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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Erica continued. 



long, with a pyramidal tube. January to April. I. three to four 

 in a whorl, linear, glabrous. A. 6in. Germany, 1763. Hardy. 

 The white-flowered form is generally called E. herbacea. (L. B. C. 



S. Cavendishiana (Cavendish's).* fl. rich bright yellow, 

 tubular, nearly lin. long, stout. May to July. I. subulate, 

 slightly spreading, bright dark green. A. lift. Hybrid. (P. M. B. 



E. cerintholdes (Honeywort - like).* fl. terminal, capitate, 

 drooping ; corolla scarlet, nearly lin. long, oblong, with an in- 

 flated tube, clothed with viscid hairs outside. May to November. 

 I. five to six in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, pilose and ciliated, 

 bearded at the apex. A. 3ft. 1774. There are several garden 

 forms of this species. See Fig. 720. (B. M. 220.) 



E. Chamlssonis (Chamisso's).* fl. rose-coloured, at the tips of 

 short side branches, solitary, or three or four together, pen- 

 dulous ; pedicel pink, ,Un. long ; corolla between globose and 

 campanulate ; lobes very short and broad. April. {. long, 

 ternate, spreading, and incurved, sessile, linear, obtuse, grooved 

 underneath from the recurvation of the margin. Branches 

 slender, leafy, erect. A. lift. South Africa, 1874. An elegant 

 plant. (B. M. 6108.) 



E. ciliaris (fringed).* fl. terminal, sub-racemose, secund ; corolla 

 pale red, four lines long, smooth, ovate, more ventricose on the 

 upper side. August, September. I. three in a whorl, ovate, 

 glandularly ciliated, spreading, rather remote. A. 1ft. Western 

 Europe (Cornwall and Dorset). (B. M. 484 ; Sy. En. B. 887.) 



E. cinerea (ashy-grey), fl. verticillate, on the naked stems ; 

 corolla purple, changing to blue as it fades, three lines long, 

 ' -urceolate. August, September. I. three in a whorl. A. 

 En. B. 891.) There are 

 vered one, of this species. 



E. codonodes (bell-bearing), fl. white and pink, small, dis- 

 posed in numerous densely-crowded racemes. I. acerose, three 

 to five in a whorl. A. 8ft. South Europe. A slender much- 

 branched hardy shrub, closely allied to E. arborea, of which 

 it is probably only a variety, (G. C. n. s., vii. 463.) 



E. colorans (colouring).* fl. crowded, terminating the small 

 branches ; corolla varying from red to white, cylindrical, clavate, 

 glabrous. April to June. I. linear, spreading, ciliated. A. 2ft. 

 1817. (B. R. 601.) A garden variety, named superba, with rosy-red 

 and white flowers, is said to be an improvement on the typical 

 species. 



E. comosa (tufted), fl. small, terminal, tufted; corolla white, 

 with an ovate ventricose tube, and dark anthers. April to August- 

 1. four in a whorl, linear, short, erectly spreading. A. 9in. 1787. 

 (A. H. i. 10.) 



E. cylindrlca (cylindrical). A synonym of E. hybrida. 



E. delecta choice). A synonym of E. primuloides. 



E. densa (dense), fl. axillary, crowded, nearly sessile ; corolla 

 pale red, with an oblong-cylindrical tube, and a short spreading 



ovate 

 6in 



ite-urceolate. August, September. 

 . to 12in. Europe (Britain). (Sy. 

 eral varieties, including a white-flowe 



limb. May to October. I. four or five in a whorl, linear, some 

 what imbricated, spreading. A. lift. 



, , 



1810. (A. H. v. 212.) 

 fl. terminal, fastigiate; corolla 



E. dentioulata (denticulate), 



purple, three lines long, with a cylindrical tube. April, May. 



1. four in a whorl, linear, glabrous, h. 1ft. 1821. (L. B. C. 1090.) 

 E. depressa (depressed), fl. small, terminal ; corolla white, bell' 



shaped. July. 1. glabrous, three in a whorl, linear, revolute. 



Branches decumbent. 1789. (A. H. i 17.) 

 E. Devoniana (Devon).* fl. umbellate; corolla rich purple, 



tubular, inflated at the base, about lin. long. Summer. I. broad, 



bluntly-oblong, recurved, ciliated. Hybrid. 

 E. Douglas!! (Douglas's), fl. umbellate ; corolla flesh-colour, 



about 1m. long, with large spreading white segments. 



July. 1. short, blunt, spreading, awnecL Hybrid. 



, 

 June, 



E. echilflora (Echium-flowered).* fl. axillary, horizontal and 

 spicate ; corolla deep red, with a short, inflated, ribbed tube, 

 clammy. March to May. I. five to seven in a whorl, linear, downy, 

 with rough margins, spreading. A. lift. 1798. (A. H. iv. 161.) 



E. effusa (effuse), fl. ten to twelve in a large terminal whorl ; 

 corolla bright scarlet-crimson, tubular ; segments reflexed, pale 

 yellow. August. I. spreading, ciliated. Hybrid. 



E. elegans (elegant).* fl. terminal, numerous, capitate ; corolla 

 pink, tipped with green, urceolate, with a contracted four-toothed 



mouth; calyx bright rosy-red, nearly as large 

 Summer. I. three in a whorl, linear, glaucous, spreading. 



as the corolla. 



, inear, glaucous, spreading, h. 6in. 



to 12m. 1799. (B. M. 966.) The variety glauca his larger 

 flowers, and more erect glaucous leaves, than the type. 



E. empetrifolia (Empetrum-leaved). fl. purplish-red, disposed 

 in glomerate racemose whorls ; corolla two lines long, hairy, wi 

 an urceolar tube and a recurvedly-spreading limb. May and Jun 



o lines long, hairy, with 

 n a recurvey-spreaing limb. May and June. 



(B S M 447 S r en ^ * Wh rl> Oblong4inear ' coated, erect- 1774 

 E. Ewerlana (Ewer's), fl. sub-spicate ; corolla dark red, with 



a greenish-yellow mouth, cylindrical, eight to ten lines long, 



clothed with viscid down, curved and clavate. July to November! 



1. linear, scabrous, spreading, h. 2ft. 1790. (L. B. C. 1303.) 

 E. eximia , (choice).* fl. produced in whorls ; corolla scarlet, 



tipped with green, tubular, about lin. long. May and June. 



J. linear, slightly spreading, hairy, h. 2ft. 1800. (L. B. C. 1105.) 



Erica continued. 



3. exsurgens (rising). /. 

 crowded; corolla orange-red, 

 fifteen lines long, viscid, with 



axillary, verticillate, horizontal, 

 cylindrically clavate, thirteen to 

 . ovate-cuneated segments. March 



to October. I. filiform, spreadingly recurved, h. lift. 1792. 



(A.H.i.20,21.) 



FIG. 721. FLOWERING BRANCH OF ERICA FAIRIEANA. 



K. Fairieana (Fairie's).* /. in terminal whorls ; corolla tube 

 rich rose, lin. long, much inflated at the base, suddenly con- 

 tracted at top ; limb white. June to August. I. large, oblong- 

 lanceolate, with long white hairs at the edges. Hybrid. See 

 Fig. 721. (R. H. 1880, 467.) 



E. fastiglata (fastigiate). fl. terminal, crowded, sessile ; corolla 

 white, salver-shaped, with a narrow tube. May to September. I. 

 four in a whorl, acerose, shining, erect, imbricated. A. IJft. 1797. 

 (A. H. ii. 62.) 



E. ferruginea (rusty-coloured), fl. terminal, umbellately ver- 

 ticillate,norizontal ; corolla with red, acuminated, inflated tube, 

 and a greenish-yellow limb. May. I. four in a whorl, linear, 

 secund, ciliated with rusty hairs. A. 1ft. 1798. (A. H. iv. 162.) 



E. florida (florid). fl. terminal, umbellate, glabrous ; corolla two 

 lines long, urceolate. June, July. 1. linear, pilose. A. 1ft. 1803. 

 (L. B. C. 234.) 



E. gemmifera (bud-bearing). /. drooping, crowded, disposed 

 in a verticillate crown; corolla orange-red, with a green apex, 

 villous, cylindrical, inflated. July, August. I. oblong, adpressed, 

 ciliated, aristate, four to five in a whorl. Branches thickened at 

 top. A. 1ft. 1802. (B. M. 2266.) 



E. gracilis (slender).* fl. small, terminal, spicate ; corolla 

 purplish-red, ovate-globose, or urceolate. September to Decem- 

 ber. I glabrous, four in a whorl, linear. A. 1ft. 1774. (A.H.ii.68.) 



E. g. veraalls (spring).* fl. terminal ; corolla purplish-red, cam- 

 panulate. March, April. I. glabrous, acerose, three in a whorL 

 A. 2ft to 3ft. 1827. (L. B. C. 1608.) 



E. grandiflora (large-flowered).* /. axillary near the tops of 

 the branches and stem, verticillate ; corolla bright glossy yellow, 

 lin. long, curved, trumpet-shaped, viscid, with a revolute limb. 

 June, July. I. linear, bluntish, glabrous, reclinate, four to six in 

 a whorl. A. 3ft. 1785. See Fig. 722. (A. H. iii. 117 ; B. M. 189.) 



E. grandinosa (hail-stone), fl. terminal, drooping, by threes ; 

 corolla white, irregularly ovate, inflated, small. April, May. 

 I. linear, three in a whorl. A. 6in. to 12in. 1810. (A. H. vi. 265.) 



E. Hartnelli (Hartnell's). /. large, terminal ; corolla purple, 

 viscid, nearly tubular, rather ventricose at the base, with ovate- 

 triangular lobes. May. I. four in a whorl, lanceolate, imbri- 

 cated, finely ciliated. A. 2ft. 1820. 



E. herbacea (herbaceous). A synonym of E. carnea, in gardens 

 generally applied only to the white-flowered variety of that 

 species. 



E. hybrida (hybrid).* fl. disposed in long, dense, spikes ; corolla 



