804 ERICACEE. 
subulate; flowers terminal or lateral, usually by twos; corolla 
campanulate, with a revolute limb; anthers exserted, black, 
mutic. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
fragrans, Ker, in bot. mag. 2181. Flowers pale red, with 
blackish anthers. Perhaps a species of Lamprdtis. 
Fragrant Moor-Heath. FI. Spring. Clt. 1803. Shrub. 
46 G. wicrira (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 153.) 
leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, triquetrous, glabrous, shining, spread- 
ing; flowers terminal, usually by threes; pedicels pilose, with 
broad imbricating bracteas, which are coloured like the calyx ; 
corolla globosely bell-shaped, or urceolar, with a revolute limb ; 
fruit tomentose. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica nigrita, Lin. diss. mant. 65. Thunb. diss. no. 53. 
Andr. heath. 1. t. 32. Wendl. eric. fasc. 12. p. 11. with a 
figure. Erica laricina, Berg. pl. cap. p. 94. E. voluteeflora, 
Sal. in Lin, trans. 6. p. 335.—Seb. thes. 2. p. 11. t. 9. f. 7. 
Sides of calyx recurved at top. Corolla white, with black cor- 
niculate anthers. 
Black-anthered Moor-Heath. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
47 G. yricera ; leaves 3 in a whorl, shining, linear, trigonal ; 
flowers terminal; corolla urceolate, with a recurved limb; spurs 
of anthers serrated; anthers lyreeform, hairy ; fruit tomentose. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica lyrigera, 
Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 336. Erica nigrita, Roxb. but not of 
Sal. Flowers white, with black anthers. 
Lyre-bearing Moor-Heath. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 
Shrub. 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1790. 
1790. 
*** Leaves 4inawhorl. Corollas campanulate. 
48 G. cistivotia; leaves 4 ina whorl, beset with glandular 
hairs; flowers terminal; bracteas remote from the calyx; 
corolla bell-shaped, with reflexed segments; anthers subcorni- 
culate. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
cistifolia, Link. enum. 1. p. 369. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 5. Co- 
rollas white. Calyx hairy. 
Cistus-leaved Moor-Heath. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
49 G. exprompta; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, spreadingly 
reflexed, hairy, bearded at the apex; branches woolly ; flowers 
aggregate, terminal, drooping ; corolla campanulate; anthers 
awned or corniculate. `h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica exprompta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 195. 
Drawn-out-anthered Moor-Heath. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 
1811. ‘Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. See Erica, p. 800. for culture and propagation of the 
greenhouse species; and Callina, p. 828, for those of the 
hardy kinds. 
Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. 
HI. BLA‘RIA (named after Patrick Blair, M.D. F.R.S. 
He practised medicine at Boston in Lincolnshire, and was 
author of Miscellaneous Observations in 1718, and Botanic 
Essays in 1720, &c.) Lin. gen. 139. Juss. gen. 160. D. Don, 
in Edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 157. Erica species, Sal. in Lin. 
trans. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Penténdria Monoginia. Calyx 4-parted. 
Corolla short-tubular, with a 4-cleft limb. Stamens 4-6, in- 
serted in the receptacle; filaments linear, flattened, glabrous ; 
anthers bipartite ; cells of anthers attenuated at the base, mutic, 
dehiscing by an oblong hole. Stigma simple, obtuse. Capsule 
4-celled, many-seeded.—Much branched shrubs, natives of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Leaves verticillate, with revolute mar- 
gins. Flowers terminal, glomerate. 
II. GypsocaLus. 
Ill, Buzria. 
Anthers mutic. 
1 B. ertcoipes (Lin. spec. 162.) leaves 4 in a whorl, oblong, 
obtuse, ringed; bracteas 3, length of calyx; stamens 4-5, ex- 
serted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
Ble‘ria, Thunb. prod. 72. Wendl. coll. 1. p. 73. p. 25. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 85. Erica dumésa, Sal. in Lin. trans, p. 341. 
Erica Ble'ria rùbra, Hortul.—Petiv. gaz. 471. t. 2. f. 10, 
Erica orbicularis, Lodd. bot. cab. 153. Corolla purplish red. 
Calyx bibracteate, 
Var. B, pallida ; (Lodd. bot. cab. 85.) Flowers pale red. 
Heath-like Bleria. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1774. Shrub. 
2 B. pepre’ssa (Licht. mss. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 
168.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, spreading, hairy; anthers 
exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Co- 
rolla cylindrical, rufescent. 
Depressed Bleria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 
depressed. 
3 B. sca’sra (Willd, spec. 1. p. 629.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
lanceolate, pilose; calyx funnel-shaped, glabrous ; corolla gla- 
brous; stamens 4, exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
1816. Shrub 
Good Hope. Wendl. coll. 1. p. 85. t. 31. Erica scabra, 
Thunb. prod. 1. p. 72. Erica exilis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 
840. Flowers purplish-red. 
Scabrous Bleria. 
foot. 
4 B. rascicuna‘ra (Willd. spec. 1. p. 629.) leaves 4 in a 
whorl, lanceolate, ciliately scabrous ; stamens 4, exserted. ? 
hb. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica fasciculata, 
Thunb. prod. 72. fl. cap. 2. 
Fascicled-flowered Blæria. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 
5 B. arricuta‘ta (Lin. mant. 198.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
ovate or linear, glabrous, shining ; bracteas solitary; calyx fun- 
nel-shaped, hairy ; stamens 4-5, exserted. h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica articulata, Thunb. prod. 71. 
Wendl. coll. 2. p. 19. t. 44. Erica paleacea, Sal. in Lin. trans. 
6. p. 3541. Erica eriocéphala, Lam. encye. no. 73. ill. 78. 
Flowers reddish. Heads drooping. 
Jointed-stemmed Bleria. Fl. May, June. Clt, 1795. Shrub 
1 foot. 
6 B. purru'rra (Willd. spec. 1. p. 630. Lin. suppl. 122.) 
leaves 4 in a whorl, ovate, subciliated ; stem flexuous, erect; 
anthers inclosed. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica purpùrea, Thunb. prod. 71. Flowers purple. Heads 
drooping. 
Purple-flowered Bleria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1791. Shrub. 
7 B. mucésa (Willd. spec. 1; p. 630. Ait. hort. kew. 1. Pp. 
150.) leaves 4 in a whorl; calyx pilose; corolla campanulate, 
pilose above; flowers axillary; stigma peltate. hÑ. G. Na- 
a the Cape of Good Hope. Erica álbens. Thunb. prod. 
70. 
Mossy Bleria. Fl. June, Auz. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 foot. 
8 B. pusitta (Lin. mant. 39. Willd. spec. 1. p. 629.) leaves 
3-4 in a whorl, linear, hairy ; flowers racemose, drooping. R- 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica pusilla, Thunb. 
prod. p. 70. Branches downy. Leaves scabrous. 
Least Bleria. Shrub. 
9 B. niesv'ra (Licht. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 170.) 
leaves 3 in a whorl, fleshy, nearly terete, spreading; calyx 
pilose; corolla cylindrical; anthers 4, exserted. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla flesh-coloured. An- 
thers black. 
Hairy Bleria. Shrub. : 
10 B. raucrrtora (Wendl, coll. 2. p. 17. t. 43.) leaves 3 1m 
a whorl, ovate, glabrous; corolla clavate, glabrous; calyx 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 
