601 



ERICA colorans, 



JBlusk-Jlowered Heath. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGY^IA. 



NaL ord. ERiCiE (nuperiUs Brice^), Jnmeu gm, 150. Div. L 

 GenneD superum. 



ERICA. Suprd vol. 1. fol 6, 



Div. IL Longiflorge. Corolke cylindriiM vel davatoB^ semwtci& ImgwreM. 



Subdir, A. Antberw aristatcR (appendiahyM apteit JUamenti bints, Ime- 



aribus vel mbuhitis, margine vel Integra vel $emdato). Bryander in 



Hort Kew. ed. 2. 2. 368. < : 



£. cohrang, foUis ciliatis, floribus axillaribus approximatis subsessilibus, 



(X)rollis clavatis, antheris subexsertis subtuistatis. lAnk abbild. aw. gew* 



bot.gart. zuberL 1. 37. t. 15. .; 



Erica colorans. Loddigeit boU cab^ 224. Linkewtian. hort, beroh 1. 360. 



CauUs erectus ranuysm ^ pedes etultrd altns. TSUiamMpubescentes. Folia 

 sena, quatuar lineas tonga^ subtus carinata, ct/iofa. Flores in ramu/ts frre- 

 vilms approximatis terminaleSf nnde habitus spicaMr«' PediceOi brevissimi, 

 Bractese flori appraximatuB^ Calys laciniis ovatis acutis subtillim^ ciliatis 

 brevibus albentibus (purpurascenttbus) tersHs ^^ieatfitirvo viridi. Corolla 

 octo lineas longa clavata alba demmn rtbra. Afttfi^ne man s^lo subinelusaf 

 aristis brevissimis. Link 1. c. 



This pretty shrub, though long ago introduced by Mr. 

 Niven from the Cape of Good Hope, is not to be found 

 in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensisrl According to 

 Mr. Sweet it comes the nearest to peripticua of any of the 

 genus. The specific name, such as it iSj is intended to refer 

 to the transition in the colour of the corolla from a delicate 

 transparent white to an opaque rosy rfed, the circumstance 

 which constitutes the singularity and one of the beauties of 

 the species. It grows from about two to three feet high, 

 and is loaded with blossom round the middle of the branches, 

 from the latter part of the autumn far into the winter. 



It is becoming universal in our greenhouses, and de- 

 servedly so, on account of its easy culture, and abundant 

 elegant blossom. 



Drawn at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, in the King's 

 Road, Chelsea. 



