ERICACEZ. 
a whorl, linear, revolute, downy; flowers terminal, umbellate; 
corollas urceolate, downy, with a short recurved limb; anthers 
awned; fruit hairy. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. E. pubéscens, Curt. bot. mag. 480. E. hirtiflora, 6, 
Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 406. Calyxes adpressed, narrow, ovate, 
cuneated. Corollas red. Style inclosed. 
Late-flowered Heath. Fl. year. Clt. 1800. 
feet. 
50 E. canr'scens (Wendl. eric. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 195.) 
leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, canescent, erect; flowers terminal, 
sessile ; corolla urceolately-campanulate ; calyxes foliaceous, 
ovate, acuminated, adpressed; awns of anthers linear. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. pubéscens minor, Andr. 
heath. 2. t. 7. E. exigua, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 373. E. 
pubéscens parviflora, Thunb. diss. no. 61. Corolla with an 
oval tube, and a short limb. Flowers small, pale purple. 
; Canescent Heath. Fl. Oct. March. Clt. 1790. Shrub 1 
oot. 
51 E. pusitua (Salisb. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 374.) downy; 
leaves 4 in a whorl; calyxes adpressed, broad, ovate-cuneated ; 
corollas very small, downy, with a cup-shaped tube, and the 
limb the length of the tube; anthers awned; fruit. glabrous. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Baay Fals. 
Flowers terminal. 
Least Heath. Shrub. 
_ 52 E. cónica (Lodd. bot. cab. 1179.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
linear, glabrous ; flowers axillary, racemose; genitals inclosed. 
a G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purplish- 
red. 
Conical-flowered Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub. 
53 E. pupicrra (Sal. in. Lin. trans. 6. p. 372.) downy ; 
leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal; calyxes spreading, ovate- 
acuminated ; corolla 14 line long, downy, with a longish re- 
curved obtuse limb; anthers awned; fruit hairy. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope, on Mount Taffelberg. 
Down-bearing Heath. Shrub. 
54 E. CATERVÆFLÒRA (Sal. l. c.) hairy; leaves 4 in a whorl; 
stem angular; flowers terminal; corolla 2 lines long, downy, 
with a narrow obovate tube; anthers awned, dehiscing by long 
holes. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sum- 
mit n Mount Taffelberg. E. pubéscens villòsa, Thunb. diss. 
no. 61. 
Company-flowered Heath. Shrub. 
55 E. TURBINIFLÒRA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 377.) stem gla- 
brous ; leaves 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal; corolla 14 line 
long, smooth, with a turbinate 8-angled tube, and an incurved 
mb; spurs of anthers glabrous. h. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Flowers pale purple. 
Top-flowered Heath. Fl. Feb. Oct. Clt. 1793. Shrub. 
_ 56 E. TRAGULÍFERA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 374.) leaves 4 
ma whorl; flowers terminal; calyx imbricate; corolla 23 lines 
ong, with an urceolar tube, and a recurved limb: anthers hairy, 
roadly foraminose ; spurs hairy. k. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
Beard-bearing Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
_ 57 E. PLUMÒSA (Andr. heath. 2. t. 6.) leaves 4 In a whorl, 
linear, hairy, erect, imbricated; flowers disposed in axillary 
Whorls ; corolla ovate-globose ; calyxes hairy ; anthers awned. 
> G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica amæ na, 
endl, eric. 17. p. 73. Corollas purplish-red. Branches erect. 
yle exserted. 
oc eathered Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1795. Shrub 1 
k 
Shrub 1 to 2 
) 58 E. renvissima (Wendl. eric. fasc. 6. p. 9. with a ae) 
-Caves 4 in a whorl, linear-filiform, glabrous, erect, somewhat 
\mbricated ; flowers terminal, aggregate ; calyx short, naked ; 
VOL, 111, 
793 
corolla urceolate, with an erectish limb; anthers appendiculate. 
bh. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers red. 
Slenderest Heath. Fl. Feb. Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 1 ft. 
59 E. curvirésrnis (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 375.) leaves 4 in 
a whorl, linear; flowers terminal: calyxes adpressed ; corolla 
1} line long, with a spherical tube; spurs of anthers downy ; 
style curved. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Curved-beaked Heath. Shrub. 
60 E. riurirera (Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 507.) leaves 4 in a 
whorl, linear, glabrous, ciliated; flowers terminal ; corollas glo- 
bose, 23 lines long, having the tube length of the calyx ; caly- 
cine segments ovate, acuminated, deeper coloured at the apex ; 
spurs of anthers linear-attenuated ; fruit glabrous. b. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. nudicailis, Berg. pl. 
cap. p. 113. E. pilulifoérmis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 370. 
Flowers red. Style exserted. 
P Pill-bearing Heath. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1789. 
oot. 
61 E. meecitta (Hort. Loud. hort. brit. no. 9716. p. 150.) 
leaves 4 in a whorl; bracteas remote from the calyx; calyx 
minute; flowers terminal; corolla with an oval tube and a re- 
curved limb ; spurs of anthers linear-attenuated, hairy. bh. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. gracilis, Salisb. in Lin. 
trans. 6. p. 375. Flowers small, red or purple. 
Weak Heath. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1793. Shrub 1 foot. 
62 E. wrervatza‘ris (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 375.) stem 
slender; leaves 4 in a whorl, remote; flowers terminal; corolla 
14 to 2 lines long, with an ovate-cylindrical tube, and a broad 
mouth; anthers awned; pericarp hairy. h. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica elongata, Roxb. mss. Flowers 
small, red, drooping.—A very pretty species. 
Distant-leaved Heath. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
63 E. mucosa (And. heath. 1. t. 6.) leaves 4 in a whorl, gla- 
brous; flowers terminal; corollas globose, viscid, having the 
interstices of the limb rather tumid; calycine segments ovate, 
obtuse, coloured, tipped with green; anthers awned. h. G 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 35. Icon. 
pl. kew. t. 15. Flowers pale purplish-red. Corolla with the 
tube more or less obovate. Style inclosed. 
Mucous-flowered Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 
Shrub 14 foot. 
64 E. mucostoipes (Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 15.) leaves 
short, 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal; corollas globose; caly- 
cine segments coloured, tipped with green; anthers awned. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab 1202. 
Flowers small, purplish red. Style inclosed. 
Mucosa-like Heath. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt.? Shrub. 
65 E. tarera' iis (Willd. spec. 2. p. $80. but not of Andr.) 
leaves 4 in a whorl, linear-attenuated, glabrous; flowers termi- 
nal; bracteas remote from the calyx; calycine segments cili- 
ated; corolla conical, having the segments anointed with drops 
of waxy matter at top; crests of anthers downy. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. E. gulleflora, Sal. in Lin. 
trans. 6. p. 374. Corollas small, red. Style exserted. 
Var. a; stem fastigiate; corolla 1 or 14 line long, with a 
hemispherical tube ; stigma much exserted. kh. G. E. late- 
ralis, Willd. 1. c. : 
Var. B; stem low; corolla 2 lines long, with an ovate tube ; 
stigma hardly exserted. h. G. E. incarnata, Andr. heath. 1. 
t. 19. Lodd. bot. cab. 1655. : 
Var. y; stem dwarf; corolla 2% lines long, with an ovate 
tube; stigma a little exserted. k. G E. ribens himilis, 
Wendl. eric. fasc. 3. p. 13. with a figure. 
I. Erica. 
Shrub 1 
1787. 
Lateral Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1791. Shrub 14 
2 feet. : 
66 E. re'sta (Sal. in Lin. trans, 6, p. 371.) leaves 4 in a 
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