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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
TO THE
FIGURES IN VOL. IV.
SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT
OF THE
LXXII ERICAS, OR HEATHS, CONTAINED IN
VOL. IV.
COLOURED
ENGRAVINGS
OF
HEATHS.
Coloured Engravings
OF
HEATHS.
THE
DRAWINGS
TAKEN FROM
LIVING PLANTS ONLY.
WITH
THE APPROPRIATE SPECIFIC CHARACTER, FULL DESCRIPTION, NATIVE PLACE
OF GROWTH, AND TIME OF FLOWERING OF EACH;
In Latin and English.
EACH FIGURE ACCOMPANIED BY ACCURATE DISSECTIONS OF THE SEVERAL
PARTS (MAGNIFIED WHERE NECESSARY) UPON WHICH THE
SPECIFIC DISTINCTION HAS BEEN FOUNDED,
ACCORDING TO THE
LINNÆAN SYSTEM.
THE WHOLE EXECUTED
By H. C. ANDREWS,
BOTANICAL PAINTER, ENGRAVER, &c.
VOL. IV.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, NO. 5, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
Printed by R. Taylor and Co. 38, Shoe Lane.
1805
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ERICA Andromedæflora, alba.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: stylo sub-incluso: floribusaxillaribus, declinatis: foliis ternatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis humilis, fruticosus, robustus, pedalis: rami numerosi, conferti.
Folia ternata, subulata, incurvata, robusta: petiolis longis adpressis.
Flores axillares, sub-terminales, declinati, conferti: calyx magnus,lato-ovatus, albus: corolla ovata, crassa, alba: oris laciniis erectis.
Germen tiaræforme, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii ad Junium.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx. 2. Corolla. 3. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom: shaft just within: flowersaxillary, and bending down: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem low, shrubby, and strong, a foot high: branches numerous, andcrowded together.
Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, incurved, and stout, with long footstalkspressed to th