ERICA 



ERICA 



1131 



lines long: fis. in 3's, the corolla dark purple, its seems, 

 ciliolate. L.B.C. 5:468. B.M. 2263. 



433. Hardy in U. S., with a little protection, from 

 N. Y. southward. 



7. stricta, Don. CORSICAN HEATH. Lvs. in 4's, a little 14. propendens, Andr. An erect sub-shrub, 10-18 in. 

 more erect than in No. 2: sepals lanceolate, obtuse; cor- high, the branches nearly straight, the younger pubes- 

 olla ovoid-oblong, narrowed at the _^ cent : Ivs. in 4's, linear and 

 throat; anthers awl-shaped or ll usually 3-eided, ciliate, or some- 

 awned, included; fls. rosy purple; > % tunes glabrous: fls. 1-4 in a clus- 

 ovary densely covered with long, ^ j g W 1| ^ ter, the corolla red, broadly bell- 

 rough hairs. Corsica. Summer. Jp JK 9 % shaped and hairy, about Ys~Y?. in. 

 Attains 4 ft. in Eng., but grows 1-2 JK || -fy long; ovary 4-8-celled, rough but 

 ft. high with Meehan, at German- %r ^$ J ^11 '%'' ^Hl no * h a "y- L-B.C. 1:63. B.M. 

 town, Pa. Branches strict, rigid. ^W'l^ >r H^ iSpsli 2140. Andr. Heathery, 141. G. 



8. lusitanica, Rudolph (E. co- I^Sat 3w J* 25:137. G.C. III. 32:278, 279. 

 dorcocfe?,Lindl.). SPANISH HEATH. m* 6 M Siflfcl Bf IE Gn - W - 21:759 - J-H. III. 47:543. 

 Branches tomentose - pubescent : W wllf a, 'lla^JS^pJlF -HI 15. flacca, E. Mey. (E.ciliaris, 

 Ivs. glabrous and ovary glabrous: | fJ -a^ .JPfeKy^ ' sHr Thunb., not of Hort.). An erect 

 fls. pale rose, in broad panicles. ^SBtonl&elk ^$3ill5lI*$5dl^jSr^ shrub, usually branched, but not 

 W. Eu. B.R. 1698. G.C. II. 7 :463; zBSmwtXSEKf jE diffuse > the branches pubescent or 

 III. 19:487; 35:91. I.H. 43, p. ^ ^^WrTSS^W^I^' Jg glandular hairy: Ivs. in 3's, rarely 

 321. Gn. 54: 263; 55, p. 125; 67, m W,1pMfi||HKgKEWr >^P ' m 4 ' s on th e same plant, spread- 

 p. 328. B.M. 8018. G. 21:384; W^^i/m 7W$?8r Jp m & usually "linear, as if sub- 

 30:130. Hardy in England, but ^^^Mw-JjiSP ^F terete," the margins revolute, 

 in U. S. only south of N. Y., and ^/>SS/ ' ^ ^-' ^Yr^Yi lines long: fls. in 3's, the 

 then must be protected. ^|ll$Hfi / JrJ(|p^ corolla bell-shaped to tubular, the 



9. verticillata, Berg. An erect ^^^^il/ xi^^W* segms. about a third as long as 

 shrub, 4-6 ft., with Ivs. 4-6 in a <^ jf J?$w ifl!^ tne tube ' ovarv sometunes hairy 

 whorl : Ivs. densely imbricate, erect Wr:/ ^jat\ w 'B jtfst n e ^ O ^* 



or spreading: fls. mostly in 4's in ^v /| * )^ ^VVVlt ' 'Q : 7 ^' turrigera, Salisb. (E. cupres- 



wild specimens, but, according to NvX. \\/^^ II ^^\Jil /^ siwo, Forbes). Lvs. glabrous, sub- 



Andrews, umbellately 3-10-fld. in ^%^^ ww ciliate or naked: infl. terminal; 



cult.; corolla tubular, hairy, usu- iSw^ Nsfc fls. pedicelled, in 1's to 4's; bracts 



ally straight, bright rosy-scarlet, JJJT remote; sepals finally reflexed; 



and very showy: caps, unique in vy sinuses of the corolla acute, nar- 



splitting into 8 valves. Andr. n. 12 Frica varans rvvo row.. Probably a hybrid, cult. 



Heathery, 58. since 1802. F.E.9:333. A.F. 15: 



10. hyemalis, Hort. Fig. 1413. Written also hie- 1175 - Gng. 9:35 (the last two as ^. cwpressina). 

 malis. Watson thinks it may be a winter-flowering 17. gracilis, Salisb. Lvs. in 4's, somewhat erect ; bracta 

 form of E. perspicua, figured in L.B.C. 2: 102 and 18: remote: sepals smaller, lanceolated; an there with a short, 

 1778 as E. Linmeana. Fls. rosy pink, tipped white, sharp point. L.B.C. 3:244 (pale violet). G. 25:602. Gn. 

 Var. filb'a has white fls. With L. Dupuy, Whitestone, 76, p. 11. "Fls. purplish red." Var. autumnalis, Hort. 

 L. I., it flowers in Sept. G.F. 5:137. Gn. 41:420. G. Fls. Sept. Var. vernalis, Hort. Fls. in Oct. and Nov. 



25 : 567. H. D. Darlington says it is 

 very distinct from E. perspicua. 



11. ventricdsa, Thunb. Lvs. in 

 4's, incurved to spreading, with 



Eilose margins: infl. terminal; sepals 

 eeled; anthers with 2 very short 

 ears, or awned, included; ovary 

 glabrous. B.M. 350. L.B.C. 5:431. 

 G. 9: 565; 26: 239. Var. grandifldra, 

 with tubes over Kin. long. L.B.C. 

 10:945(as E. prsegnans). The fol- 

 owing varieties are reported: Both- 

 welliana, brevifldra, cdrnea rosea, 

 cintra, hirsuta, dlba, magnified, 

 superba, tricolor. See R.H. 1858, p. 

 450; 1880:50. Gn. 45, p. 87. A.F. 

 10:1111. F.E. 9:333. 



12. prsestans, Andr. (E. Parmen- 

 tierii, Lodd.). Lvs. in 4's, some- 

 what incurved; bracts crowded: fls. 

 nearly sessile, white, faintly flushed 

 pink at base, in terminal groups 

 of 4 or more; sepals ovate, rough- 

 margined; anthers scarcely acute. 

 Sept. Varieties are pictured under 

 various names in L.B.C., plates 

 154, 197, 1695, and 1804. 



13. sicaefdlia, Salisb. (E. pygmaea, 

 Andr. and Hort.). Dwarf cushiony 

 heath, perhaps best treated in the 

 alpine garden, 4-8 in. high : branches 

 ascending, nearly glabrous' Ivs. in 

 whorls of 3, linear-acuminate, 



72 



1413. Erica hyemalis. Great numbers 

 of this heath are sold in London eveiy 

 Christmas. 



18. persolxlta, Linn. Fig. 1414. 

 Essentially a white-fld. and very 

 variable species, particularly as 

 regards hairiness: Ivs. erect or 

 spreading, hirsute or glabrous: 

 corolla small, originally 1% lines 

 long; lobes ovate, 2-3 times shorter 

 than the tube, the sinuses acute, 

 narrow. S. Afr. The numerous 

 varieties Bentham found impos- 

 sible to separate either in the 

 wild or in cult. Var. hispidula, 

 Benth. Slightly hirsute: Ivs. 2^-3 

 lines long, rough: anthers sub- 

 ovate. Var. Isevis, Benth. Lvs. 

 shorter, blunter, often appressed, 

 glabrous: anthers subglobose. Var. 

 subcarnea, Benth., has the corolla- 

 lobes more evident. To this last 

 variety Bentham seems to refer 

 most of the horticultural varieties 

 cult, under the name of E. persoluta. 

 E. assiirgens, Link, he refers to the 

 first variety; E. cdffra of Linmeus 

 to the first, but of L.B.C. 2:196 

 (and the trade?) to the second. E. 

 regtrminans of Linnaeus is a distinct 

 species (figured in L.B.C. 17:1614 

 as E. Smtihiana); of the trade =E. 

 persoluta var. hispidula; of L.B.C. 

 18:1728=^. persoluta var. sub- 

 carnea. Flowers in Feb and March, 

 while other related species mostly 

 flower in March and April. 



