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Erica—continued. с и 
arista. . MER ОН; iii. 144.) E.r. major is a closer- 
eee mM NT el tubes stouter, pink, reddish- 
purple at the points, the lobes white. (B. M. 352.) 
E.rubens (red) Л. terminal; corolla purplish-red, ovate-globose, 
small July and August. 4. acerose, four in a whorl, hispid, 
spreading. fe 15. 105. (A. Н. i. 43.) 
Fie. 726. FLOWERING BRANCH OF ERICA RUBRO-CALYX. 
E. rubro-calyx (red calyx).* 1, produced on the lateral growths, 
and disposed in dense spikes; corolla white, tubular; cal 
E. reddish-pu E l linear-lanceolate. Hybrid. See Fig. 726. 
т» (A. H. vi. .) 
Е. sanguinea (bloody) Л. terminal corymbose ; corolla blood- 
тей, tubular, nearly lin. long. l linear, three in a whorl, with 
lute ciliated margins. л. ift. to 2it. 1799. (L. B. C. 86.) 
1. red or purplish-red ; peduncles loosely 
obose-oblong. April to September. 
erect. A.1lft. 1800. (A. Н. v. 
E. scabriuscula (roughist 
Scare A. 
ong, clo: | rough glandular 
E. sco; (broom).* fl. greenish, in 
calyx lobes ovate, abou’ 
аз broad as long; anthers without appen 
whorls of three each. 
E. Sebana (Seba’s). /. terminal, in threes ; corolla pale brown ; 
tube cylindrical, ineurved, ventricose at the base ; stamens much 
exserted. April.to November. /. three or four in a whorl, re. 
curvedly spreading. A, 2%. 1774. (Т. B. C. 23.) The following 
e three varieties of this species: fusca, flowers rich dark brown; 
а, flowers rich yellow ; rubra, flowers rich reddish-brown. 
` 
E. (Lady Shannon’s).* Л. terminal, umbellate, 
drooping ; calyx coloured ; corolla white, tinged with purple, with 
a TAM i, ribbed tube, 14in. long. June to September. J. three 
n 
< ,In à whorl, stiff, linear-lanceolate, spreading, each ending 
ina һай. A.M. to 2ft, 1806. (B. M. 4069.) : 
E. speciosa showy). ji. terminal, in threes; corolla dark red or 
reddish-purple, co. cylindrical, inflexed, curved tube, with a 
greenish-yellow mouth, June to September. 
Spreading. h. 2ft. 1800. (A. H. iv. 192.) 
E. Spenceriana (Spencer's), Л, dull purplish-lilac, tubular, lin, 
l linear, downy, 
Erica—continued. 
long, tipped with white. Spring and summer. 7. subulate, slightly 
spreading, smooth. Hybrid. 77 
E. stricta (upright). /. terminal, umbellate; corolla three lines _ 
long, with an ovate urceolar tube, and reflexed segments. August 
to November. l. four in a whorl, obtuse, glabrous, bisulcate 
EYE h. 2ft. to 3ft. South-western Europe, 1765. (А. Е. 
ii. 134.) а 
E. suaveolens (sweet-scented). i’; terminal ; corolla NR чой, 
urceolate ; anthers a little exserted, black. August, J. th ina 
whorl, oblong-lanceolate, ciliated. A. 1ft. 1800. (A. Н. vi. 292.) 
E. sulphurea (sulphur-coloured) ft. fasciculate, axillary and 
terminal, nearly sessile, horizontal ; corolla cylindrical, trumpet- 
Shaped, villous. June to October. 2 linear, obtuse, villous. | 
h. 2ft. 1805. (А. H. v. 241.) 
E. taxifolia (Yew-leaved), fl'in terminal clusters; corolla bright 
pink (as is also the calyx), globose, erect. May, June. J. three in 
а whorl, smooth, spreading. Л. 16. 1788. (A. Н. ii. 93.) 
E. Tetralix, Cross-leaved Heath. Л. capitate, terminal ; corolla 
imd red, three lines long, ovate-globose, downy ab top, outside. 
Шу to September. J. ‘ciliated, four in a whorl. A. біп. to l2in. 
pu of a greyish hue. Europe (Britain). Hardy. (Sy. En. B. 
seven lines long, tub bristly towards the apex outside. 
> May. 
1. ovate-cuneated, shortly pectinate. h. lift. 1800. (A. Н. vi. 295.) 
E. tricolor (three-coloured)*- 4. termi usually about six 
together; corolla red at the bae, white ut top, but greenish- - 
ow about the contraction of the limb ; viscid, with a 
ulated 
ventricose tube, and ovate-cordate, cren 
May to July. 4 three in a whorl, linear, r 
are also the bracts and calyces. А. 2ft. 1810. 
as 
(P. M. B. vi. à) 
А VESTITA COCCINEA, showing Flowering Branch 
Fig. 727. loo oj detached Single Flower. E 
| (flame) fl. about ljin. long. 1. bluntly-oblong, 
» Meer — m y edges Modus with a profusion of hoary - 
about lin. long. 1. ег 
inflata (inflated). 
E. t. inflata (inflated), 
ыы densely clothed л 
leaves. 3 
