active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

“ Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis numerosis, verticillatis patulis.
Folia ternata, erecta, parva, carnosa, lucida, subtus sulcata, petiolis ramulos adpressis.
Flores solitarii, terminales, in ramulos per-numerosos, laterales, ternatos, et paulo declinatos; pedunculi bracteis tribus instructi.
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis.
Corolla parva, tetragona, luteo-albida, laciniis patentibus rotundatis.
Stamina octo, capillaria, prælonga, extra flores plus minusve pendula; antheræ muticæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, lanuginosum; stylus filiformis. ”

“ Stem upright, weak, thread-shaped, and brownish, a foot and a half high; the small and large branches are numerous, weak, and downy.
Leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, flat on their upper surface, rolled back at the edges, and woolly.
Flowers terminate the extremity of the branches by fours, pressed together, are nodding and spreading, with very short footstalks.
Empalement. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, the inner four-leaved; the leaflets are ovate, concave, and turned inwards, covered by a thick wool, and pressed to the blossom. ”

“ When the author first began to delineate the Erica family in the year 1794, the greater part of the species then known had been so recently imported, that the seeds did not ripen with us. A period of fifteen years having since elapsed, many of them have become so far naturalized as to perfect their seed freely. The prevalent idea of their not ripening with us is owing to a want of sufficient attention to preserve them ”

“ Caulis fruticosus, debilis, pedalis et ultra: rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati.
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glabra, erecto-patentia.
Flores ad apices ramulorum quaterni: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus subulatis instructis.
Calyx tetraphyllus: foliolis luteolo-virentibus, lanceolatis, adpressis.
Corolla tubæformis, tenuissima: oris laciniis acuminatis, patentibus, albicantibus: tubo pellucido.
Stamina. Filamenta octo; antheris muticis, inclusis.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. ”

“ Folia ternata, in verticillis distinctis, parum declinata, lanato-ciliata, subtus sulcata.
Flores axillares, sæpius solitarii, subsessiles, primo nutantes, demum cernui.
Calyx duplex, exterior minor, 3-phyllus, foliolis adpressis, ovatis acutis, extus convexis, carinatis et tomentosis: interior tetraphyllus, foliolis ut in exteriore, at plus duplo majoribus.
Corolla quadrifida, magna, ovata, subacuta, inflata, tomentosa, albido-lutescens, basi fusco-purpurascens, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, convergentibus, obtusis. ”

“ Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus verticillatis; corollis tubulosis, costatis, glandulosis; foliis senis, confertis, incurvis; caulibus robustis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, brevis, robustus, paululum flexuosus, cicatricibus foliorum asper; rami foliis dense tecti, numerosi, sub-verticillati, patentes, atque expansi; apicibus adscendentibus.
Folia plerumque sena confertissima, linearia, uncialia, subtus sulcata, seniora recurva, sed post medium incurva, adscendentia.
Flores verticillati sub apicibus ramorum horizontaliter; pedunculi colorati, hirsuti; bracteis tribus hirsutis. ”