542 



EKICA 



ndisliii, Hort.). 



Wendl. or Thunb. 



11. Cavendlshiana, Hort. {E. Cdv 

 Hybrid of £. depressa x £. Palersonii. Lvs. in 4's, 

 margins revolute : fls. in 2-4's ; corolla tubular ; sta- 

 mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 1845, 

 p.435. F.S.2:142. A.F. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.C. II. 

 18:213 and 20:597. 



12. cylindrical And. and Hort. 

 Important hybrid of un- 

 Isnown parentage, cult, since 

 1800. Lvs. in 4's: fls. nearly 

 sessile ; corolla 1 in. long, 

 brilliant rosy red, with a 

 faint circle of dull blue 

 about two-thirds of the way 

 from the base ; anthers 

 awned, included: ovarv gla- 

 brous. L.B.C. 18:17:i4."R.H. 

 1839, p. 42. -Fls. very showy 

 and unusually long. The 

 oldest £. eijlindrica. That 

 of Wendland is a yellow-fld. 

 species unknown to cult. 



13. persoldta, Linn. Fig. 

 773. Essentially a white-fld. 

 and very variable species, 

 particularly as regards hairi- 

 ness. Lvs. erect or spread- 

 ing, hirsute or glabrous : 

 corolla small, originally IK 

 lines long; lobes ovate, 2-3 

 times shorter than the tube, 

 the sinuses acute, narrow. 

 S. Afr. The numerous va- 

 rieties Bentham found im- 

 possible to separate either in the wild or in cultivation. 

 Var. hiBpidula, Benth. Slightly hirsute: lvs. 2K-3 lines 

 long, rough: anthers subovate. Var. laevifl, Benth. Lvs. 

 shorter, blunter, often appressed, glabrous ; anthers 

 subglobose. Var. Bubc4mea, 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 £. j'ursolitta. £). assArrjens, Link., he re- 

 fers to the first variety; E. Cdffra of Linnaeus to the 

 first, but of L.B.C. 2:190 (and the trade?) to the second. 

 A', regirminans of Linnseus is a distinct species ( figured 

 in L.B.C. 17:1614 as E. Smithiana) ; of the trade = £. 

 persoluta, var. hispldula ; of L.B.C. 18:1728 = ii'. 

 persoluta, var subcarnea. Flowers in February and 

 March, while the other species, numbered from 12-18, 

 mostly flower in March and April. 



14. LuBittlnica, Rudolph (£. 

 codonddes, Lindl.). Spanish 

 He.ith. Branches tomentose- 

 pubescent : lvs. glabrous and 

 ovarv glabrous. W. Eu. B.R. 

 2n:lij98. G.C. II. 7:463; III. 

 19:487. I.H. 43, p. 321. Gn. 54: 

 1190; 55, p. 125. -Hardy in Eng- 

 land, but not here. 



l.'i. cupresBina, Forbes (E. 

 lurn.nra. .S„lisl,.). Lvs. gla- 

 ljr<iii -. - iit"ili:i; ■ "1- naked : in- 

 il"i- •■ . : ,:iii:,I: fls. pedi- 



.'. I i ' lacts remote: 



s''i.;il- litiiill;,' •-< il.-.\-ed; sinuses 

 of till- c-i.riiila acute, narrow. 

 Probably a hybrid cult, since 

 1802. F.E. 9:333. 



IG. Mediterr&nea, Linn. {E. 



r,!nu,i, var. occ identdlis, 



Hentli.l. Fig. 774. This is con- 



siili-red bv Bentham a i 



' (No. 



,ller 



Mediterrane 



of iUL-Iudcd. A'. Mcdit,rr,n<,„ 

 of the trade is hardy iu England, and perhaps second 

 only to E. cariiea in popularity there. In America it 

 seems to be cult, only under glass. B.M. 471. Gn. 54: 

 1190; 55, p. 403. 



17. ventrlc6aa, Thunb. Lv; 

 ing, with pilose margins: iiitlnnscence 

 keeled; anthers witli -'r. -li.it v., 

 eluded: ovary glabri.n ! I I.. 



gxandifldra, with tui.. n 



The following varit-Ii-^ '.n-' > .iii. n\ 1 

 ml! iinta, brevi flora, <arm<i rus,a. <■;» 

 magnified , superba, tricolvr. See R.H 

 1880:.50. Gn. 45, p. 87. A.F. 10:1111. 



ncurved to spread- 



e terminal : sepals 



ars, or awned, in- 



..B.C. 5:431. Var. 



1L-. L.B.C. 10:945. 



L. Dupuy: Both- 



a, hirsuta alba, 



1858, p. 450 and 



F.E. 9:333. 



18. transliicens, Andr. Perhaps the first of all the 

 garden hybrids between E. Iiiblflora and E. rentricosa. 

 Lvs. rigid, with or without long, soft, red hairs: fls. in 

 n 1 el like 1 ca Is bracts ren ote corolla ros 8 J hues 

 lo g tube narro lv \ entr cose pubescent 1 i 1 short 

 iradi^ o\ar\s \ I II 1 Jo B ntl am 



ns lers tl s a Ai Ir II atl 



Sthultl e s sa f,r i a ] oor 



pr pagator but g to r ot 



B \1 JUJ J b L Uo 11 -La htaa A 1 

 (ji she 1 b> tl e long br stle vhich ends the 1 s 

 fls 4 s sepals keeled with red corolla 



Ho si s u4s \ 

 sepals sh n 1 1: grce 

 \nd L B C 18 1 81. 

 H -E elata \n 1 

 k A All el t L 



II 1 ll L B 



j4 11 Ire k proi unc at on ot tl e rl s Er ge la 



1,_ _a„e, e_r ., J analogy varr_nt tL_ of 



Erigenia. L. H. B. 



ERlGEEON (Greek, old man in spring; the young 

 |ilaiits are somewhat hoary). Compdsitcn. Fleabane. 

 The [.'ardeu Fleabanes are hardy border plants, sug- 

 gesting our native asters, but blooming much earlier, 

 and growing in tufts like the English daisy, though 

 usually from 9 in. to 2 ft. high. The genus has per- 

 haps ioO species scattered over the world, particularly 



