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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Sirica continued. 



E. mnltiflora (many-flowered). fl. axillary, disposed In a race- 

 mose corymb ; corolla pale red, with an urceolar or ovate bell- 

 shaped tube, one and-a-half to two lines long ; anthers black. 

 October to February. I. four or five in a whorl, glabrous, linear. 

 A. 2ft. France, 1731. Hardy. (Fl. Ment. 59.) 



Fio. 724. FLOWERING BRANCH OF ERICA MASSOMI. 



E. mundula (neat). /. terminal, usually in fours, sessile ; 

 corolla reddish-purple, salver-shaped, with a very short narrow 

 tube, and a wide limb. October to February. I. four in a whorl, 

 subulate, spreading, shining, h. 2ft. 1810. (A. H. vi. 273.) 



E. mutabilis (changeable), fl. in terminal umbels ; corolla tube 

 bright red, Jin. long, smooth. I. four in a whorl, linear-obtuse, 

 hairy, h. 6in. 179& (B. M. 2348.) 



E. odorata (perfumed).* fl., corolla white, campanulate, very 

 fragrant. May to July. I. four in a whorl, glandularly ciliated. 

 A. 1ft 1829. (B. M. 1399.) 



E. ovata (ovate). /. terminal ; corolla purplish-red, tubular, with 

 a narrow throat, nearly 14in. long, much inflated. May and 

 June. I. three in a whorl, oblong, finely ciliated, h. 1ft. 1811. 

 (L. B. C. 417.) 



E. Parmentieriana (Parmentier's).* fl. terminal ; corolla red- 

 dish-purple. >rith & cylindrically ventricose tube, and broad 

 spreading seementt June to August. I. four in a whorl, linear, 

 g. JL IfS. 



spreading. 



iS10. (L. B. C. 197.) The variety rosea is 



a compact-growing -orat. with deep rosy-purple flowers, which 

 are usually produced in fours from each lateral growth. 



E. Paxtonlana (Paxton's). fl. in umbels of eight or ten ; corolla 

 shading to white, with a greenish-purple neck, tubular, stout, 

 about lin. long. J. linear-oblong, recurved, hairy. Hybrid. 



E. persoluta (garland-flowered), fl. terminal ; corolla small, 

 campanulate, one and a-half lines long, with deep acute segments. 

 April, May. I. four in a whorl, short, linear, glabrous. Branches 

 downy or hairy. A. 1ft. 1774. '(B. M. 342.) There are two 

 varieties of this species : alba (flowers white), see Fig. 725 ; and 

 rosea (flowers red). 



E. perspicua (clear-flowered), fl. terminating the small branches, 

 spike-formed ; corolla reddish-purple, cylindrical, erect. April 

 to June. L linear, nearly smooth, h. 2ft. 1800. (A. H. v. 230.) 



E. p. nana (dwarf).* fl., corolla tube pinkish-white, lin. long, 

 slender ; limb white. I hairy. 



E. physodes (puffed-out).* fl. terminal, four to six in a fascicle ; 

 corolla white, ovate-globose, clammy, three to four lines long. 

 March to May. I. four to six in a whorl, spreading, viscid, slender. 

 k. 1ft, to 2ft. 1788. (B. M. 443.) 



Erica continued. 



5. prlmuloldes (Cowslip- like).* fl. terminal, nearly 

 fastigiate ; corolla rosy-purple, with an ovate tube, and i 

 spreading limb. May, June. I. flve in a whorl, acerose. 



rly sessile, 

 id a broad 



1802. SVN. E. deleeta. (B. M. 15481) 



E. prlnoeps (chief), fl. terminal, umbellate; corolla reddish- 

 purple, viscid, with a ventricose tube, and a hairy top. May to 

 July. 1. four in a whorl, linear, ciliated, recurved. A. 1ft. to 2ft 

 1800. (A. H. iii. 140.) The variety carnea has longer, flesh- 

 coloured flowers, with a narrower tube. 



E. propendena(propendent).*/. terminal, solitary, or by threes; 

 corolla purple or deep red, bell-shaped. July. I. four in a whorl, 

 short, ciliated. Branches flexuous. A. 1ft. 1800. (B. M. 2140.) 

 E. p. tubiflora is a handsome garden hybrid, with flowers 

 rosy -purple at the base, and white in front ; leaves clothed at 

 the edges with white hairs. 



E. pulverulenta (powdered), fl. terminal ; corolla purplish-red, 

 ovate. June to August. I. three in a whorl, acerose. Plant 

 clothed with powdery down. A. 1ft. 1820. (P. M. B. xvi. 161.) 



E. pyramidalis (pyramidal), fl. terminal, usually in threes, 

 corolla purplish-red, funnel-shaped, with a spreading border* 

 about four lines long. March. I. pubescent, spreading, acerose, 

 six or more in a whorl. A. 14ft. 1787. (A. H. ui. 142.) 



E. ramentacea (scaly).* fl. terminal, umbellate ; corolla purplish, 

 red, with a spherical eight-angled tube, and a recurved erect 

 limb. July to December. L acerose, four in a whorl, glabrous. 

 A. lift 1786. (A. H. iii. 143.) 



E. regermlnans (regerminating). /. pedicellate, drooping, semi- 

 lateral ; corolla pale red, ovate-globular, small. May to August 

 1. linear, recurved, three in a whorl. A. lift. 1791. (L. B. C. 1728.) 

 /. terminal, umbellate, usually 

 pale red, viscid, with an ovate, 



ventncose tube, and acute segments, eight to nine lines long. 

 June to August. I. four in a whorl, squarrosely recurved, and, 

 as well as the calyces and bracts, flmbriately ciliated and 



E. retorta (curled-back-leaved). /. terminal, umbellate, usually 

 seven or eight together ; corolla pale re 



Fio. 725. FLOWBRINO BRANCH OF ERICA PERSOLUTA ALBA. 



