expansis, maximis: foliis ternis, obtusis, carnosis, imbricatis.

Flores plerumque terni, in capitulis terminalibus. Pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus ovatis instructi.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with bearded tips just within the blossoms, which are nearly bell-shaped and white: the segments of the border are expanded and large. Leaves by threes, obtuse, fleshy, and tiled.

Stem shrubby, a foot high, and branching. The large and small branches are enveloped by the leaves, which are tiled.

Leaves by threes, fleshy, blunt, and tiled. Footstalks short, and pressed to the branches.

Flowers chiefly by threes, in terminal heads. Footstalks long, which are furnished with three ovate floral leaves.

Blossom nearly bell-shaped and white; the segments are round, large, and spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA lachnæa, purpurea.

Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus urceolatis, terminalibus ternis, purpureo-pulverulentis; foliis ternis, confertis, obtusis, tomentosis; ramis et ramulis numerosis.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, adpressum interiori, quod est tetra-phyllum; foliolis ovatis, marginibus villosis.

Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, purpureo-pulverulenta; laciniis limbi obtusis, sub-erectis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin glandulosum; stylus filiformis, erectus, inclusus.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossom; flowers pitcher-shaped, terminating the branches by threes, of a powdery purple; leaves by threes, crowded, blunt, and downy; the large and smaller branches are numerous.

Stem upright, a foot high, shrubby; branches numerous, and covered by very short smaller ones.

Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the small branches, nodding, with very short footstalks.

Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved, and pressed to the inner, which is four-leaved; leaflets are egg-shaped, and hairy at the edges.

Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, of a powdery purple; the segments of the border obtuse, and nearly upright.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, glandular at the base; shaft thread-shaped, upright, and within the blossom.

ERICA lanata.

Erica, antheris muticis sub-exsertis; floribus quaternis, adpressis, sub-globosis, albidis, tomentosis, calyce magno lanato tectis; foliis ternis, cuneatis, lanatis; caulis laxus, filiformis, lanatus.

Caulis erectus, laxus, filiformis, fuscus, sesquipedalis; rami et ramuli numerosi, laxi, tomentosi.

Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, quaterni, adpressi, cernuo-patentes, pedunculis brevissimis.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis ovatis, concavis, incurvatis, lanâ densâ tectis, adpressis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ muticæ, sub-exsertæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, apice lanatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips just within the blossom; flowers by fours, pressed together, nearly globular, whitish, and downy, covered by a large woolly cup; leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, and woolly; stem weak, thread-shaped, and woolly.

Stem upright, weak, thread-shaped, and brownish, a foot and a half high; the small and large branches are numerous, weak, and downy.

Leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, flat on their upper surface, rolled back at the edges, and woolly.

Flowers terminate the extremity of the branches by fours, pressed together, are nodding and spreading, with very short footstalks.

Empalement. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, the inner four-leaved; the leaflets are ovate, concave, and turned inwards, covered by a thick wool, and pressed to the blossom.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads, inserted into the receptacle; tips beardless, and just without the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly on the upper part. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA lanuginosa.

Erica, antheris barbatis inclusis, corollis axillaribus declinatis tomentosis acute oviformibus, verticillis foliorum ternatorum ciliatorum distinctis.

Suffrutex pygmæus, at robustulus, subpedalis, erectus, ramis plerumque simplicibus, vix patulis.

Folia ternata, in verticillis distinctis, parum declinata, lanato-ciliata, subtus sulcata.

Calyx duplex, exterior minor, 3-phyllus, foliolis adpressis, ovatis acutis, extus convexis, carinatis et tomentosis: interior tetraphyllus, foliolis ut in exteriore, at plus duplo majoribus.

Corolla quadrifida, magna, ovata, subacuta, inflata, tomentosa, albido-lutescens, basi fusco-purpurascens, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, convergentibus, obtusis.

Stamina octo, capillaria, basi latiora, 4 interiora erecta, 4 exteriora perflexuosa; antheræ barbatæ, inclusæ.

Heath, with bearded tips within the blossom, blossoms axillary bent downwards woolly and acutely egg-shaped, with the whorls of ternate ciliated leaves distinct.

A dwarf shrub, but stoutish, scarcely a foot high, erect, with chiefly simple, scarcely spreading branches.

Leaves in threes, in distinct whorls, a little bent downwards, lanately-ciliated, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers in the bosoms of the leaves, often solitary, nearly sessile, at first nodding, finally cernuous.

Empalement double, outer the smallest, 3-leaved, with the leaflets close-pressed to the blossom, egg-shaped, acute, outwardly convex, keeled, and woolly: interior four-leaved, with the leaflets as in the exterior one, but above twice as large.

Blossom four-cleft, large, egg-shaped, acutish, inflated, woolly, of a dingy yellow-white, purply-brownish at the base, with the segments egg-lance-shaped, converging, and obtuse.

Chives eight, hair-like, broader at the base, 4 interior upright, 4 exterior very much bent; tips bearded, within the blossom.

ERICA laxa.

Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis urceolatis capitatis terminalibus lateralibusque, foliis ternatis ciliatis.

Caulis fruticosus, ramosus; rami obsolete verticillati, graciles, flexuosi, cortice ferrugineo-fusco.

Folia ternata, erecta, late-linearia, obtusa, sub-trilinearia, minutim ciliata, subtus sulcata.

Calyx duplex, coloratus, adpressus, foliolis cuneato-ovatis, corollâ imbricatis.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossom, blossoms pitcher-shaped headed terminal and lateral, leaves in threes and ciliated.

Stem shrubby, branched; the branches obscurely whorled, slender, flexuose, with a rusty brown bark.

Leaves in threes, upright, broad-linear, blunt, near three lines long, minutely ciliated, and furrowed beneath.

Empalement double, coloured, pressed to the blossom, with the leaflets wedge-egg-shaped, and imbricated on the blossom.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, upwards rose-coloured, with slightly spreading segments.

ERICA lævis.

Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis ternis, glabris, linearibus, obtusis; corollis campanulatis, albis, tenuibus; ramis numerosis, gracilibus.

Flores in ramos umbellis parvis irregularibus; pedunculis incarnatis, ad basin bracteis tribus parvis instructis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, purpureum, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma concavum.

Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom; leaves by threes, smooth, linear, and blunt; blossom bell-shaped, white, and thin; branches numerous and slender.

Stem a foot or more high; the large and small branches are thread-shaped and numerous.

Flowers grow on the branches in small irregular umbels; footstalks flesh-coloured, and furnished at the base with three small floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, finely sawed, and pressed to the cup.

Blossom bell-shaped, white, and thin; segments of the border equal, and spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, purple, and furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit hollow.

ERICA longiflora.

Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; floribus terminalibus, longissimis, tubulosis, curvatis, aurantiis; foliis quaternis et quinis; caulis fruticosus, ramosus.

Flores in ramulis terminales, patentes, in umbellis binis vel quaternis; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus ad basin.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliis subulatis, glabris, supra canaliculatis, adpressis.

Corolla longissima, curvata, clavata, superne saturate aurantia, subtus flava; oris laciniis expansis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, curvata, longitudine tubi. Antheræ muticæ.

Pistillum. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, curvatus, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; flowers terminal, and very long, tubular, curved, and of a gold colour; leaves by fours and fives; stem shrubby, and branching.

Flowers terminate the smaller branches, spreading, in umbels of two to four; footstalks short, with three floral leaves at the base.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets awl-shaped, smooth, channelled above, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom very long, curved, club-shaped, of a deep gold colour above, and yellow beneath; the segments of the border spreading.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads, which are curved, and the length of the blossom. Tips beardless.

Pointal. Seed-bud club-shaped, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, curved, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA mammosa, minor.

Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylus sub-exertus; floribus verticillatis, pendulis, ventricoso-cylindricis supra basin constrictis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.

Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra, curvata; seniora patentia, juniora adscendentia.

Flores semi-unciales, in summitate ramorum verticillati, penduli; pedunculi colorati, bracteis duabus minutis remotis instructi.

Calyx tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-ovatis, acutis, apicibus coloratis, adpressis.

Corolla purpurea, ventricoso-cylindrica, apice attenuata, ad basin constricta; laciniis minutis, erectis, ovatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom; the shaft just without; flowers grow in whorls, hanging down, of a swelled cylinder shape pinched in at the base; leaves by fours, linear, and smooth.

Stem shrubby, upright, a foot or more high; branches grow in whorls, and are curved.

Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, and curved; the older ones spreading, and the younger ones ascending.

Flowers half an inch long, near the summits of the branches in whorls hanging down; footstalks coloured, having two small floral leaves at a distance from the cup.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets of a broad egg-shape, pointed, the ends coloured, and pressed to the blossoms.

Blossom purple, of a swelled cylinder shape, tapered at the end and pinched in at the mouth; segments of the border are very small, upright, and oval.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA metulæflora.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: floribus terminalibus: corollis metulæformibus: foliis quaternis vel quinis. Caulis fruticosus.

Caulis pedalis et ultra, erectus, fruticosus: ramis confertis, in verticillis irregularibus.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis lanceolatis, in medio canaliculatis, adpressis.

Corolla tubulosa, oblonga, rosacea: limbo equali: laciniis semi-orbiculatis, patentibus.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. Flowers terminal. Blossom skittle-shaped. Leaves by fours and fives. Stem shrubby.

Stem a foot or more high, erect, shrubby. Branches crowded, in irregular whorls.

Empalement. Cup of four leaves; leaflets lance-shaped, channelled in the centre, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom tubular, oblong, and rose-coloured: border equal: segments half-round, and spreading.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle. Tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.

ERICA mucronata.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo exerto. Flores ramulos terminant. Corolla campanulata, incarnata: foliis ternis, mucronatis. Caulis fruticosus, ramosus.

Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus. Rami et ramuli numerosi, erecti, patentes vel cernui.

Flores ramos terminant, et terni vel seni sunt et cernui. Pedunculi longi, colorati: bracteis tribus mucronatis.

Calyx tetraphyllus: foliolis ad basin ovatis, apice mucronato, coloratis, adpressis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma concavum.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: shaft without. Flowers terminate the small branches. Blossom bell-shaped, and flesh-coloured. Leaves by threes, mucronated at the end. Stem shrubby and branching.

Stem a foot and a half high, and shrubby. The large and small branches are numerous, erect, spreading or nodding.

Leaves by threes, three-sided, smooth, between erect and spreading, with a mucronated point turned inward.

Flowers terminate the branches, and are from 3 to 6, nodding. Footstalks long, coloured, with three mucronated floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved. The leaflets are ovate at the base, with a mucronated point, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom bell-shaped, flesh-coloured: the segments of the border are equal, and between erect and spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit hollow.

ERICA mutabilis.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, sub-exertis: floribus tubulosis, terminalibus, in umbellis irregularibus, inæqualiter purpureo coloratis: folia subulata, obtusa, hispida: caulis erectus, pedalis.

Folia in ramulis ternata, adscendentia; in ramis quaterna et quina, ad basin plantæ recurva; supra convexa, subtus sulcata; margine pilis longissimis obsita: quædam breviora, glandulosa: petiolis glandulosis.

Flores terminales, in umbellis irregularibus, plerumque horizontaliter siti: pedunculi longissimi, capillares, colorati, glandulis tecti, cum bracteis tribus lanceolatis, glandulosis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, sulcatis, coloratis, glandulosis, adpressis.

Corolla tubulosa, costata, leviter pilosa; imprimis saturate purpurea, denique pallidior.

Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, and just without the blossom: flowers tubular, terminating the flowers in irregular umbels of an unequal purple colour: leaves awl-shaped, obtuse, and harshly haired: stem upright, a foot high.

Stem shrubby: branches loose, and straddling; smaller branches numerous, and between erect and spreading.

Leaves in the smaller branches grow by threes, and are ascending: in the large branches they grow by fours and fives, and bend downwards on the lower part of the plant: they are convex on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath, with long hairs on their margins: some of them shorter and glandular: footstalks glandular.

Flowers terminate the branches in irregular umbels mostly in a horizontal direction: footstalks very long, thread-shaped, and coloured, covered with glands, and furnished with three floral leaves, also glandular.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, furrowed, coloured, glandular, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom tubular, ribbed, and slightly haired, of a deep purple at first, and afterwards paler.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA nitida.

Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis crystallinis, albidis, nitidis; foliis ternis, linearibus, obtusis.

Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni vel quini, cernui; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus calyciformibus, adpressis.

Corolla ovata, inflata, crystallina, alba, nitida, magnitudine pisi; laciniis revolutis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus sub-exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom, of a crystalline white, and shining; leaves by threes, linear, and obtuse.

Leaves by threes, obtuse, linear, furrowed beneath, and between erect and spreading.

Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels of from three to five, and nodding; footstalks short, with three floral leaves of the shape of the cup, and pressed to it.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are spathula-shaped, spreading, clammy, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom egg-shaped, and swelled out, of a crystalline white, shining, and of the size of a pea; the segments of the border are reflexed.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and hairy. Shaft just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Nivenia, longiflora.

Erica, antheris aristatis, exertis, cohærentibus: floribus terminalibus, umbellatis: pedunculis longissimis: corollis longis, costatis, purpureis: foliis ternis: caule humili.

Folia patentia, terna, late-linearia, obtusa, subtus sulcata, marginibus revolutis pilis longis et glandulis obsitis.

Flores ramos terminant in umbellis, patentes: pedunculis longissimis: bracteis tribus adpressis.

Corolla uncialis, pyramidalis, costata, purpurea, sub apice inflata, ad basin attenuata: ore arctata, quod nigrum est: laciniis obliquis, revolutis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, viride, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma concavum.

Heath, with bearded tips, without the blossom, and adhering together: flowers terminal, in umbels: footstalks very long: blossom long, ribbed, and purple: leaves by threes: stem low.

Leaves spreading, grow by threes, are broadly linear, and obtuse, furrowed beneath, with revolute edges that are beset with long hairs and glands.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels, spreading: footstalks very long, with three floral leaves pressed to them.

Blossom an inch long, of a pyramidal form, ribbed, and purple, swelled near the end, and attenuated towards the base; narrowed at the mouth, which is black; the segments are oblique, and rolled back.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads: tips bearded, without the blossom, and adhering together.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and green, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit concave.

ERICA obbata, var. umbellata.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; floribus umbellatis, terminalibus, confertis; corollis ventricosis; limbo maximo; laciniis patentibus, glandulis octo fauci circumpositis; foliis quaternis.

Flores terminales, umbellati, conferti, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus lanceolatis ciliatis adpressis.

Corolla ventricosa, nitidissime alba, basi quadrata, ore arctata, leviter sulcata; limbus maximus, laciniis rotundatis patentibus; glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ.

Pistillum. Germen conicum, basi glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, subexertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom; flowers terminating the branches in crowded umbels; blossom bellied; border large, the segments spreading, with eight glands surrounding the mouth; leaves by fours.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels crowded together, with short footstalks, having three lance-shaped fringed floral leaves pressed to the cup.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, fringed, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom bellied, of a very shining white, squared at the base, straitened at the mouth, and slightly furrowed; border very large, the segments roundish and spreading; eight glands surrounding the mouth.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips within the blossom, two-cleft, and two-horned at the base.

Pointal. Seed-vessel conical, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, nearly without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA odorata.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis oblique sparsis, obtusis: floribus umbellatis, albis, odoratis, campanulatis: pedunculis longissimis: ramis paucis, simplicibus.

Caulis fruticosus, pedalis: ramis paucis, suberectis, simplicibus, filiformibus.

Folia sparsa, sæpe quaterna, arcuata, margine glanduloso-denticulata, obtusa, supra planiuscula, subtus sulco exarata: petiolis longis.

Flores numerosi, sub apice ramorum umbellati, penduli: pedunculi flore triple longiores, flavescentes, viscidi: bracteis tribus minutis instructi.

Corolla campanulata, magna, alba, viscosa, lucida, melliodora: laciniis rotundatis, reflexis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, glandulis octo ad basin germinis. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom: leaves grow scattered, and are blunt-ended: flowers grow in umbels, are white, sweet-scented, and bell-shaped: footstalks very long: branches few, and simple.

Stem shrubby, a foot high: branches few, nearly upright, simple, and thread-shaped.

Leaves grow scattered, sometimes by fours, bowed, appearing toothed by small glands at the edges, blunt-ended, flattish on their upper surface, and deeply furrowed beneath: footstalks long.

Flowers numerous, growing in umbels at the ends of the branches, and hanging down: footstalks thrice the length of the blossom, yellowish, clammy, and furnished with three minute floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved: leaflets ovate, viscous, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom bell-shaped, large, white, viscous, shining, and honey-scented: segments rounded, and reflexed.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with eight glands at the base of the seed-bud. Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA oppositifolia.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus urceolatis, albis: foliis oppositis, adpressis.

Caulis sesquipedalis, filiformis, gracilis: ramuli conferti, numerosi, flexuosi.

Folia opposita, alternata, brevia, obtusa, adpressa, supra concava, subtus sulcata, nitida: petiolis brevibus.

Flores numerosi, in ramulis terminales, plerumque bini: pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis duabus.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, parvæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, viride. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers pitcher-shaped and white: leaves opposite, and pressed to the stem.

Stem a foot and a half high, thread-shaped, and slender: the branches are crowded, numerous, and flexuose.

Leaves grow opposite and alternate, are short, blunt-ended, and pressed to the branches, concave on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath, shining, and with short footstalks.

Flowers are numerous, terminating the smaller branches mostly by twos: peduncles very short, with two floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved: the leaflets are pointedly oval, white, and smooth.

Blossom white and pitcher-shaped, narrowed at the mouth, with a four-lobed spreading border.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, within the blossom, and small.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and green. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA oppositifolia, rubra.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus urceolatis, rubris: foliis binis, adpressis: caule tenui: ramis virgatis.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers pitcher-shaped and red: leaves by twos, pressed to the branches: stem slender: branches twiggy.

Flowers terminal, mostly by twos: footstalks short, with two floral leaves coloured.

Blossom pitcher-shaped and red, with a slightly reflexed and pointed four-lobed border.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and red, with honey-cups at the base.

ERICA pallens.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus tubulosis, umbellatis: corollis pallidis: foliis ternis, tomentosis.

Folia terna, subulata, tomentosa, supra plana, subtus sulcata, albo-virescentia.

Flores terminales, in umbellis ternis vel senis, sub-sessiles, bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi.

Corolla tubulosa, luteo-alba, horizontaliter sita; oris laciniis rotundatis, erecto-patentibus.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom. Flowers tubular, and grow in umbels. Blossoms of a pale colour. Leaves by threes, and downy.

Stem low, shrubby, half a foot high. The small and large branches are numerous, and spreading.

Leaves by threes, awl-shaped and downy, flat on the upper surface, furrowed beneath, and of a whitish green.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of from three to six, nearly sessile, and furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.

Blossom tubular, of a yellowish white colour, and standing in a horizontal direction. Segments of the border roundish, and between erect and spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft without the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Patersonia, major.

Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis quaternis: floribus luteis, cylindricis, magnis: ramis pyramidatis: ramulis numerosis, confertis: caule erecto.

Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus, ad basin ramosus, dein spicam simplicissimam pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevibus vestitam.

Folia quaterna, linearia, incurvata, glabra, subtus leviter sulcata: petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex: exterius triphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acuminatis: interioribus tetraphyllis, et longioribus.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria receptaculo inserta: antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen coronæforme. Stylus filiformis, curvatus, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom: leaves grow by fours: flowers yellow, of a cylinder shape, and large: the large branches are of a pyramidal form: the small branches are numerous, and crowded together: stem upright.

Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, upright, branching at the base, then forming a simple pyramidal spike covered by short branches.

Leaves by fours, linear, turned inward, smooth, and lightly furrowed beneath: footstalks very short, and pressed to the stem.

Flowers numerous, standing out upon very short branches that are close to the stem.

Empalement. Cup double: the outer one three-leaved: the leaflets are ovate, and pointed: the inner ones four-leaved and longer.

Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, smooth, and yellow: with a four-lobed reflexed border.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle: tips bearded, and within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud crown-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, curved, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Patersonia, coccinea.

Erica, antheris aristatis inclusis, corollis cylindraceo-clavatis, coccineis, verticillatis, foliis sub-senis, setaceis, in petioles capillares attenuatis.

Folia plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata.

Flores in summitate ramorum verticillati, recti. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi.

Corolla cylindraceo-clavata, coccinea, ore arctata, parum curvata, subpollicaris, limbo reflexo.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with bearded tips within the blossoms, which are cylindrically club-shaped, of a scarlet colour, and in whorls. Leaves nearly by sixes, bristle-shaped, and attenuated into capillary footstalks.

Stem shrubby, two feet high, with the branches and branchlets erect, and often alternate.

Leaves chiefly in fives or sixes, erect, bristle-shaped, attenuated downwards into capillary footstalks.

Flowers grow at the tops of the branches in whorls straight out. Footstalks short, furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, slightly sawed, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, scarlet colour, and narrowed at the mouth, slightly curved, near an inch long, the border reflexed.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA pellucida.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus tubulato-ventricosis, pilosis, costatis, pellucidis, albis; foliis quaternis, aculeatis; caulibus gracilibus, hirsutis, ramosissimis.

Caulis gracilis, sesquipedalis, hirsutus; rami et ramuli numerosi, hirsuti, flexuosi.

Folia quaterna, lanceolata, lucida, aculeata, subtus sulco exarata; petiolis adpressis.

Flores in ramulis terminales, plerumque quaterni, cernui; pedunculi longi, glandulosi, bracteis tribus lanceolatis glandulosis.

Corolla tubulato-ventricosa, pilosa, costata, alba, et pellucida; laciniis semi-orbicularibus, sub-erectis.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers of an inflated tubular form, hairy, ribbed, and of a transparent white; leaves by fours, prickly; stem slender, harshly haired, and much branched.

Stem slender, a foot and a half high, and harshly haired; the small and larger branches are numerous, hairy, and flexuose.

Leaves by fours, lance-shaped, shining, prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath; footstalks pressed to the stem.

Flowers terminate the small branches, mostly by fours, and nodding; footstalks long, glandular, and furnished with three lance-shaped glandular floral leaves.

Blossom of an inflated tubular form, hairy, ribbed, white, and transparent; the segments of the border are half round, and nearly upright.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA petiolata.

Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; corollis terminalibus, ternatis, campanulatis, albis; foliis ternis, cuneatis, petiolis longissimis.

Suffrutex pygmæus. Caulis ramosus, semi-pedalis. Rami patentes; ramuli numerosi, conferti.

Folia terna, patentia, cuneata, latiuscula, crassiuscula, et lucida, subtus sulcata; petiolis longissimis.

Calyx duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis spatulatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus, ad basin late ovatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, albicans. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, concavum.

Heath, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; blossoms terminate the branches by threes, are bell-shaped, and white; leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, footstalks very long.

A dwarfish little shrub. Stem branching, half a foot high. Branches spreading; the smaller branches are numerous, and crowded together.

Leaves by threes, spreading, and wedge-shaped, broadish, and rather thick, shining, and furrowed beneath; with very long footstalks.

Empalement double; the outer one three-leaved, leaflets spatula-shaped; the inner one is four-leaved, longer than the outer, and broadly egg-shaped at the base.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and whitish. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled, and hollow.

ERICA pinifolia.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis senis vel octonis, linearibus, tremulis: floribus confertis, clavatis, pubescentibus, albis.

Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, parum ramosus: ramulis simplicibus, foliis tectis.

Folia sena vel octona, linearia, tremula, glabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petioles capillares.

Flores sub apices ramorum verticillatim conferti, horizontaliter siti: pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus linearibus.

Corolla clavata, pollicaris, albis, pilis tomentosis densissime circumsessa: oris laciniis revolutis, obsolete crenulatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, superne lanatum, album; inferne viride, ad basin glandulosum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom: leaves by sixes or eights, linear, and tremulous: flowers crowded, club-shaped, hairy, and white.

Stem upright, a foot and a half high, branching but little: the smaller branches simple, and covered with leaves.

Leaves by sixes or eights, linear, tremulous, and smooth; furrowed beneath, and tapering into hair-like footstalks.

Flowers grow near the ends of the branches in crowded whorls, and in a horizontal direction; footstalks coloured, with three linear floral leaves.

Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, white, and closely beset with downy hairs: the segments of the border are rolled back, and slightly notched.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy on the upper part, and white; greenish below, and glandular at the base.

ERICA pinifolia, discolor.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus verticillatis; corollis tubulosis, costatis, glandulosis; foliis senis, confertis, incurvis; caulibus robustis.

Caulis fruticosus, brevis, robustus, paululum flexuosus, cicatricibus foliorum asper; rami foliis dense tecti, numerosi, sub-verticillati, patentes, atque expansi; apicibus adscendentibus.

Folia plerumque sena confertissima, linearia, uncialia, subtus sulcata, seniora recurva, sed post medium incurva, adscendentia.

Flores verticillati sub apicibus ramorum horizontaliter; pedunculi colorati, hirsuti; bracteis tribus hirsutis.

Corolla tubulosa, costata, pollicaris, pilis glandulosis densissime circumsessa, apicem versus albis, ad basin rubris; laciniis revolutis, obsolete crenulatis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, lanatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers grow in whorls; blossoms tubular, ribbed, and glandular; leaves by sixes, crowded, and turned inwards; stem stout.

Stem shrubby, short, stout, and a little flexuose, rough from the cicatrices of the leaves; the branches thickly covered with leaves, numerous, rather whorled, spreading, and expanded, with ascending points.

Leaves chiefly in sixes, very crowded, linear, an inch long, furrowed beneath, the older ones recurved, but beyond the middle incurvedly ascending.

Flowers whorled near the ends of the branches in an horizontal direction; footstalks coloured, and hispid; with three rough-haired floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets are linear, awl-shaped, harshly haired, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom tubular, ribbed, an inch long, and closely beset with glandular hairs, white towards the end and red at the base; the segments of the border are rolled back, and slightly notched.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped and woolly. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA planifolia.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, sub-exertis: floribus axillaribus, urceolatis, purpureis: pedunculis longis: foliis ternis, spathulatis, glandulosis: ramis numerosis, flexuosis.

Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis: rami et ramuli numerosi, flexuosi, erecto-patentes.

Folia terna, spathulata, supra plana, subtus carinata, albida: marginibus glandulosis, revolutis.

Flores sub apices ramorum, simplices, axillares: pedunculis longis, coloratis, glandulosis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis ovato-acuminatis, marginibus revolutis glandulosis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, leviter sulcatum, supra pilosum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and just without the blossom: flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, are pitcher-shaped, and purple: footstalks long: leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, and glandular: branches numerous, and flexuose.

Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high: the smaller and larger branches are numerous, flexuose, and between erect and spreading.

Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, flat on their upper surface, keeled beneath, and whitish: with glandular margins rolled back.

Flowers grow near the ends of the branches, singly, from the axillæ of the leaves: footstalks long, coloured, and glandular.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved: leaflets ovately-pointed, with revolute glandular margins.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, smooth, and purple: the segments of the border are obtuse, and upright.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads: tips two-horned at the base, and just within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly furrowed, hairy on the upper part, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA prægnans.

Erica, antheris inclusis, basi bicornibus: floribus terminalibus, fasciculatis: corollis urceolatis, inflatis: foliis quaternis, linearibus: caulis dumosus.

Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, ciliata, nitida.

Flores in ramulis terminales, fasciculati: pedunculi purpurei, basi bracteis binis parvis oppositis instructi.

Corolla magna, inflata, ovata, glabra, nitida, ore arctata, quod pallide carneum est: limbi laciniis æqualibus, patentibus, carneis, in centro saturate rubris.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with tips within the blossom, and two-horned at their base: flowers terminal in bunches: blossoms pitcher-shaped, and swelled: leaves by fours, and linear: stem bushy.

Leaves by fours, linear, pointed, with a recurved base and an ascending point, ciliated, and shining.

Flowers terminate the branches in bunches: footstalks purple, and furnished with two small opposite floral leaves at their base.

Empalement four-leaved: leaflets lance-shaped, pointed, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom large, swelled, of an ovate form, smooth, and shining; narrowed at the mouth, which is of a pale flesh-colour: the segments of the border are equal, spreading, flesh-coloured, and of a deep red in the centre.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at their base. Shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA primuloides.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis quinis, confertis; floribus sessilibus, terminalibus, fastigiatis; frutex pygmæus.

Caulis fruticosus, spithamæus, erectus, dumosus; ramuli numerosi, adscendentes.

Folia quina, subulata, supra plana, subtus sulcata, glabra, crassiuscula, erecta, conferta.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis subulatis, marginibus pilosis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus.

Corolla ventricosa, pellucida, ore arctata, quod ornatum est in modum primulæ; laciniis cordatis, expansis, albis, subtus læte rubris.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus sub-inclusus. Stigma sub-exertum, tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom; leaves by fives, crowded: flowers sessile, fastigiate, and terminal: a dwarf shrub.

Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and bushy; the smaller branches are numerous, and ascending.

Leaves by fives, awl-shaped, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed on the under side, smooth, thickish, upright, and crowded.

Flowers sessile, upright, fastigiate, and terminating the branches by fours and fives.

Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved, with awl-shaped leaflets and hairy margins; the inner one is four-leaved, with longer leaflets.

Blossom bellied, pellucid, narrowed at the mouth, which is ornamented like a cowslip; the segments of the border are heart-shaped, spreading, and white, of a bright red on the under side.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at their base. Shaft just within the blossom. Summit just without, and four-cornered.

ERICA racemifera.

Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus racemosis; corollis sub-globosis, purpureis; foliis senis, oblique verticillatis, confertis, tremulis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, bracteis tribus adpressis.

Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom; flowers grow in clusters; blossom nearly globe-shaped, and purple; leaves by sixes, obliquely whorled, crowded, and tremulous.

Flowers nearly terminate the branches in clusters, hanging down, mostly two together, with very long foot-stalks.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, with three floral leaves pressed to the foot-stalk.

Blossom nearly globular, purple; the segments of the border between erect and spreading.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed to the receptacle; tips bearded, and within the blossom.

ERICA Savileia.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; floribus solitariis, axillaribus, urceolatis, purpureis; pedunculis longissimis; foliis quaternis; ramis numerosis; caulis humilis.

Frutex pygmæus, elegans, ramosissimus; ramis et ramulis flexuosis, erecto-patentibus.

Flores numerosi, simplices, axillares, in medio ramulorum, et sæpe terminales; pedunculis longissimis, coloratis, ad basin bracteis tribus instructis.

Corolla urceolata, læte purpurea, glabra, lucida; laciniis equalibus, rotundis, patentibus, sub-reflexis.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, longum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom: flowers grow singly from the axillæ of the leaves, pitcher-shaped, of a purple colour, and with very long footstalks; leaves by fours; branches numerous; stem low.

An elegant dwarf shrub very branching; the small and large branches are flexuose, and between erect and spreading.

Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers are numerous, and grow singly from the axillæ of the leaves about the middle of the smaller branches, and often terminate them: the footstalks are very long, coloured, and furnished at the base with three floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are ovately pointed, and finely sawed.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a bright purple colour, smooth, and shining: the segments of the border are equal, round, spreading, and nearly reflexed.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, long, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA Sebana, nana.

Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corolla clavata, incurvata, saturate aurantia; floribus terminalibus; calyx duplex; foliis ternis, confertis; caulis brevis, fruticosus.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum; foliolis ovatis, membranaceis, imbricatis, adpressis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.

Corolla clavata, incurvata, rugosa, saturate aurantia; laciniis limbi erectis, incurvatis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo linearia, plana; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ, in filamenta attenuatæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips without the blossom, and very long; blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, and of a deep orange colour; flowers terminate the branches; cup double; leaves by threes, and crowded; stem short and shrubby.

Stem upright, sturdy, low, and very branching; the smaller branches are whorled.

Leaves by threes, linear, bowed, and crowded together; nearly three-sided, smooth, and sharp-pointed.

Flowers grow by twos at the ends of the small branches, hanging down; the footstalks are short and naked.

Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; the leaflets egg-shaped and skinny, tiled, and pressed to the cup; the inner one is four-leaved, with larger leaflets.

Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, wrinkled, and of a deep orange colour; the segments of the border are upright, and turned inwards.

Chives. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, and tapered into threads.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA squamosa.

Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis globosis, umbellatis, purpureis; calycibus squamosis, albicantibus; foliis quaternis.

Flores terminales, umbellati, terni vel seni in singula umbella, cernui; pedunculi purpurei, bracteis tribus instructi.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossom; blossoms globular, umbelled, and purple; the cup is scaly, and of a whitish colour; leaves by fours.

Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high, branching; branches thread-shaped and upright.

Leaves by fours, smooth, blunt, furrowed beneath, and slightly sawed at the edges.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of three to six in each umbel, nodding; the footstalks are purple, having three floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets scaly, egg-shaped, keeled, and of a whitish colour.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed to the receptacle; tips crested, and within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA staminea.

Erica, antheris muticis, staminibusque extra flores solitarios divaricato-cernuis, foliis ternatis, ramis verticillatis.

Folia ternata, erecta, parva, carnosa, lucida, subtus sulcata, petiolis ramulos adpressis.

Flores solitarii, terminales, in ramulos per-numerosos, laterales, ternatos, et paulo declinatos; pedunculi bracteis tribus instructi.

Stamina octo, capillaria, prælonga, extra flores plus minusve pendula; antheræ muticæ.

Heath, with beardless tips, and chives divaricately cernuous from the solitary flowers, leaves in threes, and branches whorled.

Stem shrubby, two feet high, with numerous whorled branches, very slightly spreading.

Leaves in threes, erect, small, fleshy, shining, furrowed beneath, with petioles pressed to the branchlets.

Flowers solitary, terminal, on very numerous, lateral, ternate, and slightly drooping branches; peduncles furnished with three floral leaves.

Blossom small, square, of a yellow-white colour, with segments spreading and rounded.

Chives eight, capillary, very long, and hanging more or less out of the flower; tips beardless.

ERICA Swainsonia.

Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis: floribus in umbellis terminalibus: foliis quinis vel senis, confertis, erectis.

Flores ramos terminant in umbellis: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus adpressis.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis glanduliferis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips just within the blossoms: flowers grow in terminal umbels: leaves by fives or sixes, crowded, and upright.

Leaves by fives or sixes, obtuse, erect, and crowded, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels: footstalks short, with three floral leaves pressed to them.

Blossom nearly cylindrical, an inch long, and of a reddish colour: segments ovate, and spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud oblong, with glandular nectaries at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA tenuiflora.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis quaternis, tenuissimis, luteis. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia.

Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossoms; which grow by fours, are very slender, and yellow. Leaves by threes and fours, and linear.

Stem shrubby, a foot high, weak. The large and small branches are thread-shaped, and twiggy.

Leaves by threes and fours, linear, with long foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

Flowers grow by fours at the ends of the small branches, and spreading; with very short foot-stalks.

Empalement. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, and leaflets lance-shaped; the inner one four-leaved, and longer than the outer.

Blossom trumpet-shaped, very slender, and yellow; segments of the border sharp-pointed and spreading.

ERICA tenuiflora, alba.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus quaternis, tenuissimis, albis: foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris: caulis gracilis.

Caulis fruticosus, debilis, pedalis et ultra: rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati.

Flores ad apices ramulorum quaterni: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus subulatis instructis.

Corolla tubæformis, tenuissima: oris laciniis acuminatis, patentibus, albicantibus: tubo pellucido.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers grow by fours, slender, and white: leaves by fours, linear, and smooth: stem slender.

Stem shrubby, weak, a foot or more high: the small and large branches are thread-shaped, and twiggy.

Flowers grow by fours at the ends of the small branches: footstalks short, and furnished with three awl-shaped floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved: leaflets of a yellowish green, lance-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom trumpet-shaped, and very slender; the segments of the border are sharp-pointed, spreading, and very white; the tube is of a transparent white.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA tetragona.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis urceolatis, axillaribus, ternis, confertis, tetragonis; concavis, luteis; foliis ternis.

Caulis fruticosus, virgatus, sub-pedalis, erectus, ramosus, gracilis; rami filiformes et patentes.

Folia terna, trigona, linearia, acuta, glabra, subtus tenuissime sulcata, erecto-patentia.

Flores in axillis foliorum, plerumque terni, erecti, conferti, cum odore cucumis.

Corolla urceolata, lutea, tetragona, concava, ore arctata; laciniis æqualibus, acuminatis, patentibus, et reflexis.

Pistillum. Germen conicum, glabrum. Stylus linearis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossoms, which are pitcher-shaped, and grow from the axillæ of the leaves in threes, are crowded together, four-sided, concave, and yellow; leaves by threes.

Stem shrubby, twiggy, near a foot high, upright; branches slender, the large ones thread-shaped and spreading.

Leaves by threes, three-sided, linear, sharp and smooth, slightly furrowed beneath, and between erect and spreading.

Flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, mostly by threes, upright, crowded together, and smell like a cucumber.

Empalement four-leaved; the leaflets are lance-shaped and fringed, with three linear floral leaves.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, yellow, four-sided and concave, narrowed towards the mouth, the segments of which are equal, sharp-pointed, spreading, and reflexed.

Pointal. Seed-bud conical and smooth. Shaft linear, just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA tiaræflora.

Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis; floribus cernuis, tiaræformibus, a calyce fere contectis; foliis ternis, obtusis, linearibus, rigidis.

Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sub-sesquipedalis, ramosus; rami terni, patentes, erecti.

Flores in ramulis terminales, sub-terni, cernui; pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus spathulatis instructi.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-ovatis, apice coloratis, incurvatis.

Corolla tiaræformis, apice incarnata, ad basin albida; laciniis minutis, obtusis, erectis.

Heath, with beardless tips without the blossom; flowers nodding, turban-shaped, and nearly hid by the empalement; leaves by threes, blunt, linear, and harsh.

Stem shrubby, upright, near a foot and a half high, and branching; branches by threes, spreading, and upright.

Flowers terminate the branches by threes, nodding; footstalks long, and furnished with three spathula-shaped floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are broadly egg-shaped, coloured at the ends, and turned inwards.

Blossom turban-shaped, flesh-coloured at the ends, and whitish at the base; the segments of the border are very small, blunt, and upright.

ERICA vernex.

Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus ternis, bicoloribus, viscosis, cernuis, sub-globosis: foliis ternis.

Flores laterales, plerumque ternati, cernui, speciosi: pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus coloratis instructi.

Corolla sub-globosa, glutinosissima, et lucida, colore aureo: laciniis oris erectis, saturate viridibus.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossom: flowers grow by threes, are two-coloured, clammy, nodding, and nearly round: leaves by threes.

Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on their upper surface, and deeply furrowed beneath: footstalks long.

Flowers grow sideways mostly by threes, nodding and showy: footstalks coloured, and furnished with three coloured floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved: the leaflets are ovate, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom nearly round, very glutinous, and shining, of a gold colour: the segments of the border are upright, and of a deep green colour.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA vestita, lutea.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis setaceis, longis, confertis: floribus verticillatis, luteis: caule erecto.

Folia sena, septena, vel octona, erecta, aggregata, setacea: petiolis longissimis.

Flores in verticillis aggregatis, sub apicibus ramulorum: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus instructis.

Corolla cylindrica, uncialis, lutea, leviter costata: oris laciniis subrotundis, æqualibus, patentibus.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, villosum, basi poris melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: leaves bristle-shaped, long, and crowded: flowers grow in whorls, of a yellow colour: stem upright.

Leaves in sixes, sevens, or eights, erect, crowded, and bristle-shaped: footstalks very long.

Flowers grow in crowded whorls near the ends of the branches: footstalks short, and furnished with three floral leaves.

Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, yellow, and slightly ribbed: segments of the border nearly round, equal, and spreading.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, villose, and furnished with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

ERICA villosa.

Erica, antheris muticis, exertis; floribus villosis, urceolatis, albis. Calyx villosus, ad marginem viridis; foliis ternis, revolutis, villosis. Caulis debilis.

Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, ad margines revoluta; seniora patentia, juniora adscendentia; margine pilis longis hirta.

Flores in extremis ramulis terminates, subterni, penduli. Pedunculi longi, rubri; bracteis tribus minutis adpressis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-ovatis, sulcatis, totis densissime albo-villosis: margine calycis læte viridi.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, pubescens, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom. Flowers hairy, pitcher-shaped, and white. Cup hairy, with green edges. Leaves by threes, rolled back at the edges, and hairy. Stem weak.

Stem shrubby, flexuose, and of a purplish colour. The small and large branches are thread-shaped, and hairy.

Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, and rolled back at the edges; the older ones spreading, the younger ones ascending: the edges rough with long hairs.

Flowers grow at the extremity of the smaller branches, mostly by threes, hanging down. The footstalks are long, of a red colour, with three small floral leaves pressed to them.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved. Leaflets broadly egg-shaped, furrowed, and covered with long white hairs: the edges of the cup are of a bright green colour.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, hairy, and white; the segments of the border are obtuse, and upright.

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.

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Antheræ aristatæ.	Tips bearded.
Foliis ternis.	Leaves by threes.
E. hirta, viridiflora	Hairy, green-flowered
incurva	Incurved-leaf
lachnæa	Lachnæa-like
β purpurea	β purple
Nivenia, longiflora	Nivens, long-flowered
lanuginosa	Flannelly
lævis	Smooth
Foliis quaternis.	Leaves by fours.
Blandfordia	Blandford
β mammosa, minor	Nipple, small
Patersonia, major	Paterson, large
β coccinea	β scarlet
Foliis senis.	Leaves by sixes.
racemifera	Clustered
Antheræ cristatæ.	Tips crested.
Foliis ternis.	Leaves by threes.
Andromedæflora	Andromeda-flowered
calycina, major	Calycined, large
δ minor	δ small
elegans	Elegant
laxa	Loose
nitida	Shining
vernix	Varnished
emarginata	Emarginated
Foliis quaternis.	Leaves by fours.
australis	Southern
squamose	Scaly
Antheræ bicornutæ.	Tips two-horned.
Foliis ternis.	Leaves by threes.
fimbriata	Fringed
globosa	Globular
Irbyana	Irby
planifolia	Flat-leaved
Savileia	Savile
Foliis quaternis.	Leaves by fours.
aristata	Bearded
obbata, Var. umbellata	Bottle, umbelled var.
densa	Close or thick
mutabilis	Changeable
prægnans	Pregnant
metulæflora	Skittle-flowered
Foliis senis.	Leaves by sixes.
blanda	Blush-colored
Antheræ muticæ.	Tips beardless.
Foliis binis.	Leaves by twos.
E. oppositifolis	Opposite-leaved
β rubra	β red
Foliis ternis.	Leaves by threes.
Banksia, purpurea	Banks, purple
canaliculata	Channelled
β minor	β small
clavata	Club shaped
cordata	Heart-leaved
lanata	Woolly
mucronata	Mucronated
Broadleyana	Broadley
pallens	Pale-flowered
petiolata	Petiolated
Sebana, nana	Seba, dwarf
staminea	Stamineous
tenuiflora	Slender-flowered
α alba	α white
tetragona	Four-sided
tiaræflora	Turban-flowered
villosa	Villose
Foliis quaternis.	Leaves by fours.
acuminata	Pointed
aspera	Rough
erubescens	Blushing
ferruginea	Rusty
Hyacinthoides	Hyacinth-like
longiflora	Long-flowered
pellucida	Transparent
curviflora, rubra	Curved-flowered, red
Foliis quinis.	Leaves by fives.
echiiflora	Echium-flowered
primuloides	Cowslip-like
Foliis sparsis.	Leaves scattered.
odorata	Sweet-scented
Swainsonia	Swainson
Foliis senis.	Leaves by sixes.
decora	Comely
glutinosa, minor	Glutinous, small
Hibbertia	Hibbert
pinifolia	Pine-leaved
β discolor	β two-coloured
aurea, flore pallido	Gold-coloured, pale-flowered
vestita, lutea	Clothed, yellow