816 
52 C. primutoipes; leaves 5 in a whorl, glabrous; flowers, 
terminal, nearly sessile, fastigiate; corolla with an ovate tube. 
and a broad-spreading limb; calycine segments serrulated. h, 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica primuloides 
Andr. heath. 3. t. 63. Lodd. bot. cab. 715. Erica delécta, 
Hortul. Sims, bot. mag. 1548. Flowers pink and white, with 
a dark eye, and sometimes reddish-purple. Style exserted. 
Primrose-like-flowered Callista. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1802. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
53 C. Swainson; leaves 5-6 in a whorl, linear, obtuse, 
crowded, erect; flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas sessile ; 
calycine segments lanceolate ; corolla with a cylindrical furrowed 
tube, and a spreading border; anthers somewhat exserted. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Swainsonia, 
Andr. heath. 3. t. 65. Flowers reddish-purple or buff-red. 
Swainson’s Callista. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1794. Shrub 1 to 
2 feet. 
54 C. QUADRANGULA`RIS; leaves recurved, glabrous, scat- 
tered: flowers terminating small branches; bracteas sessile ; 
corolla with a 4-angled tube, winged ; style exserted. h.G 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica quadrangulairis, 
Andr. heath. vol. 4. with a figure. Erica erdsa, Lodd. bot. cab. 
133. Bedf. eric. wob. pl. 2. f. 2. Corolla with a purplish-red 
tube, and a white crenulated limb. 
Quadrangular-flowered Callista. 
Shrub. ` 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Erica, p. 800.—Ele- 
gant shrubs when in blossom. The wood being harder than 
that of the species of Erica, cuttings are more difficult to root. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. 
XIII. EURYLO'MA (from evpve, eurys, wide, and wpa, 
loma, a margin; in reference to the wide limb of the corolla). 
D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 155.—Erica species of 
authors. 
Lin. syst. Octándria Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, foli- 
aceous. Corolla salver-shaped, with an elongated filiform or 
ventricose tube, and a 4-parted dilated limb. Stamens inclosed ; 
filaments dilated, membranous, channelled ; anthers bipartite ; 
cells of anthers membranous, dehiscing lengthwise, and drawn 
out at the base into a short tumid spur. Stigma with an elevated 
4-lobed disk. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. — Diffusely 
branched shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 
adpressed, semi-cylindrical, minutely denticulated. Flowers 
terminal, solitary or by threes, large, showy, on short pedicels, 
clammy. 
* Leaves 3 in a whorl. 
1 E. Arronr (D. Don, l. c.) leaves 3 ina whorl, linear, serru- 
lated, erect; flowers terminal, usually by threes; bracteas 
remote from the calyx ; corolla viscid, with a cylindrical tube, 
which is ventricose at top, and large ovate segments ; style ex- 
serted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
Aitdnia, Andr. 1. t. 25. Curt. bot. mag. 429. Erica Aitoniana, 
Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 372. Lodd. bot. cab. 144. Erica Aitoni, 
Willd. spec. 2. p. 398. Erica jasminiflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 
6. p. 382. Corolla pale red, or nearly white, 16 to 19 lines 
long. 
Aiton’s Euryloma. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1790. Shrub 
2 feet. 
2 E. JAsMINIFLÒRA (D. Don, l. c.) leaves 3 in a whorl, linear- 
oblong, serrulated, recurved, imbricated in 6 rows; flowers ter- 
minal, aggregate; bracteas ciliated, remote from the calyx ; 
corolla viscid, with an ovate tube, which is ventricose at the 
apex, and ovate segments; style exserted. h. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica jasminiflora, Andr, heath. 1. t. 
26. Erica lagenefldra, Sal. in Lin. trans, 6, p. 382, Corolla 
ERICACEA. XII. Catuista. 
XIII. Evrytoma. 
12-14 lines long, with a reddish tube, and a yellowish-green 
border. 
Var. p, alba; flowers pure white. 
Jasmine-flowered Euryloma. Fl. June, Nov. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
3 E. rricotor ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, recurved, ciliated, 
as well as the bracteas and calyxes: the terminating hairs the 
longest; pedicels bibracteate near the base; flowers terminal, 
usually about 6 together; corolla viscid, with a large ventricose 
tube, and ovate-cordate slightly crenulated segments; style ex- 
serted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
tricolor, Nois. Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 25. Corolla red at the 
base, white at top, but greenish-yellow below the contraction 
of the limb. 
Var. B, major (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 26.) leaves adpressed, 
shortly ciliated ; corolla oblong, inflated, with a red tube and 
segments, and yellowish-green below the contraction. 
Var. y, dumosa ; leaves long-ciliated, recurved ; corolla with 
an ovate-oblong inflated tube. h.G. Corolla with a red tube, 
a greenish-yellow contraction, and white segments. Bedf. eric. 
wob. p. 25. t. 4. f. 17. 
Var. 8, minor (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 26.) leaves 4 in a whorl; 
style inclosed ; corolla inflated, ventricose. h. G. Corolla 
with a red tube, greenish-yellow top, and red segments. 
Three-coloured Euryloma. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 
4 E. MIRABILIS; leaves 3 in a whorl,? obtuse; flowers ter- 
minal, disposed in umbellate fascicles ; corolla viscid? with a 
ventricose base, a contracted neck, and a wide-spreading border. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica mirabilis, 
Lodd. bot. cab. 1804. Corollas white, tinged with red. 
Admirable Euryloma. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1804. Shrub. 
5 E. AMPULLACEA; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, lanceolate, 
ciliated, reflexed ; flowers terminal, usually by fours; bracteas 
approximating the calyx, ciliated, as well as the calycine seg- 
ments ; corolla viscid, with a ventricose tube, ribbed neck, 
and ovate-cordate slightly crenulated obtuse segments; style 
exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
ampullacea, Curt. bot. mag. 303. Andr. heath. 1. t. 29. Lodd 
bot. cab. 508. Erica ampuleeférmis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 
381. Leaves imbricate at the base, moderately spreading at top. 
Corolla 8-10 lines long, red. Anthers incurved at top. 
Flask-flowered Euryloma. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. Sh. 
6 E. Irpya‘na; leaves 3 in a whorl, cuspidate, with scabrous 
margins, erect; bracteas remote from and approximating the 
calyx ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; corolla viscid, with a cylin- 
drical ventricose tube, and large segments; style exserted; an- 
thers mutic. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica Irbyana, Andr. heath. 3. t. 25. Lodd. bot. cab. 816. 
Flowers white. 
Var. B, rubra ; flowers reddish-purple. 
Irby’s Euryloma. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 to 
2 feet. 
7 E. nota’sitis; leaves linear-oblong, 3 in a whorl, serru- 
lately ciliated, short, adpressed; branches slender, flexuous ; 
flowers small, terminal, aggregate, viscid ; corolla tubular, with 
a constricted neck, and small limb. h.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Erica notdbilis, Wendl. Licht. ex Spreng. syst. 
2. p. 184. Style inclosed. 
Notable Euryloma. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1816. 
to 2 feet. 
8 E. cURVIFÒLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, recurved, ciliated ? ; 
spikes coarctate; corolla 4 lines long, viscid, with an ovate 
pyramidal tube; spurs of anthers linear-attenuated ; pericarp 
hairy. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
curvifdlia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 3880. Flowers lateral. 
Curved-leaved Euryloma. Shrub. 
9 E. SHANNONIA`‘NA ; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, stiff, spreading, 
Clt. 1794. 
Shrub 1 
