542 ERICA 



n. Cavendishiina, Hort. {E. Cdvendishii, Hort. )• 

 Hybrid of E. depressa x E. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, 

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

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

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

 18:213 and 20:597. 



12. cyllndrica, And. and Hort., not Wendl. or Thunb. 

 Important hybrid of un- 

 known parentage, cult, since 

 1800. Lrs. in4'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. R.H. 

 1859, p. 42. -Pis. very showy 

 and unusually long. The 

 oldest E. cijlindrica. That 

 of Wendland is a yellow-fid. 

 species unlinown to cult. 



13. persolMa, 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 \yi 

 lines long; lobes ovate, 2-3 

 times shorter than the tube, 

 the sinuses acute, narrow. 



S. Afr. The numerous va- Erica pcrsoluta. 



rieties Bentham found im- 

 possible to separate either in the wild or in cultivation. 

 Var. hispidula, Benth. .Slightly hirsute: lvs. 2 J'2-3 lines 

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

 shorter, blunter, often appressed, glabrous ; anthers 

 subglobose. Var. subcdrnea, 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. 

 J!l. regirminans of Linneeus 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. ]8:1728 = ii'. 

 persoluta, var. subcamea. Flowers in February and 

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

 mostly flower in March and April. 



14. Lusitdnica, Rudolph (E. 

 codonddes, Lindl.). Spanish 

 HE.iTH. Branches tomentose- 

 pubescent : ivs. glabrous and 

 ovarv glabrous. W. Eu. B.R. 

 20:1698. G.C. II. 7:463; III. 

 19:487. LH. 43, p. 321. Gn. 54: 

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

 land, but not here. 



15. cupressina, Forbes {E. 

 turrUjera, 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. Mediterr&nea, Linn. {E. 

 cdrnea, var. occidentdlis, 

 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 wider at the apex, and 

 anthers 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. in4's, incurved to spread- 

 ing, with pilose margins: inflorescence tertninal: 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 J^ in. long. L.B.C. 10:945. 

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

 welUa>ta, hreviflora, rarv't yn.-^.n, '■nilr>i, liir.suta alba, 

 maijtiifica.siiperba, trU-ol,,,-. S. .■ I.MI. I>,,,s, p. 450 and 

 ^.F. 111:1111. 1M;.;i:3.T). 

 Pirliaps ih.- first of all the 

 .'. tubiflora and E. ventricosa. 

 II long, soft, red hairs: fis. in 

 rt'Tuote; corolla rosy, 8-9 lines 

 •R-ose, pubescent: limb short, 

 Andr. Heaths, 295. Bentham 

 1 of E. spuria, Andr. Heaths, 



, - H = hard- 

 ■ i' ss stated. 



hi'te: Var'. ruV,rii,Hort.,is the 

 J. 6:508. n.—E. aristala. And. 

 g bristle which ends the lvs.: 

 Ills keeled with red : corolla 

 with not so long and narrow 

 .M. li;4!l. L.B.C. 1:73. H.-E. 

 hiulitr-itubescent: lvs. in 4's: 

 r,v mI1„„s, L.B.C. 2:124.-1;. 



1880:.-,0. Gu, 45, p 



18. translucens, 

 garden li\ i^i m; - 1 ' i 

 Lvs. rit'iil. 

 umbel-lik. I ' 



long; tub.' Ii:i|-r-.v 



considers this 



And. Allied to E. ampuUat-e.-H 

 the base and tapering with per 

 limli. whore it has a prominen 



H.-E. nil 

 sumably I 



[lily long. 



f the I 



s description is from L.B.C 12: lit 

 :irliest pictures of these charminf 

 'fers to the hybrid E. aristell.%. Fo 

 Qport Ericas from Ilir old World 



hy- 



Mediterranea. 



brids whiclr Beiitha 



Those who expect 

 be er:itcful to .\. .Schulteis for the folio 

 he lias been unable to grow successfully . I' ' - I' * I..T: 

 Soft-wooded kinds, E. cerinthoides, < • <!ia. 



mammosa,mirabilis; hard-wooded, jo.s"" i.' : "ina. 



Louis Di n ■, nn.l \V. M. 



EEIGfiNIA (Greek, spring-born). I'mbelUfera-. 

 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 fiowers. 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 Erigema, 

 but usuage, euphony and analogy warrant the use of 

 Erigfenia. ' l. H. B. 



EKiGEKON (Greek, old man in spring; the young 

 plants are somewhat hoary). Conip6sit<e. Fleabane. 

 The garden Pleabanes 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 



