ERICACE. 
hairy; anthers exserted. h, G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers red. 
Fen-flowered Bleria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. Shrub. 
11 B. Tuunse’ran; leaves 4 in a whorl; bracteas and 
calyxes very pilose; corolla 2 lines long, hairy; stamens 4-5, 
very broad at top, inclosed. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica hirsùta, Thunb. prod. p. 72. Sal. in Lin. 
trans. 6. p. 339. 
Thunberg’s Blzria. Shrub. 
12 B. CILICIFLÒRA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, minute; calyx 
very pilose ; bracteas distinct; corolla 14 line long, hairy ; sta- 
mens 4, inclosed. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica ciliciifldra, Sal. in. Lin. trans. 339. Anthers didymous, 
bearded. 
Ciliated flowered Bleria. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
13 B. XERANTHEMIFÒLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, recurved; 
calyx woolly, imbricate ; corolla 12 lines long, woolly ; stamens 
exserted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
xeranthemifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 339. 
Xeranthemum-leaved Bleria. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1812. 
Shrub. 
14 B. nopiridra; leaves 3 ina whorl, villous ; calyx funnel- 
shaped, very villous; corolla 14 line long, hairy ; stamens 4, 
exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
nodiflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 340. 
Knot-flomered Bleria. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1799. Shrub. 
15 B. rroscuròsa; leaves 4 in a whorl; calyx fringed ; 
corolla 3 line long, with a very narrow tube and dilated limb; 
Stamens 4, exserted, with very narrow filaments. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica flosculdsa, Sal. in Lin. 
trans. 16. p. 340. The flowers resemble the florets in the disk 
of Composite. 
Flosculose Bleria. Shrub. 
_ 16 B. Barsrerra ; leaves 4 in a whorl; calyx deeply 4-cleft, 
imbricated by bracteas, bearded ; corolla glabrous, 2 lines long ; 
Stamens 4-5, exserted ; style very narrow. h.G. Native of 
ge Cape of Good Hope. Erica barbigera, Sal. in Lin. trans. 
. p. 341. 
Beard-bearing Bleria. Shrub. 
17 B. rurma‘tis; leaves 6 in a whorl; peduncles very 
short ; calyx minute, adpressed; corolla 2 lines long ; stamens 
4-5, exserted ; anthers broad. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica turmilis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 342. 
Trooper Bleria. Shrub. 
18 B. reurseriròLa ; leaves 3 in a whorl; flowers 3-5 in a 
fascicle ; peduncles long, glabrous; corolla 14 line long; sta- 
mens 4-5, exserted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica equisetifdlia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 342. 
Horsetail-leaved Bleria. Fl. July. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
§ 2. Anthers anned. 
19 B. crane’txra (Willd. spec. 1. p. 631.) leaves 4 in a 
Whorl, oblong, glabrous, with scabrous margins, numerous ; 
bracteas solitary ; calyx funnel-shaped, quadrangular ; corolla 
* lines long ; stamens 4, exserted; spurs of anthers deflexed. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. B. purpurea, 
Berg, pl. cap. 34. B. pusilla, Lin. mant. p. 39. Erica gla- 
bélla, Thunb. prod. 73. Erica embolifera, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
P. 340.—Seb. thes. 1. p- 30. t. 20. f. 2. Flowers purple. 
Smooth Bleria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 
20 B. ciria‘ris (Lin. suppl. 122.) leaves 4 in a whorl, gla- 
brous, minute ; calyx very hairy ; corolla 14 line long, hairy ; 
Stamens 4-5, inclosed; filaments spurred, h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Wendl. coll. 2. p. 35. t. 49.? 
ITI. Brzria. 
IV. Symereza. V. Pacnysa. 805 
Erica plumosa, Thunb. prod. 73, Sal. in Lin. trans 6. 
p. 339. 
Cihated-calyxed Blæria. 
1 foot. 
21 B. pumésa (Wendl. coll. 2. p. 3. t. 38.) leaves 3-4 in a 
whorl, linear, obtuse, erect, 1 line long; corolla 14 line long, 
glabrous ; anthers crested, exserted. h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Flowers rose-coloured, drooping. 
Bushy Bleria, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. Shrub 1 foot. 
22 B. BRUNIÆFÒLIA; leaves 6 in a whorl, long; bracteas near 
the calyx, the outer one very long; corolla 14 line long; sta- 
mens 6, exserted ; filaments spurred. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica brunizefolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
p. $41. Erica hemisphérica, Sol. mss. 
Brunia-leaved Bleria. Shrub. 
Cult. Pretty little shrubs, deserving a place in every collec- 
tion of greenhouse plants. A mixture of turfy peat and sand is 
the best soil for them; and young tops root readily, planted 
in a pot of sand in spring, with a bell-glass over them. 
Fl. June, Aug. Cit. 1794. Shrub 
IV. SYMPIE'ZA (from cuprefw, sympiezo, to press; in 
reference to the stamens, which adhere to the tube of the 
corolla.) Licht. mss, ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 8. no. 
447, and p. 171. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria Monogynia. Calyx turbinate, com- 
pressed, bilabiate, fringed. Corolla tubular, sub-bilabiate, 
longer than the calyx. Stamens 4-5, inserted in the tube of the 
corolla, exserted; anthers erect; style length of stamens; 
stigma simple. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded.—A_ small 
branched shrub, native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 
adpressed, erect, imbricated, 3 in a whorl, linear, trigonal, gla- 
brous, engraven by a line above. Flowers drooping, disposed 
in terminal heads, purplish. 
1 S. CAPITELLA`TA (Licht. l. c.) h. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Bleria bracteata, Wendl. coll. 2. p. 1. t. 37. 
Erica labialis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 840. Heads of flowers 
disposed in a racemose manner. 
Small-headed Sympieza. 
Shrub. 3 
Cult. See Blæ ria above for culture and propagation. 
Fl. June, August. Clt. 1812. 
V. PACHY'SA (from rayvc, pachys, thick; in reference to 
the thick substance of the corolla). D. Don, in edinb. phil. 
journ. 17. p. 153.—Erica species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria Monoginia. Calyx deeply 4-parted, 
(f. 135 a.) coriaceous. Corolla nearly globose, (f. 135 c.) coriaceous, 
with a contracted 4-lobed mouth, (f. 135 d.) Stamens inclosed ; 
filaments much dilated; anthers bifid; cells of anthers short, 
crested at the -base, opening by an oblique foramen. Style dilated 
at the base ; stigma simple, obtuse. Disk hypogynous, elevated. 
Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded.—Small erect shrubs, natives of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves loosely imbricated, compressed, 
3 in a whorl. Flowers large, terminal, subcorymbose, drooping ; 
pedicels bracteolate. he i 
1 P. a'goexs (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 153.) leaves 
linear, spreading, glabrous, 3 in a whorl, stiff; corolla ovate, glo- 
bose; bracteas 3, 2 approximate to the calyx and one remote 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
f Ker. bot. reg. t. 115. Bedf. 
Flowers orange- 
from it. 
árdens, Andr, heath. 2. t. 14. 
eric. wob. pl. 3. f. 23. Lodd. bot. cab. 47. 
ed. 
i Ardent Pachysa. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 to 
2 feet. 
