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Erica continued. 



FIG 722. ERICA GRANDIFLORA, showing Flowering Branch 

 and detached Single Flower. 



bright red, lin. long. 

 SYN. E. cylindriea. See 



I. long, linear. Hybrid. 



E hyemalis (winter).' fl. disposed in long, dense, leafy spikes, 

 lOin to 12in. in length ; corolla rosy-pink at the base, white 

 towards the apex, campanulate. Winter, spring. I. linear, 

 acuminated, hairy. A. 2ft Hybrid. 



E Inflata (inflated), fl. 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 

 September. 1. four in a whorl, linear, glabrous, h. 1ft. to at. 

 1800. 



E infnndibulifonnis (funnel-shaped), fl. terminal, aggregate ; 

 corouTjato red, salver-shaped, with a slender tube and Targe 

 segments. August to November L four in a whorl, filiform, 

 obtuse, erect, glabrous, h. 2ft. 1802. (A. H. v. <J1B.) 



E Irbvana (Irby's).* fl. terminal, umbellate ; corolla white, 

 tinJedfwiS red, more than lin. long, viscid, with a cylindrical 

 v"ntricose tube, and large segments. June and July. i. three 

 in a whorl, cuspidate, with scabrous margins, erect h. 1ft to 2ft 

 1800. (A. H. v.219.) 



ate tube, w 



white flowers. 



rather clammy, incurvedly spreading. 



1. three in a whorl, linear, glabrous, spreading. 

 1800. (A. H. iv. 171.) 





Erica continued. 



downy, eight to ten lines long, with a cylindrical inflated tube. 



July to October. I. linear, subulate, glabrous, erect, spreading. 



A. 2ft 1769. (A. H. iii. 124.) 

 E. Marnocklana (Marnock's).* fl. glossy rich purple, tubular. 



inflated at the base, and narrow at the neck, with a small spread- 



ing limb ; tube smooth. July, August. I. oblong, spreading, 



ciliated, awned. Hybrid. 

 E. Massonii (Masson's)." fl. axillary, crowded, drooping, disposed 



in a rerticillate crown ; corolla about lin. long, viscid, swollen at 



top, with a scarlet tube and a greenish-yellow constricted mouth. 



July to October. I. four to five in a whorl, linear, serrulated, 



hairy, imbricated, spreading. A. 3ft. 1789. See Fig. 724. (A. H. 



E. MoNablana (McNab's).* fl. rosy-red, with a white limb ; 

 viscid, nearly Iffa. long, stoutest a little below the middle. 

 May to July. 1. short, thick, obtu.se, awned, slightly spreading. 

 Hybrid. (P. M. B. viL 125.) The variety rose* has longer and 

 more recurred 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. 



E. medlterranea (Mediterranean), fl. axillary, racemose, 

 secund, nodding ; corolla red, with dark anthers, urceolate, one 

 and a-half to two lines long. March to May. I. four or five in a 

 glabrous 



whorl, linear-cuneated, gla 

 (Ireland). Hardy. (B. M. 471.) 



A. 4ft. to 6ft Western Europe 



E. melanthera (black-anthered)." fl. tinged with pink, with 

 exserted black anthers. Autumn, winter. I. linear-obtuse, 

 rather thick, glabrous, or slightly scabrid when young, A, 2ft 

 A compact-growing, floriferous species. (L. B. C. 867.) 



E. metnlaaflora (ninepin-flowered). fl. terminal, umbellate; 

 corolla red, with a pale border, salver-shaped, ventricose at the 

 base. June to August I. four to five in a whorl, linear, ciliated, 

 spreadingly recurved. A. 1ft to 2ft. 1798. (B. M. 612.) 



FIG. 723. FLOWERING BRANCH OP ERICA HYBRID*. 



