792 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
small. Style exserted. 
Fiery Heath. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 foot. 
35 E. rece’rminans (Lin. syst. 364. Thunb. 35. no. 54.) 
leaves linear, recurved, 3 in a whorl; flowers pedicellate, 
drooping, semi-lateral: bracteas remote; corollas ovate-globu- 
lar; anthers awned. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1728. Erica uncifòlia, Sal. in Lin. 
trans. 6. p. 369. Flowers small, pale red. Spurs of anthers 
very long. 
Regerminating Heath. 
1} foot. 
36 E. RUBELLA (Lodd. bot. cab. 658. Sims, bot. mag. 2165.) 
leaves 3 in a whorl; flowers terminal, capitate ; corolla ovate, 
ventricose, length of calyx; bracteas approximating the calyx. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, 
purplish-red. Style inclosed. 
Reddish-flowered Heath. Fl. Summer. Clt. 1814. Shrub. 
37 E. scapiu’scuta (Link. enum. 1. p. 372. Lodd. bot. 
cab. t. 517.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, obtuse, beset with glandular 
hairs ; flowers terminal; corollas ovate; bracteas approximate 
to the calyx; anthers awned. h. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Flowers small, silky white or red, sessile. 
Style inclosed. 
Roughish Heath. Fl. April. 
** * Leaves 4 in a whorl. 
Flowers reddish-purple, 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1791. Shrub 
Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 foot, 
Corollas campanulate. 
38 E. perso ra (Lin. mant. 230. diss. no. 16. with a 
figure,) leaves 4 in a whorl, short, linear, glabrous}; corolla 
campanulate, with deep acute segments; flowers terminal ; 
branches downy or hairy; spurs of anthers straight; fruit 
hairy. kh. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. 
bot. mag. 324. ŒE. subdivaricata, Berg. fl. cap. p. 114. E. 
prolifera, Sa]. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 876. ŒE. Caffra, Andr. 
heath. 1. t. 4. E. strigdsa, Wendl. eric. fasc. 2. p. 25. with 
a figure. Willd. spec. 2. p. 365. Corollas small, bell-shaped, 
white, 14 line long. Style inclosed. 
Var. B, rúbra (Hort.); flowers red. h.G. E. persolita, 
Curt. bot. mag. 324. Pedicels bibracteate in the middle. 
Var. y, spicata (Hort.) ; flowers spicate, white. 
Accomplished Heath. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 ft. 
39 E.srricdsa (Sol. in Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 404.) leaves 
4 in a whorl, linear, bluntish, downy, ciliated; branches vil- 
lous; flowers axillary, aggregate; calycine segments villous, 
adpressed; corolla campanulate; spurs of anthers subulate, 
hairy. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. axil- 
laris, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 325. ŒE. arborea, Thunb. diss. no. 
65. Bracteas 2, minute. Corolla 14 lines long, smooth. There 
are white and purple flowered varieties of this species. Corolla 
campanulate. Style exserted. 
Strigose Heath. Fl. March, April. Clt.1775. Shrub 1 to 2 
feet. 
40 E. NEGLECTA; glabrous; leaves linear, 4 in a whorl, ad- 
pressed ; corolla campanulate; anthers awned. h. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. E. gracilis, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 
404, Willd. spec. 2. p. 363. Wendl. eric. 8. p. 9. with a 
figure. Flowers small, red. 
Neglected Heath. Fl. year. Clt. 1794. Shrub 1 foot. 
41 E. LASIOPHY'LLA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 195.) leaves 4 ina 
whorl, linear, scabrous, glandularly ciliated, spreading, aristate 
at the apex ; flowers racemose, drooping ; calyx adpressed; co- 
rolla campanulate; anthers awned. h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Flowers reddish-purple. Style inclosed. 
pags: leased Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 1 
to 2 feet. 
ERICACE. 
I. Erica. 
42 E. FLORIBUNDA (Lodd. bot. cab. 176.) glabrous ; leaves 
4 in a whorl; flowers terminal; corolla bell-shaped, open; 
anthers awned. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers small, axillary and terminal, pale red. Style ex- 
serted. ; 
Bundle-flowered Heath. Fl. April, May. Shrub. 
43 E. petvirormis (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 376.) leaves 4 in 
a whorl ; flowers terminal; pedicels hardly pubescent; corolla 
14 line long, with a bowl-formed tube, and with the interstices 
of the limb oval at the base; spurs of anthers falcate. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica persolita, Thunb. 
diss. no. 62. Curt. bot. mag. no. 342. E. viridipurptrea, Lin. 
diss. no. 9. with a flower. E. Mauritanica, Lin. syst. nat. ed. 
10. p. 1002. There are varieties of this with either white or 
purple flowers. 
Bonl-formed-flowered Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt.1800. Shrub. 
44 E. QUADRÆFLÒRA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 375.) stem 
glabrous; leaves 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal, by fours; co- 
rolla 14 line long, with a cup-shaped tube, and an erect limb ; 
spurs of anthers lanceolate-cuneated. h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. E. quadrangularis, Sal. prod. p. 297. 
Four-flowered Heath. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
45 E. LEUCA’NTHA ; leaves 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal, 
umbellate ; bracteas remote from the calyx; corolla bell- 
shaped; anthers awned. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. E. regérminans, Andr. heath. vol. 4. but not of Lin. 
Flowers small, white. Style a little exserted. 
White-flonered Heath. FI. Dec. Jan. Cilt. 1810. 
foot. 
Shrub 1 
** * *® Leaves 4in a whorl. Corollas urceolate. 
46 E. TE'TRALIX (Lin. spec. ed. 2d. p. 507.) leaves ciliated, 
4 in a whorl; calyx adpressed ; flowers capitate, terminal ; co- 
rolla ovate-globose, downy at top, outside; spurs of anthers lan- 
ceolate. kh.H. Native of the north of Europe, in boggy or 
moorish ground ; plentiful in Britain. Curt. fl. lond. fase. 1. t. 
21. Smith, engl. bot. 1314. Fl. dan. 81. E. botuliférmis, 
Sal. in Lin. trans. 4. p. 369. E. Barbdrica, Rai. syn. 471. 
E. pumila, Park. theatr. 1483. no. 5. E. tétralix ribra, Bedf. 
hort. eric. wob. p. 25. Corollas 3 lines long, pale red.—Plant 
of greyish hue. 
Var. 3, alba (Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 25.) flowers white. 
Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 393. 
Besom Heath. Fl. July, Sept. 
foot. 
47 E. Branprorpia‘na (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 392.) leaves 
linear, 4 in a whorl, spreading ; flowers terminal, almost solitary ; 
corolla ovate-globose, or urceolar; anthers awned. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. 1798. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 115. E. Blandfordia, Andr. heath. 3. t. 8. 
Corollas yellow, small. In the hortus eric. wob. the anthers 
are said to be mutic; this must be wrong. 
Blandford’s Heath. Fl. March, June. 
1 foot. 
48 E. nieriryora (Sims, bot. mag. 481. Lodd. bot. cab. 
1812.) leaves linear, hairy, 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal, um- 
bellate, downy ; corolla ovate-globose, with an erect limb; an- 
thers awned ; fruit glabrous. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. ŒE. mitreeférmis, Salisb. in Lin. trans. 6. p- 372. 
E. pubéscens, Andr. heath. 1. t.5. E. pubéscens, var. hispida, 
Thunb. eric. no. 61. Corollas purple, small. 
Hairy-flowered Heath. Fl. Aug. Feb. Clt. 1790. Shrub 
14 foot. 
49 E. TARDIFLÒRA (Sal. in Lin. trana. 6. p. 373.) leaves 4 in 
Britain. Shrub 4 to 1 
Clt. 1803. Shrub 
