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ERICA 



ERIGERON 



773. A form of 

 Erica persoluta. 



11. Cavendishi&na, Hort. {E. CdvendinJiii, Hort, ). 

 Hybrid of JE. depressa x ^. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4'9, 

 margins revoluto : fls. in 2^'s ; corolla tubular ; sta- 

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

 p. 4.35. F.S. 2:142. A. F. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.C. 11. 

 18:213 and 20:5117. 



12. cylindrica, And. and Hort., not Wendl. or Tlmnb. 

 Important hybrid of un- 

 known parentage, cult, since 

 1800. Lvs.inl'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. -Fls. very showy 

 and unusually long. The 

 oldest E. ci/iindrica. That 

 of Wendland is a yellow-fid. 

 species unknown to cult. 



13. persoluta, Linn. Pig. 

 773. Essentially a white-fld. 

 and very variable species, 

 particularly as regards liairi- 

 ness. Lvs. erect or spread- 

 ing, hirsute or glabrous : 

 corolla small, originally l}i 

 lines long; lobes ovate. 2-3 

 times shorter than the tube, 

 the .sinuses acute, narrow. 

 S. Afr. The numerous va- 

 rieties Bentliarii found im- 

 possible to s('p;tratc either in the wild or in cultivation. 

 Var. liispidula, Bentli. Slightly hirsute: lvs.2>-2-3 lines 

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

 shorter, bhintfr, often oppressed, glabrous ; anthers 

 subglobose. Var. aubc^rnea, Benth., has the corolla 

 lobes more eviilent. To this last variety Bentbam seems 

 to refer most of the horticultural varieties cult, under 

 the name of E. jx'rfioJnta. JC. assiirgens, Link., he re- 

 fers to the lirst variety; E. Cdffra of Linnasus to the 

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

 JiJ. regh-minans of Linnseus is a distinct species (figured 

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

 persoluta, var. hispidula ; of L.B.C. 18:1728^ j?^^. 

 persoluta, var suhcarnea. Flowers in February and 

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

 mostly flower in March and April. 



14. Lusitinica, Rudolph {E. 

 codoiiddes, Lindl.}. Spanish 

 Heath. Branches tomentose- 

 pubescent : lvs. glabrous and 

 ovary glabrous. W. Eu. B.R. 

 20:1098. 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, Forl)es {£. 

 turrifjera, 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. 

 Pr<.bal)]y a hvljrid cult, since 

 1802. F.E. 9:333. 



16. Mediterranea, Linn. {F. 



rt'irncii , var. o c c i d e n t d li s, 

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

 sidernd Iiy Bcntham a western 

 >rMi of E. Citnii'd. (No. 1), with 

 a little smaller fls., corolla a 

 trifle wider at the apex, and 

 anthers shortly exserted instead 

 of included. E. Medlterranea 

 of the trade is hardy in England, and perhaps second 

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

 seems to be cult, only umler glass. B.M. 471. Gn. 54- 

 1190; 55, p. 403. 



771. Erica Mediterranea. 



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. 

 graiidi£16ra, with tubes over 32in. long. L.B.C. 10:945. 

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

 welUana, breviflora, earnea rosea, c intra, hirsxita alha. 

 ■magnifica, snperha , tricolor. See R.H. 1858, p. 450 and 

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



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

 garden hybrids between E. tuhiflora 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 nios. to root." 



The lollowing .'i.re mostly kinds that have been grown suc- 

 cesstully jii small (jiiHutities by A. Schultheis but have never 

 been ad^'ertisetl in Aineririin trade catalogues. H =^ hard- 

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



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

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

 Hned with red, limb spreading, wliite. Var. rubra, Hort., is the 

 only form cult. B.M. 303. L.B.C. 6:508. H.— £. ari.stdfa. And. 

 Readily distlDgnished by the long bristle which ends the lvs.: 

 lvs. recui-\'ed : fls. in 4's ; sepals keeled with red ; corolla 

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

 a neck as in E. iimpullacea. B.M. 1249. L.B.C. 1:73. U.—E. 

 barbata, And. Bristly and glandular-pubescent: lvs. in 4's: 

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

 _Boww'e(/na, Lodd. Lvs. in 4-fJ's: hiflorescence axillary: corolla 

 tubular, s!it,ditly intiitted; limh erect or scarcely open. L.B.C, 

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

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

 villous lvs. in 4's. Ysiv. splendens, Klotzsch, with the lvs. and 

 sepals shinii]g green ami pnhesfent corollas, includes E. elata, 

 And. L.B.C. lt<:l~W.—E. Deronidna is not in Index Kewensis, 

 H. — E. elata, And. — E. conspicua., A^ar. splendens. — E.Irbydna, 

 And. Allied to E. anipulhu-e.a, but with corolla narrower at 

 the base and tapering with iierfect regularity to just below the 

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

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

 colored, as in E. ampuUaeea. L.B.C 9:«16, H.— £. nigrescens, 

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

 thera (H. D. Barlington).— .B./>d//idrt. A confused name. The 

 oldest plant of this name is Salisbury's, which has an urn-shaped 

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

 lvs. in3's. L.B.C. 1:72 (as E. pnra). E. pallida, of the trade is 

 probably the tubulr.r-fld. hybrid of Lo<ldigGS in L.B.C. 14:1355, 

 which has axillary and terminal fls., and lvs. in 4's to 6's.— ^. 

 perspiciia, Wendl., has a tubiUiiror slightly chih-shaped corolla, 

 lvs. in 4's, pubescent or rough hairy, a,nd fls. in 1-3's, but the 

 plant in the trade is i)rohiiWy E. perspicuoldes, Forbes, a hy- 

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

 nearly lin. long. Only var. crecta 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 abroiul, where it has many varieties and synonyms. 

 In the trade it seems to stand for a handsome Heath, with lvs. 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 expet^t to import Ericas from the Old World wfll 

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

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

 y oft- wooded kind.s, E. cerintlioidcs, colorans, intermedia, 

 ■Ilia ininosa , till rabilis ; hard-wooded. jasmi/ic/rfcs, Mamockiana. 

 Louis Dupuy and W. M. 

 ERIGfiNIA (Greek, spring-born). UmbeUifera-. 

 Harbjnoer op Spring. A monotypic genus. E. bul- 

 hosa-, Nutt., is low, nearly steinh'ss, hardy, from a deep- 

 lying tuber, with ternately dec<nnponnd leaves and small 

 umbels of minute white flowers. A few plants may have 

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

 2:542. The (Jreekproiuniciation of the word was Erigenla, 

 but usuage, euphony and analogy warrant the use of 

 Erigenia. ' j^ ^ g 



ERlGEKON (Greek, old man in spring; the young 



plants are somewhat hoary) , Compdsita'. Fleabane. 

 The garden Eb-abanes arc hardy border plants, sug- 

 gesting our native asters, but blooming much earlier, 

 and growing in tufts like the English daisy, tbougb 

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

 haps 100 spe<'i(S scattered over the world, particularly 



