798 
nulate, with a cup-shaped tube; bracteas remote from the calyx. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. fucata, Thunb. 
diss. no. 9. E., viridipurptrea, Hort.—Clus. hist. 1. p. 42. 
Stem downy. Corollas very small, green. Style inclosed or 
exserted. 
Var. (3, minima (Hort.) plant smaller than the species. 
Broom Heath. FI. April, May. Clt. 1770. Shrub 4 to 6 
feet. 
128 E. vinca'ta (Thunb. diss. no. 18. Wendl. ex Spreng. 
syst. 2. p. 197.) leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, spreading, glandu- 
larly ciliated; branches hairy; flowers terminal, sessile, by 
threes, erect; calycine segments foliaceous, downy. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers red, small, cam- 
panulate. Stigma peltate, much exserted. 
Twiggy Heath. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 818. Shrub 1 ft. 
129 E. comprana‘ta (Nois. et Spreng. syst. 2. p. 196.) 
branches flexuous ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, stiff, glandularly 
ciliated while young, spreadingly reflexed ; flowers terminating 
the small branches, the whole forming a branched raceme; calyx 
adpressed, coloured, clammy; corolla bell-shaped or subro- 
tate. hb. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corollas 
yellow. Style inclosed. 
Flat-fiowered Heath. 
2 feet. 
130 E. antuina (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 196.) branches hispid ; 
leaves linear, obtuse, 3 in a whorl, glabrous ; flowers terminal, 
usually by threes, drooping; bracteas close to the calyx, in- 
flated ; corolla wide, campanulate ; anthers mutic. h. G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. E. flérida, Lodd. bot. cab. 
234. Flowers purplish-red. Style a little exserted. 
Flowery Heath. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
131 E.? spa’rsa (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 23.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 
glabrous? flowers terminal; bracteas approximate and remote 
from the calyx; corollas small, bell-shaped, with deep spread- 
ing segments ; anthers a little exserted. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1467. Flowers purplish- 
red. Style exserted. 
Scattered Heath. Fl. April. Clt.? Shrub. 
132 E. passerina (Lin. suppl. 221. Thunb. diss. no. 16. 
prod. 70.) leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, glabrous; flowers termi- 
nal, almost solitary; pedicels and calyxes tomentose; corolla 
campanulate ; style exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Montin. in. nov. act. ups. 2. p. 289. t. 9. f. 1. 
E. passerineefolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 332.—Petiv. gen. 
t. 8. f. 7. Corolla 24 lines long ; pericarp tomentose.—Perhaps 
a species of Ceramia. 
Sparrow-wort-like Heath. Fl. 
1808. Shrub. 
Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
Winter and Spring. Clt. 
* * Leaves 3 in a whorl. Corollas urceolate. 
133 E. ertoce’pHata (Andr. heath. 2. t. 37.) leaves 3 ina 
whorl, and are as well as the calyxes and corollas woolly ; brac- 
teas remote and approximating the calyx ; anthers a little ex- 
serted; flowers terminal, umbellate; corolla urceolate, h.G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1270. 
E. canéscens, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 407. ŒE. gnaphalioides, 
Hortul. Flowers witha purplish-red calyx, and a white corolla. 
Style exserted. 
Woolly-headed Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Cit. 1790. Shrub. 
134 E. rusercuta‘ris (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 330.) leaves 
3 in a whorl ; flowers terminal; corolla 14 line long, rough from 
tubercles, with a globose tube; filaments mutic; pericarp on 
a long stipe. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica inclyta, Sol. mss. Anthers minute, smooth. Flowers 
purple. 
ERICACEZ. 
I. Erica. 
Tubercular-flowered Heath. 
Shrub. 
Fl. Feb. Aug. Clt. 1790. 
135 E. citta‘ris (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 354. Loefl. res. p. 138. - 
Lin. diss. no. 39. with a figure of the flower) leaves 3 in a whorl, 
ovate, glandularly ciliated, spreading, rather remote; flowers 
terminal, subracemose, secund; calycine segments spatulate, cili- 
ated ; bracteas approximating the calyx, sessile; corolla smooth, 
ovate, more ventricose on the upper side. kh. H. Native of 
Portugal ; and Cornwall. Wendl. eric. 7. p. 3. Curt. bot. 
mag. 484. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 394. Lodd. bot. cab. 1805. 
Corolla 4 lines long, pale red. Style exserted. 
Ciliated-leaved Heath. Fl. Aug. Sept. 
1 foot. 
136 E. assintuoipes (Lin. mant. p. 66.) leaves 3-4 in a 
whorl, linear, scabrous, more or less ovate, rather remote; 
flowers twin, terminal on axillary branches, drooping; calyx 
and corollas glabrous; bracteas remote from the calyx, leaf- 
like ; corolla globose, viscid; stamens exserted. kh. G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. E. virgularis a, Salisb. in 
Lin. trans, 5. p. 324. E. virgata and E. virgulata, Wendl. E. 
exsérta, Hort. Corollas white, with a red apex. 
Wormmood-like Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 
14 foot. 
137 E. uisripuza (Lin. suppl. p. 222.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 
ovate-roundish, ciliated, rather remote ; -flowers axillary and ter- 
minal, usually solitary, erect; corolla urceolate, viscid. h G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. híspida, Thunb. diss. 
no. 20. E. virgata hirta, Wendl. eric. 13. p. 35. E. virgu- 
làris, ò, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 324. Flowers terminating the 
small branches, reddish-purple. Bracteas remote from the 
calyx. Style exserted. Perhaps a species of Ceramia. 
Small-hispid Heath. Fl. Spring. Clt. 1791. Shrub 1 ft. 
138 E. carne‘oxa (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 5.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 
scattered ; pedicels bracteate ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; co- 
rolla oblong-ovate. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Corollas purplish-red. Nearly allied to Æ. Sainsburyana in 
habit. Style exserted. 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Heath. Fl. Aug. Cit. 1810. Shrub. 
139 E.? Córrerer (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 192.) branches 
straight, hairy; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, revolute, rather 
hispid, spreading ; flowers axillary, drooping, clammy; corolla 
urceolate ; style exserted; stigma peltate. h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
Colleter Heath. Shrub. 
*** Leaves 4inawhorl. Corollas campanulate. 
140 E. opora‘ra (Andr. heath. 3. t. 64.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
glandularly ciliated, spreading ; flowers terminal, umbellately 
verticillate, drooping; pedicels coloured ; bracteas remote from 
the calyx; corolla campanulate, viscid. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 633. Sims, bot. mag. 
1399. Corolla white, very like those of some species of An- 
drémeda. Style inclosed. 
Sweet-scented Heath. Shrub 1 
to 2 feet. 
141 E. prore’npeEns (Andr. heath. 2. t. 45. Sims, bot. mag. 
21408.) downy; leaves 4 in a whorl, short, ciliated ; branches 
flexuous ; bracteas approximating the calyx; flowers terminal, 
solitary or by threes; corolla bell-shaped. h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 63. Calycine as 
ments jagged or serrated. Corolla purple, or deep red. Style 
inclosed. 
Propendent-flowered Heath. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub 
1 foot. 
142 E. patu’stris (Andr. heath. 2. t. 46.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
linear, obtuse, downy ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas 
Britain. Shrub 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1804. 
