ERICACEZ. VI. Creramia. 
Var. 3; anthers exserted. h.G. Enrica planifolia, Willd. 
spec. 2. p. 362.—Pluk. mant. p. 69. t. 347. f. 1. 
Var. y; corolla smooth; anthers exserted. h.G. Erica 
thymifolia, Wendl. obs. p. 48. 
Flat-leaved Ceramia. FI. June, Nov. Clt. 1795. Shrub 2 
feet. 
6 ©: THYMIFÒLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, spreading, re- 
motish, ciliated; flowers axillary, solitary; spurs of anthers 
short; corolla globose, urceolate, downy.? h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erìca thymifòlia, Andr. heath. 2. t. 
29. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 402. Bracteas remote from the 
ar: Corollas white, but in Andrew’s figure they are red or 
purple. 
Thyme-leaved Ceramia. Fl. 
Shrub. 
7 C. TEUCRIFOLIA; leaves 3 in a whorl, lanceolate, rather vil- 
lous, spreading ; flowers axillary, cymose. h.G. Native of 
por of Good Hope. Erica teucrifòlia, Spreng. syst. 2. 
p. 109, 
Teucrium-leaved Ceramia. 
Shrub. 
8 C. corpa`ra ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, sub-cordate, vil- 
lous above and woolly beneath; branches divaricate, hairy ; 
corollas globose; anthers mutic. h.G, Native of the Cape 
March, Nov. Clt. 1789. 
Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1812. 
of Good Hope. Erica cordata, Andr. heath. 3. t. 41. Co- 
rollas white, with black anthers. 
Cordate-leaved Ceramia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1799. 
Shrub diffuse. 
9 C.? CALATHIFLÒRA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, imbricated ; 
flowers terminal ; calyx tomentose ; corolla campanulate, 1 line 
long, smooth ; spurs of anthers cuneated, hairy; fruit tomen- 
tose ; style exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
tope. Erica calathiflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 328. Erica 
bicolor, Thunb. diss. no. 57. Willd. spec. 2. p. 363. 
Bonl-flowered Cerdmia. Fl. Nov. March. Clt. 1790. 
rub, 
10 C. Larirdria; leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong-lanceolate, 
villous above and white beneath, as in the rest of the species ; 
flowers axillary, aggregate; corollas conical; genitals exserted ; 
anthers mutic. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
rica latifolia, Andr. 2, t. 41. Flowers dark red or purple. 
ranches flexuous. 
Broad-leaved Cerdmia. Fl. May, Aug. Cit. 1800. Shrub. 
Il C. oxrieua ; leaves obliquely verticillate, linear, truncate, 
with glandular margins; spikes of flowers terminal, coarctate ; 
corollas urceolate, viscid, having the interstices of the limb end- 
ing in a tumid hook each; anthers awned. h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica obliqua, Thunb. diss. no. 73. 
With a good figure. Baur. pl. kew. t. 3. Andr. heath, 1. t. 23. 
endl, eric. 17. p. 77. with a figure. Bracteas remote from 
the calyx ; calycine segments linear-oblong. Corollas pale 
purple, 
Oblique-leaved Ceramia. Fl. Aug. Oct. 
Shrub, 
. 12 C. oxycocciré11a; stems decumbent, filiform; leaves 3 
in a whorl, ovate; corolla 14 line long, campanulate, hairy ; 
filaments mutic. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Tica oxycoccifdlia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 325.—A very 
they species, with the habit of Oxycóccus palistris. Flowers 
ed, 
Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1791. 
Cle. 1789. 
> Cranberry-leaved Ceràmia. 
Shrub decumbent. 
13 C. pre‘nna; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, ovate, cuneated ; co- 
rolla urceolate, 4-5 lines long, viscid, having the segments 1m- 
ricated at the base; filaments very broad ; anthers corniculate. 
1 
VIL. Desmia. VIII. Evryzeris. 807 
k. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.—A very fine spe- 
cies. Corollas yellow, with a green mouth. Perhaps a species 
of Pachy'sa. 
Blenna Ceramia. Shrub. 
14 C. SERPYLLIFÒLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, ciliated, 
sessile ; flowers terminal; branches hairy. p. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica serpyllifdlia, Lodd. bot. cab. 
744, Corollas white. 
Wild-Thyme-leaved Cerdmia. 
Shrub. 
15 C.? numiru'sa; leaves opposite, or 3 in a whorl, oval ; 
corolla 14 line long, with an ample limb; flowers terminal ; 
anthers mutic, inclosed ; style much exserted. h. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica humifùsa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 
6. p. 332. 
Trailing Ceramia. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Shrub. 
Cult. See Erica, p. 800. for culture and propagation. 
Fl June, July. Clit. 1810. 
VII. DE/SMIA (from Seopn, desme, a fascicle ; in reference 
to the glomerate flowers). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July, 
1834,.—Erica species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Octándria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-toothed. Co- 
rolla globose, with a contracted 4-toothed mouth. Stamens ex- 
serted; filaments flattened; cells of anthers short, dehiscing by 
an oblong foramen, with the base truly simple and confluent in 
the filament. Stigma capitate. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. 
Seeds scrobiculate.—Small erect shrubs, natives of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Leaves scattered, spreading, subulate. Flowers 
terminal, glomerate. 
1 D. conre‘rta (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 153.) 
flowers umbellate, sessile, fasciculate; filaments narrow. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica conférta, Andr. 
heath. 2. t. 50. Sol. in Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 409, Lodd. 
bot. cab. 1335. Leaves 4in a whorl. Corollas white. 
Cronded-flowered Desmia. Fl. Oct. Feb. Clt. 1800. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
2 D. maua‘tis (D. Don. 1. c.) umbels pedunculate, aggre- 
gate; filaments dilated. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
Equal Desmia. Shrub. 
3 D. romrdria (D. Don, l. c.) leaves 3 in a whorl, aristate ; 
flowers fascicled ; corollas oblong, with a dilated throat ; fila- 
ments dilated; stigma nearly simple. hk. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Polium-leaved Desmia. Shrub. 
Cult. See Erica, p. 800. for culture and propagation. 
VIII. EURYLE'PIS (from evpuc, eurys, broad, and ere, 
lepis, a scale; in reference to the dilated scales of the calyx). 
D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 154.—Erica species of 
authors. 
Lin. syst. Octéndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, coria- 
ceous, bibracteate at the base. Corolla tubular, coriaceous, 
ventricose at the base, with a 4-cleft erect limb. Stamens in- 
closed ; filaments dilated, canaliculate ; anthers bipartite ; cells 
of anthers coriaceous, dehiscing by an oblong foramen, auricled 
at the base. Stigma clavate, with a 4 tubercled disk and a cre- 
nulated ring. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. Segments of 
placenta 2-lobed. Seeds oval, ventricose.—Diffusely branched 
shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves scattered, 
with revolute margins. Flowers terminal, solitary, large, pen- 
dulous. 
