ERICACEZ. 
rollas short, bell-shaped, subglobose ; calyx coloured, bracteate, 
serrulated ; bracteas imbricate, sessile. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, reddish purple. Awns 
of anthers a little crested. Style exserted. 
Shining Heath. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. Shrub 14 ft. 
** Leaves 3 in a whorl. Corollas urceolate. 
83 E. xira (Andr. heath. 3. t. 18.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 
scabrous, spreading ; flowers terminal, drooping; pedicels downy ; 
bracteas sessile, close to the calyx ; corollas urceolately globose; 
anthers crested. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Lodd. bot. bot. cab. 1131. E. refléxa ribra, Hort. Flowers 
white, tinged with red. Style exserted. 
Nitid Heath. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub 2 feet. 
_ 84 E. pepuncura‘nis (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 329.) leaves 3 
in a whorl, linear, hispid; flowers terminal ; corolla 3 lines long, 
with a globose tube; anthers woolly, dehiscing by long chinks, 
crested. .G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. rù- 
bens, Thunb. diss. no. 83. but not of Andr. Pedicels an inch 
long. Flowers purplish red. 
Peduncular-flowered Heath. Shrub. 
85 E. rav'sra (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p- 326.) leaves 3 in a 
whorl, bristly; flowers terminal; corolla 24 lines long, downy 
outside, with an urceolate tube; spurs of anthers serrated, at- 
tenuated, crested. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Very like E. hirta, Thunb. Flowers pale purple. 
Fortunate Heath. Fl. April, July. Cit. 1795. 
2 feet. 
86 E. incana (Wendl. eric. fasc. 18. p. 89. with a figure.) 
leaves 3 in a whorl, linear-oblong, obtuse, hairy, white beneath ; 
bracteas remote from the calyx ; flowers terminal, downy ; co- 
rolla urceolate ; anthers awned. h.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Flowers white. There is also a red-flowered 
variety of this species. Style exserted. 
Hoary Heath. F}. Aug. Clt. 1810. Shrub 14 foot. 
87 E. ova`ra (Lodd. bot. cab. 417.) downy; leaves 3 in a 
whorl; flowers ¢erminal; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 
corollas ovate; awns of anthers crested a little. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purplish red. Style 
inclosed. 
p vuie-flowered Heath. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1811. Shrub 
Oot. 
88 E. REFLE'XA (Link, enum. 1 p. 371. Lodd. bot. cab. 1787.) 
leaves 3 in a whorl, glabrous, lanceolate, obtuse; flowers ter- 
minal, usually 3 in a fascicle; calyx, bracteas, and pedicels 
coloured ; corolla ovate, ventricose at the base, clammy ; crests 
of anthers plumose. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Calyx spreading. Corollas white, waxy, middle sized. Anthers 
black, Very nearly allied to Æ. nitida, and probably only a 
variety of it. The young leaves are said by Link to be glandu- 
larly ciliated. Style inclosed. 
Refleced-calyxed Heath. Fl. Spring and Autumn. Clt. 1820. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
89 E. cive’rea (Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 501.) leaves 3 in a whorl; 
corolla ovate-urceolate ; flowers verticillate, on the naked stems; 
crests of anthers ear-formed. h. H. Native of Europe, but 
not in the south, nor in the extreme north; plentiful in Britain. 
Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 1. t. 25. Loefl. res. p- 137. Smith, engl. bot. 
t. 1015. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 392. Fl. dan. 38. E. mutabilis, 
Salisb. in Lin. trans. 4. p- 369. E. himilis, Neck. gall. 182. 
E. tenuifdlia, Ger. 1198. emac. 1382. E. cinérea rubra, Bedf. 
hort. eric. woburn. p. 5. Corolla 3 lines long, purple, changing 
to blue as they fade. This is easily distinguished from Æ. té- 
traliz, in the glabrous deep green hue, and deep purple 
Owers. 
Shrub 1 to 
I. Erca. 795 
Var. B, atropurpirea (Lodd. bot. cab. 1409.) plant dwarf; 
flowers deeper purple. 
Var. y, alba (Bedf. l. c.) flowers white. 
Var. ò, pallida (Lodd. bot. cab. 1507.) flowers pale purple. 
Grey Heath. Fl. Aug. Sept. Britain. Shrub 3 to 1 foot. 
90 E. vernicirtua (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 335.) leaves 3 
in a whorl, viscid; corolla 24 lines long, with a recurved limb ; 
flowers terminal; spurs of anthers ear-formed and cuneated, 
hairy; fruit smooth, h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. E. glutinésa, Roxb. mss. The leaves are bluntly acumi- 
nated, densely clothed with glands in the reduplicate part ; hence 
they appear shining and clammy. 
Varnish-flowing Heath. Shrub. 
91 E. EMBOTHRIIFÒLIA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 379.) leaves 
3 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate ; spikes of flowers coarctate ; co- 
rolla 4 lines long, having the tube ventricose at top; anthers 
exserted, crested. .G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Embothrium-leaved Heath. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1798. Shb. 
** * Leaves 4ina whorl. Corollas campanulate. 
92 E. Austra‘us (Lin. mant. p. 231.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
scabrous, spreading, mucronate; flowers terminal; corolla 3 
lines long, with a curved funnel-shaped tube, and a recurved 
limb ; pedicels beset with gemmaceous bracteas ; anthers crested. 
h. H. Native of Spain and Portugal. Andr. heaths. 3. t. 21. 
Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 396. Lodd. bot. cab. 1472, Wendl. eric. 
9. p. 13. with a figure. E. pistilaris, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 
368. Flowers small, purplish red. Style exserted. 
Southern Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1769. Shrub 3 to 
6 feet. 
93 E. pecrina‘ra (Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 7.) leaves 4 in a 
whorl; flowers axillary, subspicate: corolla bell-shaped; brac- 
teas remote from the calyx; anthers crested. h. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1662. Flowers 
white, tinged with red. Style a little exserted. 
Delicate Heath. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 ft. 
*** * Leaves 4inawhorl. Corollas urceolate. 
94 E. marcarita'cea (Sol. in Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 401.) 
glabrous; leaves 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal ; bracteas re- 
mote from the calyx; anthers crested; corolla with a spherical 
tube. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Andr. 
heath. 1. t. 17. Wendl. eric. 8. p. 11. with a figure. E. 
obésa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 375. Calyx incurvedly spread- 
ing. Corollas nearly 2 lines long, white. Crests of anthers 
glabrous. Style exserted. 
Pearl-flowered Heath. 
13 foot. 
95 E. LACHNÆOÌDES. 
FI. June, Sept. Clt. 1775. Shrub 
This species is very distinct from 
Erica lachne'a, Andr.; but we have not means of giving 
any description of it. Anthers crested. h.6G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. E. lachne‘a purpurea, Andr. heaths. 3. 
t. 3. Flowers red. 
Lachnea-like Heath. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1793. Shrub. 
96 E. racemirera (Andr. heath. 3. t. 12.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
and are as well as the calyxes glabrous; flowers axillary, verti- 
cillate ; corollas ovate-globose ; anthers crested. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, red. Style 
inclosed. 
Raceme-bearing Heath. FI. April, July. Clt. 1803. Shrub 
14 foot. ; 
97 E. Sora’nprt (Andr. heath. 2. t.17. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 
399.) leaves 4 in a whorl, hispid; branches decumbent; flowers 
terminal, capitate, or umbellate; bracteas sessile, linear, ciliated, 
near the calyx ; corollas globosely bell-shaped ; anthers crested. 
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