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The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 4 — John Shaqi

The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 4Andrews, Henry Cranke, active 1799-1828

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The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 4

Name: The heathery; or, A monograph of the genus Erica. vol. 4
Author: Andrews, Henry Cranke, active 1799-1828

Andrews, Henry Cranke, active 1799-1828

Ericas; Ericas -- Pictorial works

Tips beardless, and without the blossom. Flowers grow at the extremity
of the smaller branches, mostly by threes, hanging down. The footstalks
are long, and of a red colour. Cup broadly egg-shaped; the edges of
the cup are of a bright green colour. Blossom pitcher-shaped, villous,
and white; the segments of the border are obtuse, and upright. Leaves
by threes, linear, and blunt; the edges rough, with long hairs. Stem
shrubby, flexuose, and of a purplish colour. The small and large
branches are thread-shaped, and hairy.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from February till June.


REFERENCE.

A leaf magnified.
The empalement magnified.
Chives and pointal, magnified.

[Illustration]




ALPHABETICAL INDEX

TO THE

FIGURES IN VOL. IV.


Erica andromedæflora.
      aristata.
      aurea.
      Blandfordia.
      calycina _major_.
      canaliculata.
      canaliculata, _minor_.
      cordata.
      decora.
      discolor.
      echiflora.
      ferruginea.
      fragrans.
      halicacaba.
      hirta.
      hirta _viridiflora_.
      hyacinthoides.
      incarnata.
      incurva.
      lachnæa _purpurea_.
      Lambertia.
      lucida.
      Monsoniana.
      mucosa.
      multiflora.
      mutabilis.
      odorata.
      oppositifolia.
      oppositifolia, _major_.
      oppositifolia _rubra_.
      Patersonia.
      pallens.
      pellucida.
      pinifolia.
      planifolia.
      Pluckenetia.
      Pluckenetia  _albens_.
      racemifera.
      Sebana nana.
      Sebana spicata.
      sordida.
      speciosa.
      staminea.
      tenuiflora, _alba_.
      thymifolia.
      tiaræflora.
      ventricosa.
      vestita, _purpurea_.
      vestita, _coccinea_.
      villosa.

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