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ERICA — TUKNBL'LL'S HYBRIDS. 
ERICA : TTJENBTJLI/S HYBRIDS. 
Nat. Order. — Ewcaceje \ EiucEiG. 
Generic Character. — Erica, Linnaeus. — Calyx four-toothed 
or four-ported. Corolla hypogynous various — globose, urceo- 
late, tubular, campanulate, or salver-shaped— limb four-toothed. 
•Stamens eight, inserted beneath a hypogynous disk, included or 
exserted ; filaments free; anthers terminal or lateral, distinct or 
cohering at the base, unarmed, awned or crested, the cells 
bursting at the apex by a lateral foramen. Ovary four-celled, 
cells many-seeded; style filiform; stigma capitate, cup-shaped, 
or peltate. Capsule four-celled, bursting loculicidally into four 
valves, the valves bearing the septa on their middle ; septa op- 
posite alternate, or sometimes adnate to the angles of the cen- 
tral four-sided or four-winged placentiferous column. Seeds 
numerous, oval, reticulated.— {Endlicher Gen. Plant.) 
Erica Docglasle. — Lady Douglas's Heath (Fig. 1).— Leaves 
four in a whorl, linear-obtuse, ciliate, shortly awned ; flowers 
terminal subumbcllate, pedicels with linear-acuminate bracts, 
the upper pair reaching the foliaceous calyx ; corollas clammy, 
tube cylindrical, thirteen lines long, two lines in diameter; 
throat slightly contracted; limb six lines in diameter, with 
spreading ovate-obtuse segments ; stamens included, the anthers 
extended below into a short spur ; style equalling the tube of 
the corolla, with a four-lobed stigma. 
E. Marxockiana, Turnbull Jf.S. — Mr. Marnock's Heath 
(Fig. 2). — Leaves four in a whorl, linear-acute, ciliate, and 
terminating in a long awn ; flowers in terminal umbel-like 
heads, pedicels bracteate, the uppermost pair reaching the 
calyx; calyx segments linear-lanceolate awned; corolla smooth, 
very slightly clammy ; tnbe twelve-lines long, ventricose below, 
narrowing upwards, suddenly contracted at the throat; limb 
four-lines in diameter, with spreading bluntly ovate segments ; 
stamens enclosed, with spurred anthers ; style somewhat ex- 
serted, with an obscurely four-lobed stigma. 
E. simulata. — Dissembling Heath jFig. 3). — Leaves in 
whorls of four, linear-lanceolate obtuse erecto-patent ; flowers 
terminal, usually in fours, the bracts of the pedicels slightly 
overlapping the calyx ; corolla smooth, twelve lines long, the 
tube very slightly inflated below, contracted at the throat; 
segments of the limb short, roundish, recurved ; stamens en- 
closed, anthers spurred ; style equalling the corolla tube, stigma 
obscurely four-lobed. — M. 
DESCRIPTION. — Very handsome dwarf slender greenhouse shrubs ; evergreen. Their pecu- 
&J Harities, in addition to what is stated above, are as follows : — E. Douglasies has the leaves very 
distinctly whorled, erecto-patent, longer and more spreading and recurved towards the points 
of the flowering shoots, which only we have seen; they are furrowed beneath and fringed with 
short glandular hyaline cilise. The flowers grow, from eight to twelve together, at the ends of 
the shoots, the corollas, calyx, bracts, and pedicels, all varnished and very clammy ; the foliaceous 
calyx consists of four lanceolate segments overlapping below, and agglutinated for about a third 
of their length ; the tube of the corolla is delicate pink, with eight faint red lines or ribs, the 
throat deeply stained with chocolate red outside, purplish rose within ; the limb delicate flesh 
colour. In E. Marnockiana, the leaves are spreading and somewhat recurved, glabrous, finely 
ciliated, and drawn out into a long terminal awn : they are furrowed beneath, and grow on erect 
glandular-fringed footstalks. The flowers come in terminal heads, from four to eight together, 
the bracts linear-acuminate, the calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, awned, and ringed with reddish 
brown. The corollas arc rich crimson red, smooth, but almost destitute of clamminess ; the 
throat is black, the segments of the limb red in the centre, shading off to blush "white at the 
margins. E. simulata has awnlcss blunt-pointed leaves, and terminal flowers growing in tours ; 
the calyx brownish red, scabrous, and fringed with short-stalked glands ; the corollas are of a 
clear delicate rose colour throughout. 
Histohy, &c. — The three beautiful Heaths here figured were obligingly sent to us, along 
with one or two others, in July 1850, by Mr. Turnbull, the gardener at Both well Castle, in 
Scotland, who is well known as a most successful raiser and cultivator of this charming tribe of 
plants. As varieties they possess considerable merit and distinctness, and we think they deserve 
to be brought into general cultivation. Respecting their origin and habits, Mr. Turnbull has 
communicated the following particulars: — E. Douglasise was obtained from E. Aitoniana, 
crossed with E. rctorta major; it is <i free bloomer, of good habit, and the flow its remain long in 
perfection. It is named in compliment to Mr. TurnbulTs noble and much respected employer, 
a liberal patroness of floriculture and botany. E. MarnocHana, which is named in complimenl 
to the Curator of the Royal Botanic Society of London, is a seedling from E. lrl>\ :m;i. crossed l>y 
E. llartnelli; a free bloomer, of dwarf habit, continuing long in flower, and, as there is little or 
no glutinous secretion upon the surface of the corolla, excepting on the dark ring of the throat, 
the flowers never become disfigured by insects adhering to them. E. simulata was produced 
from E. Aitoniana, crossed with E. cerinthoides; it is a free bloomer, but less compact in its 
growth than the preceding ; its name is selected in allusion to its almost total dissemblance of 
its parentage. For culture see vol. i., p. 81. — M. 
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