340 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 



E. ciLiARis (fringed). Stem slender, branched, 12 to 18 inches high. 

 Leaves small, oval, downy above, fringed, close-set, three to four in a 

 whorl. Flowers egg-shaped, curved, with small oblique mouth ; crimson ; 

 June to September. Native. 



E. FAIRIEANA (Fairie's). Leaves lance-shaped, fringed with long 

 wdiite hairs, whorled. Flowers large, pitcher-shaped, in terminal w^horls ; 

 rich rose wdth white mouth-lobes ; June to August. Hybrid. 



E. GRACILIS (slender). Stems branching, plant bushy, 1 foot high. 

 Leaves linear, erect, four in a whorl. Flowers pinkish purple, pitcher- 

 shaped, small, numerous, in terminal umbels ; September to December. 

 Introduced from Cape, 1774. 



E. HYEMALis (winter-flowering), The most popular of all garden 

 Heaths, being grow^n by hundreds of thousands annually for the London 

 market alone. It forms a compact bush with erect pyramidal branches 

 a foot high, clothed in winter with tufts of pink and white tubular 

 flowers I inch long. Garden hybrid. 



E. LiNN.EAXA(Liuna3U8'). Stems li foot high. Leaves needle-shaped, 

 fringed, four in a whorl. Flowers numerous, club-shaped, downy, red at 

 base, white above ; January to May. Introduced from the Cape, 1790. 



E. MAMMOSA (having nipples). Stem 18 inches high. Leaves awl- 

 shaped. Flow-ers inflated cylinders three-quarters of an inch long, downy, 

 reddish purple : July to October. Introduced from Cape, 1769. 



E. Massonii (Masson's). Stem branched above, 3 feet high. Leaves 

 linear, faintly toothed, hairy, four or five in a w^horl. Flowers an inch 

 long, tubular, sticky, scarlet, with a swollen top and constricted greenish 

 yelFow mouth, whorled : July to October. Introduced from Cape, 1789. 



E. melanthera (black-anthered). Stems branched, 2 feet high. 

 Leaves linear, thick. Flowers small, bell-shaped, white or pale pink with 

 purple-black anthers, usually produced in threes; autmnn and winter. 

 Introduced from Cape, 1803. Plate 1G5. 



E. PER80LUTA (finished). Stem branched, downy or hairy, 1 foot 

 high. Leaves linear, short, four in a whorl. Flowers, bell-shaped, small, 

 w-hite (var. alha) or red (var. ro.'^e<i.) ; April and May. Introduced from 

 Cape, 1774. 



E. PYRAMiDALis (pyramidal). Stem 18 inches high. Leaves needle- 

 shaped, downy, about six in a whorl. Flow^ers funnel-shaped, with 

 spreading mouth, purple-red ; usually produced in threes ; March. 

 General shape of plant pyramidal, like miniature Fir-tree. Introduced 

 from Cape, 1787. 



E. SULPHUREA (sulphur-coloured). Stem branched, 2 feet high. 



