ERICACEZ. 
remote from the calyx; corollas cylindrically bell-shaped ; an- 
thers a little exserted. .G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 4. Branches divaricate. Corollas 
reddish-purple. 
Marsh Heath. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1799. Shrub 1 ft. 
143 E. visca‘r1a (Andr. heath. 1. t. 43.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
linear, glabrous, spreading; flowers axillary, disposed in verti- 
cillate spikes or racemes, drooping; corolla campanulate, clothed 
with clammy down; bracteas approximating the calyx, sessile ; 
calycine segments ciliated ; fruit silky. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 726. Icon. pl. kew. 
t. 1. E. viscida, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 372. Corolla pale 
purplish-red, 3 lines long, with a cup-shaped ribbed tube. Style 
inclosed. 
Var. a, incàna ; leaves hoary, 14 to 3 lines long. h.G. E. 
viscària, Thunb. diss. no. 40. Lin. mant. 321. diss. no. 45. with 
a figure. 
„Var. P, glabra; leaves green, 3-5 lines long. h. G. E. 
viscària, Andr. heath. 1. t. 43. Icon. pl. kew. t. 1. 
: pene Heath. Fl. April and Autumn. Clt. 1774. 
eet. 
144 E. pyramiprrérmis (Wendl. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 198.) 
leaves linear, hispid, spreading, 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal, 
usually by threes, erect; calyxes adpressed, hispid ; stigma qua- 
Shrub 
drifid. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
purplish-red, campanulate. 
Pyramid-formed Heath. Fl. Sept. Dec. Clt. 1818. Shrub 
2 feet. 
145 E. nrpicua‘ria (Lodd. bot. cab. 764.) glabrous; leaves 
4 in a whorl, short, obtuse; flowers terminal, umbellate ; 
bracteas remote from the calyx; corolla cup-shaped; style 
exserted ; anthers mutic. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Flowers white. 
Nest-like-flowered Heath. 
2 feet. 
146 E. sr'LLA (Lodd. bot. cab. 307. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 197.) 
leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, filiform, smoothish, spreading, in- 
curved at the apex; pedicels terminal, racemose, hispid, erect ; 
calyx reflexed: style filiform; corolla campanulate; anthers 
FI. Oct. Clt. 1809. Shrub 1 to 
mutic. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. pul- 
chélla, Hortul. Flowers red. Style exserted. 
Beautiful Heath. Fl, Jan. Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 ft. 
147 E. styza‘ris (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 198.) leaves 4 in a 
whorl, linear, obtuse, much spreading, and are as well as the 
branches hispid ; flowers terminal, glomerate, erectish; calyxes 
coloured, spreading, ciliated; corolla campanulate ; style much 
exserted ; stigma capitate. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Anthers mutic. 
; Long-styled Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub 2 
eet, 
_ 148 E. susa‘ra (Lodd. bot. cab. icon.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
linear, filiform, rather clammy, incurvedly spreading ; pedicels 
terminal, corymbose, hispid; calyx tetragonal, coloured, ser- 
tulated ; corolla campanulately rotate; anthers mutic. k. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Bearded Heath. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 
149 E. Consra’nt1a (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 6.) leaves 4 in a 
whorl; flowers terminating the branches; bracteas remote from 
the calyx ; corolla bell-shaped. .G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Style exserted. 
Constantia Heath. Clt. 1810. Shrub 2 feet. : 
150 E, coner’sta (Wendl. eric. fasc. 17. p. 75-) leaves 4 in a 
whorl, linear, pilose, spreading ; flowers axillary, capitate, droop- 
mg; calyx foliaceous, imbricate, toothed ; corolla campanulate, 
Open; bracteas sessile; anthers mutic. h. G. Native of the 
pe of Good Hope. Flowers white, Style exserted. 
799 
Shrub 1 
I. Erica. 
Cromwded-flowered Heath. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. 
foot. 
**** Leaves 4inawhorl. Corollas urceolate. 
151 E. riexicav’iis (Dry. in hort. kew. 2. p. 395.) leaves 
linear, 4 in a whorl, spreading, oblong, glandularly ciliated ; 
flowers terminal, umbellate; calyxes coloured, glandularly cili- 
ated. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. glandu- 
lòsa, Andr. heath. 2. t. 58. but not of Thunb. Corollas purple, 
urceolate. Style inclosed. 
Bent-stemmed Heath. 
4 foot. 
152 E. perza‘ta (Hortul. ex Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 18.) 
leaves 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal, umbellate; bracteas re- 
mote from the calyx; corolla globose ; anthers a little exserted, 
mutic. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla 
reddish-purple; anthers reddish-orange. Style exserted. 
Broad-flowered Heath. Fl. Spring and Autumn. Clt. 1810. 
Shrub. 
153 E. cructrérmis (Andr. heath. vol. 4. icon.) leaves 4 in 
a whorl, linear, glabrous, spreading ; flowers terminal, by fours, 
decussate ; corolla urceolate; anthers mutic. h. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purple. Style inclosed. 
Cross-formed Heath. Fl. April, Nov. Clt. 1800. Shrub 
1 foot. 
154 E. metirera (Hort. ex Link. enum. 1. p. 370.) leaves 
4 in a whorl, linear, hairy, spreading, rather remote; flowers 
terminal, aggregate; calyxes foliaceous; corolla campanulate ; 
anthers mutic ; style capitate, exserted. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Branches hairy. Corollas purple. An- 
thers exserted, awned. 
Honey-bearing Heath. Shrub. 
155 E. Sicuta (Schonberg, in Linnea. 2. p. 614.) leaves 4 in 
a whorl, petiolate, linear, nearly terete, canescent ; flowers ter- 
minal, on long pedicels, subumbellate, canescent, erect; calycine 
segments and bracteas membranous, coloured, about equal in 
length to the corolla: corollas ovate-oblong, downy. h. H. 
Native of Sicily. Flowers red. 
Sicilian Heath. Fl. April, June. 
3 feet. 
156 E. accreca'ta (Wendl. eric. fasc. 13. p. 11.) leaves 4 in 
a whorl, linear, hairy, spreading; flowers terminating the small 
branches; bracteas remote from the calyx; corolla globose, 
downy, with an erectish limb. h. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1678. Flowers purplish-red 
the whole forming branched racemes. There is also a white- 
flowered variety of this.’ Style exserted. 
Aggregate-flowered Heath. FI. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
1 foot. 
* * # ® * Leaves 5-6 or more ina whorl. Corollas campanulate. 
157 E. pecora (Andr. heath. 3. t. 66. Ait. hort. kew. t. 
392.) leaves 6 in a whorl, elongated, recurved ; flowers axillary, 
mutant, disposed in spikes or racemes; bracteas remote from 
the calyx ; corolla campanulate ; anthers a little exserted. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1383. 
E. spiralis, Hortul. Flowers pale red. 
Graceful Heath. Fl. Nov. Jan. Clt. 1790. Shrub 2 feet. 
158 E. Braumontia‘na (Roll. Lodd. bot. cab. 1686.) 
glabrous ; leaves linear, 5-6 in a whorl; flowers axillary and 
terminal, drooping ; pedicels many-bracteate ; corolla campanu- 
late ; style a little exserted. h .G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Corollas white. Allied to Æ. propéndens. 
Beaumont’s Heath. Fl. June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 foot. 
*+#%#* Leaves 5-6 in a wkorl. 
159 E, certnrnoipes ( Lin. spec, ed. 2. p. 505, diss. no. 48. 
Fl. May, Jan. Clt, 1800. Shrub 
Clt. 1819. Shrub 2 to 
Corolla urceolate. 
