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A Catalogue of Ericas 



common, that it is difficult for any one to know what he possess- 

 es. I have one variety which I have received under five, and 

 another under no less than seven, difi'erent names; and many oth- 

 ers have, after a careful nursing for three or four years, proved 

 mere synonyms. These errors are truly vexatious, and cal- 

 culated to do much injury to the cause of floriculture, as they 

 operate greatly to the discouragement of those who wish, and 

 would willingly go to any reasonable expense and trouble to pos- 

 sess, a fine collection of this lovely plant. The evil of multiply- 

 ing names is not peculiar to this country, but is, I have reason 

 to believe, practised in Europe to a sinful extent. 



In this list I have omitted all which I know to be synonyms, 

 and have noted those which have flowered with me, the names 

 of which, I presume, are correct. 



jErica *arb6rea 



— *arb6rea var. nov. 



— *herljacea 



— *aijstralis 



— tandromedff/Zora 



— tardens 



— arbutiflora 



— flbietiiia 



— BonpIandi«?ia 



— *baccans 



— Bowieaw« 



— *canaliculata 



— *conciiina 



— conferta 

 — - *ciliaris 



— cruenta superba 



— coccinea 



— coccinea grandiflora 



— *cinerea pallida 



— *cinerea riibra 



— *caliuna 



— *caffra [?] 



— fcapitata 



— concolor 



— cerinthoides 



— curviflora rubra 



— carniula[?] 



— calycina 



— excorticata 



— epistomia 



— tp''andifl6ra 



— gilva 



— *gracili3 



— *hispidula 



— ignesceiis 



— *inibricata 



— *longifl6ra 



— *leucanthera 



— *metula3flora 



— *mcditcrranca 



— *maium()sa pallida 



— 'mamniosa rubra 



£rica mammosa purpurea 



— *niultifl6ra 



— margaiitacea 



— Monsonmwa 



— nigrita 



— niarita [r] 



— *purpurea 



— *pubescens minor 



— *pubescens major 



— pinea. 



— Phikenetu 



— Plukenetia [probably syn, 



with Plukeiietu] 



— *Pers6luta 



— *Pers6luta rubra 



— alba 



— pulchella 



— palucida 



— Parmenteriwna 



— frubida 



— reticulata 



— rubens 



— *ramentacea 



— Sebana rubra 



— fSebana liltea 



— Savile^na major 



— spiaria 



— *tubifl6ra 



— tubulkta 



— Tetralix alba 



— * Tetralix rubra 



— urceolaris 



— fventricosa 



— f ventricosa superba 



— ventric6sa erecta 



— vagans 



— vestita coccinea 



— veslita major 



— versicolor 



— *versicolor glutinosa 



— viridiflora 



— vise aria 



