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ERICA. colorans. 
Blush-flowered Heath. 
ee 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Eric® (nuperits Ericem). Jussieu gen. 159. Div. L. 
Germen superum. ° 
ERICA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 6. 
é 
ae 
Div. IT. Longiflore. Corolle cylindrice vel clavate, semuncié longiores. 
Subdiv. A. Anthere aristate (appendicibus apicis filamenti binis, line- 
aribus vel subulatis, margine vel integro vel serrulato). Dryander in 
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 368. én eS 
E. colorans, foliis ciliatis, floribus axillaribus approximatis subsessilibus, 
corollis clavatis, antheris subexsertis subaristatis. Link abbild. aus. gew. 
bot. gart. zu berl. 1. 37. t. 15. — “ihn 
Frica colorans. Loddiges’s bot. cab. 224. Link enum. hort. berol. 1. 360. 
Caulis erectus ramosus 2 pedes et ultra altus. Ramulipubescentes. Folia 
sena, quatuor lineas longa, subtus carinata, ciliata. Flores in ramulis bre- 
pibus approximatis terminales, unde habitus spicatus. Pedicelli brevissimt. 
Bractex flori approximate. Calyx laciniis ovatis acutis subtillime ciliatis 
previbus albentibus (purpurascentibus) verstis apicem nervo viridi. Corolla 
octo lineas longa clavata alba demum rubra, Antherz cum stylo subincluse, 
avistis brevissimis. Link |. c. . 
This pretty shrub, though long © introduced by Mr. 
Niven from the Cape of Good Hop not to be found 
qn the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. According to 
Mr. Sweet it comes the nearest to perspicua of any of the 
genus. The specific name, such as it is, is intended to refer 
to the transition in the colour of the corolla from a delicate 
transparent white to an opaque rosy red, the circumstance 
which constitutes the singularity and one of the beauties of 
the species. It grows from about two to three feet high, 
and is loaded with blossom round the middle of the branches, 
from the latter part, of the autumn far into the winter. 
It is becoming universal in our greenhouses, and de- 
servedly so, on account of its easy culture, and abundant 
elegant blossom. 
Drawn at the Nursery of Messrs, Colvill, in the King’s 
Road, Chelsea. , 
