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ERICA 



773. A form of 

 Erica persoluta. 



11. Cavendishiana, Hort. (E. Cdvendishii, Hort.). 

 Hybrid of E. depressa x E. Patersonii. 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. cylindrica, And. and Hort., not Wendl. or Thunb. 

 Important hybrid of un- 

 known 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: ovary gla- 

 brous. L.B.C. 18:1734. E.H. 

 1859, p. 42. Fls. very showy 

 and unusually long. The 

 oldest E. cylindrica. That 

 of Wendland is a yellow-fid, 

 species unknown to cult. 



13. persoluta, Linn. Fig. 



773. Essentially a white-fid, 

 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. hispidula, Benth. Slightly hirsute : _ Ivs. 2K-3 lines 

 long, rough : anthers subovate. Var. laevis, 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. assurgens, Link., he re- 

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

 first, but of L.B.C. 2:196 (and the trade?) to the second. 

 E. regerminans of Linnasus is a distinct species (figured 

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

 persoluta, var. hispidula; of L.B.C. 38:1728 = ^7. 

 persoluta, var subcarnea. Flowers in February and 

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

 mostly flower in March and April. 



14. Lusitanica, Rudolph (E. 

 codonddes, Lindl.). SPANISH 

 HEATH. Branches tomentose- 

 pubescent : Ivs. glabrous and 

 ovary glabrous. W. Eu. B.R. 

 20:1698. 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. 



15. cupressina, Forbes (E. 

 turrigera, Salisb.). Lvs. gla- 

 brous, subciliate or naked : in- 

 florescence terminal: fls. pedi- 

 celled, in 1-4' s: bracts remote: 

 sepals finally reflexed ; sinuses 

 of the corolla acute, narrow. 

 Probably a hybrid cult, since 

 1802. F.E. 9:333. 



16. Mediterranea, Linn. (E. 

 carnea, var. occ identalis, 

 Benth. ) . Fig. 774. This is con- 

 sidered by Bentham a western 

 form of E. carnea (No. 1), with 

 a little smaller fls., corolla a 

 trifle wide* at the apex, and 



774. Erica Mediterranea. anther s shortly exserted instead 



of included. E. Mediterranea 



of the trade is hardy in England, and perhaps second 

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

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

 1190; 55, p. 403. 



ERIGERON 



17. ventricdsa, Thunb. Lvs. in 4's, incurved to spread- 

 ing, with pilose margins : inflorescence terminal : sepals 

 keeled; anthers with 2 very short ears, or awned, in- 

 cluded: ovary glabrous. B.M. 350. L.B.C. 5:431. Var. 

 grandifldra, with tubes over % in. long. L.B.C. 10:945. 

 The following varieties are cult, by L. Dupuy: Botli- 

 ivelliana, breviflora, carnea rosea, cintra,hirsuta alba, 

 magnifica, superba, tricolor. See R.H. 1858, p. 450 and 

 1880:50. Gn. 45, p. 87. A.F. 10:1111. F.E. 9:333. 



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

 garden hybrids between E. tub i flora and E. ventricosa. 

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

 umbel-like heads ; bracts remote ; corolla rosy, 8-9 lines 

 long; tube narrowly ventricose, pubescent: limb short, 

 spreading: ovary sessile. Andr. Heaths, 295. Bentham 

 considers this a synonym of E. spuria, Andr. Heaths, 

 60. Schultheis says "it is the finest Erica grown; a poor 

 propagator but good grower. Takes 3 mos. to root." 



The following are mostly kinds that have been grown suc- 

 cessfully in small quantities by A. Schultheis but have never 

 been advertised in American trade catalogues. H = hard- 

 wooded; the rest are soft- wooded. S. Africa, unless stated. 



E. ampullacea, Curt. Lvs. ciliate, mucronate: bracts colored: 

 fls. mostly in 4's; corolla ventricose, very sticky, typically white, 

 lined with red, limb spreading, white. Var. rubra, Hort., is the 

 only form cult. B.M. 303. L.B.C. 6:508. H. E. aristdta, And. 

 Readily distinguished by the long bristle which ends the Ivs.: 

 Ivs. recurved : fls. in 4's ; sepals keeled with red ; corolla 

 sticky, 1 in. long, ventricose, but with not so long and narrow 

 a neck as in E. ampullacea. B.M. 1249. L.B.C. 1:73. H. E. 

 barbdta, And. Bristly and glandular-pubescent: Ivs. in 4's: 

 corolla urn-shaped, villous: ovary villous. L.B.C. 2:124. E. 

 Bowiedna,Ijodd. Lvs. in 4^-6's: inflorescence axillary: corolla 

 tubular, slightly inflated: limb erect or scarcely open. L.B.C. 

 9:842. E. Burnetti, Hort., not in Index Kewensis. E. con- 

 spicua, Soland., is a species with club-shaped, villous fls. and 

 villous Ivs. in 4's. Var. splendens, Klotzsch, with the Ivs. and 

 sepals shining green and pubescent corollas, includes E. elata, 

 And. L.B.C. 18:1788. E. Devonidna is not in Index Kewensis. 

 H. E. elata, And.=E. conspicua, var. splendens. E.Irbydna, 

 And. Allied to E. ampullacea, but with corolla narrower at 

 the base and tapering with perfect regularity to just below the 

 limb, where it has a prominent red bulge. It is also distinctly 

 lined with red, and the sepals are green, though the 'bracts are 

 colored, as in E. ampullacea. L.B.C. 9:816. H. E. nigrescens, 

 once advertised by Pitcher & Manda, is presumably E. melan- 

 thera (H. D.Darlington). E.pdllida. A confused name. The 

 oldest plant of this name isSalisbury's,whichhas an urn-shaped 

 corolla, fls. often in 3's, pubescent and hirsute branches and 

 Ivs. in 3's. L.B.C. 1:72 (as E. pura). E. pdllida of the trade is 

 probably the tubulftr-fld. hybrid of Loddiges in L.B.C. 14:1855, 

 which has axillary and terminal fls., and Ivs. in 4's to 6's. E. 

 perspicua, Wendl., has a tubular or slightly club-shaped corolla, 

 Ivs. in 4's, pubescent or rough hairy, and fls. in 1-3's, but the 

 plant in the trade is probably E. perspicuoldes, Forbes, a hy- 

 brid, with longer and woollier hairs, fls. somewhat in umbels, 

 nearly 1 in. long. Only var. erecta is grown here. E. Syndri- 

 dna is grown by Louis Dupuy. E. tricolor is perhaps the most 

 confused name in the genus, and apparently one of the impor- 

 tant kinds abroad, where it has many varieties and synonyms. 

 In the trade it seems to stand for a handsome Heath, with Ivs. in 

 4's, distinctly ciliate and terminated by a bristle: fls. in umbels of 

 8-10, 1 in. long, a little too inflated at the base for the typical 

 tubular form, rosy at the base, then white, then green, and 

 then suddenly constricted into a short neck ; pedicels red and 

 exceptionally long. This description is from L.B.C. 12:1105 (as 

 E. eximia), one of the earliest pictures of these charming hy- 

 brids which Bentham refers to the hybrid E. aristella, Forbes. 



Those who expect to import Ericas from the Old World will 

 be grateful to A. Schulteis for the following list of kinds which 

 he has been unable to grow successfully at College Point, L. L: 

 Soft-wooded kinds, E. cerinthoides , color ans, intermedia, 

 mammosa, mirabilis; hard- wooded, jasminoides, Marnockiana. 



Louis DUPUY and W. M. 



ERIGENIA (Greek, spring-born). UmbelUferce. 

 HARBINGER OF SPRING. A monotypic genus. E. bul~ 

 bdsa, Nutt., is low, nearly stemless, hardy, from a deep- 

 lying tuber, with ternately decompound leaves and small 

 umbels of minute white flowers. A few plants may have 

 been sold by collectors and dealers in native plants. B.B. 

 2 :542. The Greek pronunciation of the word was Erigeriia, 

 but usuage, euphony and analogy warrant the use of 

 Erigenia. ,. jj. B. 



ERIGERON (Greek, old man in spring ; the young 

 plants are somewhat hoary). Compositai. FLEABANE. 

 The garden 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 100 species scattered over the world, particularly 



