Erica— continued. 
Fic. 722. ERICA GRANDIFLORA, showing Flowering Branch 
and detached Single Flower. 
bright red, lin. lo: May, June. J. long, linear. Hybrid. 
SYN. E. cylindrica. See Fig. 725, 
E. hyemalis (winter).* f. disposed in long, dense, leafy spikes, 
ВУ to 12in. in length; corolla rosy-pi "at the base, white 
towards the apex, pow тч Winter, spring. J. linear, 
acuminated, hairy. №. Hybrid. 
E. inflata (inflated). /. in terminal umbellate fascicles; corolla 
reddish-purple at the base, and green at the apex, large, with an 
elongated, ovate, ventricose tube, and a short limb. May to 
I—— 1. four in a whorl, linear, glabrous. h. lft. to 2ft. 
СЕ. infundibuliformis (funnel-shaped). /. terminal, aggregate ; 
corolla pale red, salver-shaped, with a slender tube and large 
‘ments, August to November. l. four in a whorl, filiform, 
) erect, rous. h. 2ft. 1802. (A. H. v. 218.) 
- 'в).* fl. terminal, umbellate; corolla white, 
ed wit! lin. long, viscid, with a cylindrical 
Mappe gm d June and July. , г. three 
1800. (A. H. V. 219.) о 
jasminiflora (Jasmine- 
corolla about lin. long, . ed, viscid, 
ovate tube, which is veni atthe apex. June ov 
1. three in a whorl, linear-oblong, serrulated, recurved, imbricat 
in six rows. A. lft, to 2ft. Т The variety alba has pure 
white flowers. 
Е, jubata (maned). fl, pedicels terminal, corymbose, hispid ; 
corolla campanulately rotate. June to October. J. linear, filiform, 
rather clammy, incurvedly spreading. Л. 2ft. 1800. 
E. Lambertiana (Lambert's).* Л, large, terminal, sub-corymbose, 
drooping ; corolla white, glabrous, ovate-globose. May to 74 
чё. three in a whorl, linear, glabrous, spreading. h. lft. to 2ft. 
. (A. Н. iv. 17}.) 
sessile, 
owny or 
Ипер, шу ‘glabrous. Branches flexuous. 
. E. mammosa (nippled). й. dr , axillary, crowded, verti- 
eillate, near the tops of “the branches; corolla reddish-purple, 
AN ENCYCLOPZDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
E. melanthera 
exserted black anthers. 
Erica—continued. age eee 
отау; on - -= ru gb ELS inflated tube. 
uly to Oc т. ¢. linear, su rous, erect, spreadi ng. 
h. 2ft. 1769. (А. Н. iii. 121.) : pagi IM 
. Marnockiana (Marnock’s).* fl. glossy rich purple, tubular, - 
DEM Ix base, a — arf the I T a small spread- 
ing limb ; tube smooth. y, Augus . oblong, spreading, 
ciliated, awned. Hybrid, т 
E. Massonii (Masson’s).* i. axillary, crowded, drooping, disposed 
in a verticillate crown ; corolla about lin. long, Vise wollen ab 
top, with a scarlet tube and a greenish-yellow constricted mouth. 
July to October. i. four to five in a whorl, linear, serrulated, 
XU pum. spreading. 4A.3ft. 1789. See Fig. 724. (А.Н. 
iii. 128. 
E. McNabiana (McNab’s).* fl. rosy-red, with a white limb; 
viscid, nearly 14in. long, stoutest a little below the middle. 
May to July. J. short, thick, obtuse, awned, slightly pee 
Hybrid. (P. M. B. vii. 125.) The variety rosea has longer an 
more recurved leaves, and the flowers are bright rose in the 
tubes, veined with a deeper shade of the same colour, neck 
deep purple, and limb white. 
mediterranea (Mediterranean). d axillary, racemose, 
secund, nodding ; corolla red, with dark anthers, urcedlate, one 
and a-half to two lines long. March to May. l four or five ina 
whorl, linear-cuneated, oon. h. Mt. to 6ft, "Western Europe 
(Ireland). Hardy. (B. M. 471.) 
(black-anthered).* Л. tinged with pink, with 
a Autumn, winter. J. linear-obtuse, 
rather thick, glabrous, or slightly scabrid when young. А. 2ft. 
A compact-growing, floriferous species. (L. B. C. 867.) 
E. metul»flora (ninepin-flowered). jl. terminal, umbellate ; 
corolla red, with a pale border, salver-shaped, ventricose at the 
base. June to August. Z. four to five in a whorl, linear, ciliated, 
spreadingly recurved. A. 1ft. to 2ft. 1798. (B.M.612)  — 
“Fic. 725. FLOWERING BRANCH OF ERICA 
