Plate 5. 
VARIETIES OE AWNED HEATH. 
Erica aristata , cars. 
The two new forms of Erica aristata now figured are seedlings 
raised by Mr. W. Barnes, of the Camden Nursery, Camberwell. 
We are indebted to Messrs. Low and Co., of Upper Clapton, 
in whose possession they now are, for the opportunity of figur¬ 
ing them. We learn from Mr. Barnes that they are the pro¬ 
geny of some splendid hybrids raised a few years back between 
a variety called M 4 Nab’s aristata major and the true Sprengelii . 
They are undoubtedly very fine varieties of one of the most 
lovely species of Heath; and we are heartily glad of the op¬ 
portunity they afford us of recalling public attention to this 
beautiful family. 
The variety Barnesii is remarkable for the size of its flowers, 
and the breadth of the square-ended conspicuous white segments 
of the limb, which are not pointed as shown in our illustra¬ 
tion. These broad white segments, contrasting strongly with 
the deep blood-colour of the mouth of the tube, produce a 
very rich and showy appearance. The leaves range in ten lines 
along the branches, and are fleshy linear, unequally awned, 
fringed with callous teeth. The flowers grow in terminal 
whorls of about five together. The corollas are about an inch 
in length, the tube ventricose near the base, tapering upwards 
Plate 5. — Erica aristata, varieties :— 
Eig. 1 . Barnesii : leaves five in a whorl, recurved, calloso-serrate, mu- 
cronate or awned; flowers in terminal whorls of 4-7 ; tube varnished 
red, deep sanguineous at the mouth; limb-segments w’hite, very broad, 
truncate. 
Eig. 2. virehs : leaves four in a whorl, spreading, calloso-serrate, mucro- 
nate ; flowers in terminal whorls of 6-8 ; tube varnished deep brown- 
red at the mouth; limb-segments rounded, blush-white. 
JUNE, 1860. 
