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Erica continued. 



the base, and contracted above the middle, enlarging slightly at 

 the mouth. 



E. A. Turnbullii (Turnbull's). JL in umbels of about six ; tube 

 upwards of lin. Ion?, as thick again as those of the type ; corolla 

 lobes large, spreading, white, changing to pink. I. broader than 

 in the type. 



FIG. 719- ERICA AITOJUA, showing Flowering Branch and detached 



E. Altoniana (Aiton's). A synonym of E. Aitonia. 



E. alopecuroides (fox-tail-like). JL terminal ; corolla purplish- 

 red ovate, small ; calyx coloured, ciliated. September aad 

 October. i. linear, three in a whorl, h. 1ft. 1810. (L. B. C. 874.) 



E ampuUacea (flask-shaped).* JL red, terminal, usually in fours ; 

 corolla nearly lin. long, viscid, with a ventricose tube, nbbed 

 neck and ovate-cordate, slightly crenulated, obtuse segments. 

 Julv I three or four in a whorl, lanceolate, reflexed, imbricate 

 at the base. h. 2ft. 1790. (B. M. 303.) 



E. andromedaflora (Andromeda-flow^X* A top &. 

 reddish-purple, solitary, drooping, axillary; corolla urceolate, 

 calyx pink nearly as long as the corolla. March to June. I. 

 ffi & a whorl, ciliated, subulate, stiff, spreading. A. 1ft to 

 3ft 1803. (B. M. 1250.) 



E. arborea (tree-like). JL white, axillary, racemose, small ; 

 corolla two lines long, campanulate. February to May. I. three 

 or four in a whorl, linear, glabrous. Branches tomentose. A. 1 Oft 

 to 20ft South Europe, 1658. Hardy. (S. F. G. 351.) There are 

 several varieties of this species. 



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Erica continued. 



red, three lines long, with a curved, funnel-shaped tube, and a 

 recurved limb ; anthers crested. March to July. 1. four in a 

 whorl, scabrous, spreading, mucronate. A. 3ft to 6ft Spain, 

 1769. Hardy. (L. B. C. 1472.) 



E. Ttanir^n.na (Banks'). JL terminal ; corolla greenish-yellow, 

 cylindrical, with a reflexed limb; anthers brown. February. 

 i. mucronate, loosely imbricated, three or four in a whorL A. 9in. 

 1787. (A. H. iii. 105.) 



E. Beaumontlana (Beaumont's).* JL axillary and terminal 

 drooping ; corolla white, tinged with purple, campanulate ; styU 

 a little exserted. June. L linear, five to six in a whorl. A. 1ft 

 1820. (A. H. vL 253.) 



E. Bergiana (Bergius 1 ).* JL terminal, drooping ; corolla purple, 

 campanulate, smooth ; calyx reflexed, ciliated. May and June. 

 L linear-oblong, pubescent, spreading. Peduncles hairy, with a 

 few scaly bracte. A. lift 1787. (UB. C. 939.) 



E. blanda (charming), if. terminal, clustered ; corolla pale red. 

 one and one-third lines long, having the limb one-half longer than 

 the tube, with semi-orbicular segments. May. L three in a 

 whorl, spreading, short, obtuse. A. 2ft 1798. (A. H. UL 152.) 



E. Bonplandlana (Bonpland's). JL terminating the small 

 branches, solitary or by threes, sessile ; corolla white, Urge, with 

 an urceolar tube, and an acute, spreading limb. March to 

 September. I. four in a whorl, imbricate, acerose. A. 1ft 1812. 

 (B. M. 2126.) 



E. Bowieana (Bowie's).* fl. crowded, axillary, verticillaw, near 

 the tops of the branches, pendulous ; corolla cylindrical, with an 

 inflated tube and contracted mouth. October. L linear, glaucous, 

 glabrous. A. 1ft 1522. <L. B. C. 842.) 



E. brunlades (Brunia-iike). 

 pink ; stamens black ; calyx cov 



May. 1. short, linear-oblong, clothed with wlite woolly hairs, as 

 are also the branches. A. lift 1774. (A. H. L 6.) 



*. O. V*. U^c-f 



JL in small pendulous umbels ; corolla 

 covered with long white woolly hairs. 

 I. clothed with white woolly hairs, as 



K. cafifra (Caffrarian).* JL sweet-scented ; corolla globular, very 

 small, produced in great profusion. A. lift. 1802. (A. H. L 7.) 



E. campanulata (bell-shaped). JL terminal, solitary, drooping ; 

 corolla yellow, two and a-half lines long, campanulate. April 

 to August I. three in a whorl, subulate, glabrous. A. 1ft 1TOL 

 (A. H. iL 55.) 



L Candolleana (Candolle's).* Jl. umbellate ; corolla rosy-red at 

 the base, white towards the apex, more than lin. long. June, 

 July. I. erect, somewhat oblong, clothed with long hairs at the 

 edges. Hybrid. 



L carnea (flesh-coloured).* JL pale red, axillary, drooping, dis- 

 posed in secund racemes ; corolla conical, two and a-half line 



720 ERICA CERiMHOlDES, showing flowering Branch and 

 Fio. 7<. E.J detached Single Flower. 



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