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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Erica—continued. 
long, with a pyramidal tube. January to April. 1. three to four 
in a whorl, linear, glabrous. A. біп. Germany, 1763. e 
Е white-flowered form is generally called E. herbacea. (L. B. С. 
.1452.) 
7 E. Cavendishiana (Cavendish's)* fl. rich bright yellow, 
tubular, nearly lin. long, stout. May to July. l. subulate, 
e spreading, bright dark green. h, 14%. Hybrid. (P. M. B. 
xiii. 
E. cerinthoides (Honeywort -like).* Л. terminal, capitate, 
. drooping ; corolla scarlet, nearly lin. long, oblong, with an in- 
flated tube, clothed with viscid hairs outside. May to November. 
l. five to six in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, pilose and ciliated, 
bearded at the apex. Л. 3it. 1774. There are several garden 
forms of this species. See Fig. 720, 220.) 
Chamissonis (Chamisso’s).* fl. rose-coloured, at the tips of 
short side branches, solitary, or three or four together, pen- 
ddlous; pedicel pink, iin. long; corolla between Tag and 
campanulate ; lobes very short and broad. April. Z. long, 
ternate, spreading, and incurved, sessile, linear, obtuse, grooved 
E underneath from the recurvation of the margin. Branches 
moo Pender, m erect. h. lift. South Africa, 1874. An elegant 
т plant. (B. M. 6108.) 
ciliaris (fringed).* 1. terminal, sub-racemose, secund ; corolla 
pale red, four lines jong, smooth, ovate, more ventricose on the 
upper side. August, 
ix ciliated, кеши, rather remote. h. 1ft. Western 
887. : 
There are 
including a white-flowered one, of this species. 
pink, small, dis- 
1. acerose, three 
8ft. South Europe. A slender much- 
ed, terminating the small 
‚тей to white, cylindrical, clavate, 
1. linear, spreading, ciliated. А. 26 
variety, named superba, with rosy-red 
and ` to be an improvement on the typical 
+ small, termin tufted ; ite, 
|. . With an ovate ventricose tube, and пате April t E ‘ome 
= i M T A hon linear, short, erectly spreading. A. 9im. 1787. 
CAE t. d. 1. . - 
E. cylindrica (cylindrical, A synonym of E, hybrida, 
.  . E delecta choice) А m of E. primuloides. 
` . E. densa (dense) f. axillary, 
Е red, with an oblong. 
imb. May to October. 7, fi 
what imbricated, spreading, 
denticulata (denticulate minal, fastigiate; 
pini three Жм long, with drical tube. de: обола 
4 four in a whorl, linear, glabrous. A. 1%. 1821. (L. В.С 1090) 
; E. depressa (depressed). jt. small, terminal ; corolla white, bell- 
: ped. Ju rous in a whor 
haped. me M9. (A n iy non, linear, revolute. 
, Devon)* j umbellate; corolla rich purple, 
м br 
ut lin. long, Summer. 1. 
Hybrid: SE s 
Douglasii (Douglas's 
about lin. long, with 
July. /. short, blunt, spreading, 
_E. echiiflora (Echium-flowered)* - Л. 
Spicate; corolla deep red, with a. 
clammy. March to May. l. five to seven} 
with margins, spreading, 
jwer's) fl. sub picate ; corolla dark red, with 
IT gh tp ia a 
: | and clavate. ovember, 
spreading. А. 2ft. 1790. (L. B C. 1505) 0" 
_ J produced in whorls; corolla scarlet, 
lar, about lin. - 8 May and June, 
9%. 1800. (L. B. С, 1105.) 
Erica—continued. 
exsurgens (rising). Л, axillary, verticillate, horizontal, 
crowded; corolla orange-red, cylindrically clavate, thirteen to 
fifteen lines long, viscid, with ovate-cuneated Segments, March 
to October. l. filiform, Spreadingly recurved. fh. lift. 1792. 
(A. H. i. 20,21.) 
Z 
å =. 26 
E 
dE 
3 
Fig. 721. FLOWERING BRANCH OF ERICA FAIRIEANA. 
Fairieana (Fairies)* fl, in terminal whorls ; corolla tube 
rich rose, lin. long, much’ inflated at the base, suddenly con- 
tracted at top; limb white. June to August. /. large, oblong- 
lanceolate, with long white hairs at the edges. Hybrid. See 
Fig. 721. (В.Н. , 467.) 
E. fastigiata (fastigiate). jl. terminal, crowded, sessile ; corolla 
white, salver-s vm pr with à narrow tube. Мау to September. 1. 
zw ы» а b» acerose, shining, erect, imbricated. h. lift. 1797. 
, linear , 
. iv. 162.) 
‚ glabrous ; corolla two 
July. l. linear, pilose. А. 1. 1803. 
(bud-bearing). /7. drooping, crowded, disposed 
yerticillate crown; corolla orange-red, with a green apex, 
us, cylindrical, inflated. July, August. 1. oblong, adpressed, 
ciliated, aristate, four to fiveina whorl. Branches thickened at 
top. A. 1%. 1802. (B. M. 2266.) 
E. gracilis (slender.* f. small, terminal, spicate; corolla 
purplish-red, ovate-globose, or urceolate. September to Decem- 
ber. l. glabrous, four іп a whorl, linear. A.1ft. 1774. (A. Н. ii. 68.) 
E. g. vernalis (spring).* jl. terminal; corolla purplish-red, cam- — 
nulate. March, April `{. glabrous, acerose, three in à w 
.2ft. to 5ft. 1827. (L. B. C. 1608.) 
E. grandiflora (large-flowered).* axillary near the tops of 
the branches el stem, verticillate T M bright glossy yellow, 
i. Jong, ч, мад) «Азлрей, vidd; with а Тн Mab. 
une, у. J. linear, bluntish, rous, reclinate, four to six i 
a whorl. ЭЁ, Sit. 1785, Seo Fig 122. (A. Wie dr. B. M. 189.) 
E. grandinosa (hailstone) Jt. terminal, drooping, by threes ; 
corolla white, irregularly ovate, inflated, s "April, May. 
_ L linear, three in n who А. біп. to 12in, 1810. (А. Н, vi. 255.) 
Hartnelli (Hartnell’s), Л. large, terminal; corolla urple, 
viseid, nearly Mini rather ventricose at the base, with ovate. 
lar lobes. May. ¿ four in a whorl, “lanceolate, imbri- 
ciliated. `h. 2ft. 1820. $ 
finely ого 
Е, herbacea (herbaceous). А synonym of E. carnea, in gardens 
Es guncrally spoiler only to the white-flowered “variety of that 
species. 
(hybrid). Л. disposed in long, dense, spikes; corolla - 
