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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
TO THE
FIGURES IN VOL. V.

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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. V.

SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED.


LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1845.

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ERICA Andromedæflora, alba.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, nigræ, inclusæ. Flores axillares, sub-terminales,declinati, conferti. Calyx magnus, lato-ovatus, albus. Corolla ovata,inflata, crassa, alba. Folia ternata, subulata, incurvata, robusta,obtusa, petiolis longis adpressis. Caulis humilis, fruticosus, robustus.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, black, and within the blossom. Flowers grow from theaxillæ of the leaves, nearly terminal, bending down, and crowdedtogether. Empalement large, of a broad ovate form, and white. Blossomovate, inflated, thick and white. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped,incurved, stout, and blunt, ended with long footstalks pressed to thebranches. Stem low, shrubby, and strong.

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

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA argentiflora.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, stylo exserto. Flores horizontaliterverticillati prope ramorum summitatem. Corolla clavata, uncialis, orislaciniis patentibus. Folia sena, linearia, apice leviter incurvata,supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis,ramis simplicibus.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without. Flowers growhorizontally in whorls near the summit of the branches. Blossomclub-shaped, an inch long: segments of the border spreading. Leaves bysixes,

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