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The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 1Andrews, Henry Cranke, active 1799-1828

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The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 1

Name: The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 1
Author: Andrews, Henry Cranke, active 1799-1828

Andrews, Henry Cranke, active 1799-1828

Ericas; Ericas -- Pictorial works

Tips beardless, within the blossoms, which are bell-shaped, very clammy,
and purple. Leaves grow by fours, are linear, pointed, and smooth: the
younger ones are clammy at the ends of the branches. Stem shrubby, two
feet high, and upright. Branches simple, long, and clammy at the ends.

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     Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

     In bloom from April till July.


REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
2. The blossom.
3. The chives and pointal.
4. A chive magnified.
5. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA Walkeria.


DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores sessiles, erecti, fastigiati,
quaterni, terminales, fere pedunculati. Corolla ventricosa, pellucida,
ore arctato, extus pallide sanguineo, intus albo, laciniis expansis
maximis. Folia quaterna, nitida, patentia. Caulis fruticosus,
spithameus, erectus, ramulis numerosis.


DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers sit close in upright bunches
by fours, terminal, with scarcely any footstalks. Blossom swelled out
and pellucid; the mouth narrowed, of a pale red without and white
within; the segments spreading and large. Leaves by fours, shining, and
spreading. Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, with numerous little
branches.

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     Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

     In bloom from February till June.


REFERENCE.

1. The empalement magnified.
2. A blossom.
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.

[Illustration]




ALPHABETICAL INDEX

TO THE

FIGURES IN VOL. I.


 1. Erica acuta.
 2.       albens.
 3.       Archeria.
 4.       barbata, _major_.
 5.       β minor.
 6.       Bruniades.
 7.       caffra.
 8.       calycina.
 9.       cernua.
10.       comosa.
11.       β rubra.
12.       conspicua.
13.       costata.
14.       cubica.
15.       α minor.
16.       curviflora.
17.       depressa.
18.       droseroides.
19.       empetroides.
20.       exurgens.
21.       α minor.
22.       filamentosa.
23.       flammea.
24.       gelida.
25.       glauca.
26.       Jasminiflora.
27.       ignescens.
28.       leucanthera.
29.       lutea.
30.       melastoma.
31.       nigrita.
32.       obbata.
33.       obliqua.
34.       physodes.
35.       pinea.
36.       plumosa.
37.       pubescens.
38.       α minor.
39.       β minima.
40.       pulchella.
41.       quadriflora.
42.       radiata.
43.       rubens.
44.       serratifolia.
45.       spicata.
46.       tubiflora.
47.       versicolor.
48.       verticillata.
49.       viscaria.
50.       Walkeria.

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