ALPHABETICAL INDEX
TO THE
FIGURES IN VOL. IV.
THE
HEATHERY;
OR A
MONOGRAPH
OF
THE GENUS ERICA:
CONTAINING
COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
WITH
LATIN AND ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONS, DISSECTIONS, ETC.
OF ALL
THE KNOWN SPECIES OF THAT EXTENSIVE AND DISTINGUISHEDTRIBE OF PLANTS.
By H. C. ANDREWS.
IN SIX VOLUMES.
VOL. IV.
SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1845.
ERICA Andromedæflora.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores axillares, sub-terminales, declinati,plerumque terni. Calyx magnus, lato-ovatus, carneus: corollis ovatis,magnis, incarnatis. Folia ternata, subulata, incurvata, acuta, petiolislongis adpressis. Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra. Rami pauci. Ramuliverticillati, ternati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow from the axillæ ofthe leaves, are nearly terminal, and bend downwards, mostly in threes.The empalement is large, of a broad ovate form, and flesh-coloured.Blossom egg-shaped, large, and flesh-coloured. Leaves by threes,awl-shaped, incurved, sharp-pointed, with long footstalks pressed to thebranches. Stem upright, a foot or more high. Large branches few. Thesmaller branches in whorls, by threes.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till May.
REFERENCE.
| 1. The empalement. 2. A blossom. 3. The same spread open. 4. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
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ERICA aristata.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ inclusæ, basi bicornes. Flores in ramis terminales, fasciculati,plerumque quaterni. Pedunculi longi, colorati. Corolla inflato-tubulosa,ore arctata, saturate purpurea, pollicaris, lucida; laciniis limbirotundatis, expansis, albicantibus. Folia quaterna et quina, revoluta,lucida, apice aristata. Caulis fruticosus, vix pedalis, ramosus. Rami etramuli flexuosi, filiformes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips within the blossoms, and two-horned at their