ERICACEÆ. XIII. Evrytoma. 
ending each in a hair; flowers terminal, umbellate, drooping ; 
calyx coloured ; bracteas remote from the calyx; corolla with a 
ventricose ribbed tube; style exserted. h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica Shanndnia, Andr. heath. vol. 4. 
Erica Shannoniana, Lodd. bot. cab. 168. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 
185. Flowers red. 
Countess Shannon’s Euryloma. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1806, 
* * Leaves 4 in a whorl. 
10 E. Hartne’t11; leaves 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, imbricated, 
finely ciliated: the terminating hairs the longest; corolla viscid 
nearly tubular, rather ventricose at the base, with ovate-triangular 
lobes. k. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
Hartnélli, Roll. cat. 
Hartnell’s Euryloma. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 
11 E. amputracroipes ; leaves 4 in a whorl, ciliated ; flowers 
terminal; bracteas remote from the calyx; corolla with a ven- 
tricose curved tube. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica ampullaceoides, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 2. Erica 
ampullacea, Hort. Corolla with a red tube, and a greenish- 
yellow neck. 
Ampullacea-like Euryloma. Fl. Summer. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
12 E. princeps; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, ciliated, recurved; 
flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas approximating the calyx, 
ciliated, as well as the calycine segments ; corolla viscid, with a 
ventricose tube, and a hairy top; style inclosed. h. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica prínceps, Andr. heath. 2. t. 
44. Lodd. bot. cab. 647. Corollas reddish-purple. 
Var. B, cárnea ; flowers pale red. 
Princely Euryloma. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1800. 
to 2 feet. 
13 E. RETÓRTA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, squarrosely recurved, 
and are as well as the calyxes and bracteas fimbriately ciliated 
and aristate ; flowers terminal, umbellate, usually 7-8 together ; 
corolla viscid, with an ovate ventricose tube, and acute seg- 
ments ; anthers woolly; style exserted. h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica retérta, Lin: suppl. p. 220. Mon- 
tin, in act. holm, 1774. p. 297. t. 7. Curt. bot. mag. 862. Andr. 
heath. 1. t. 47. Lodd. bot. cab. 804. Wendl. eric. fasc. 15. p. 45. 
With a figure. E. gorterizefolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 381. 
Corolla 8-9 lines long, pale red. 
Var. 2, alba; corolla white, Sal. 1. c. 
pert -kaved Euryloma. Fl. July, Oct. 
rub. 
14 E. ca’pax; leaves 4 in a whorl, ovate-cuneated ; flowers 
terminal; corolla viscid, 8-10 lines long, with a flask-formed 
tube, and retuse segments. hk. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
ope. Erica cdpax, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 381. Erica pre’g- 
nans, Sol. mss. 
Capacious Euryloma. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1806. Shrub 1 
to 2 feet. 
15 E. arisra‘ra ; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, oblong, subsecund, 
hispid, imbricated, awned at the apex; flowers terminal ; brac- 
teas approximating the calyx; corolla inflated upwards with 
revolute projecting segments: calycine segments obtuse. R. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica aristata, Andr. heath. 
3. t. 28. Curt. bot. mag. t. 1449. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 384. 
po eric. wob. p. 2. pl. 2. t. 11. Lodd. bot. cab. 73. Co- 
rollas reddish-purple, with a paler limb. 
Mined leaved Pioti ii. March, Aug. Clt. 1801. Shrub 
l to 2 feet. ; ú 
16 E. ArIsTE'LLA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, hispid, awned, imbri- 
cated, subsecund; flowers terminal; bracteas approximating 
e calyx; corolla with an oblong acuminated tube ; anthers 
mutic. bh. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
you. 11. * 
Shrub 1 
Clit. 1781. 
XIV. Cuona. 817 
aristélla, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 2. Erica aristata minor, Hortul. 
Corolla reddish-purple. 
Small-awned Euryloma. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. Shrub. 
17 E. opza‘ra; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, ciliated, secund ; 
flowers terminal; bracteas approximating the calyx, ciliated, as 
well as the calyxes; corolla viscid, with a globose-ventricose 
ribbed tube, and spreading obtuse segments. h. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica obbata, Andr. heath. 2. t. 33. 
Corolla with a reddish-purple tube, a greenish-yellow neck, and 
a pale limb. ? 
Var. B, umbellata (Andr. heath. 3. t. 29.) flowers terminal, 
umbellate, white. kh. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
Botile-flowered Euryloma, 
Shrub. 
18 E. optonea (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 17.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
linear, ciliated, recurved; flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas 
approximating the calyx, ciliated; calyx inflated, ciliated; corolla 
oblong, ruffed; anthers mutic. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Fl. April, July. Clit. 1796. 
Good Hope. Erica oblonga, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 17. Erica ob- 
bata ròsea, Hortul. Flowers reddish-purple. 
Oblong-flowered Euryloma. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.? Shrub. 
** * Leaves 6 ina whorl. 
19 E. squarrodsa; leaves 6 in a whorl, squarrose; flowers 
terminal ; corolla viscid, 5-6 lines long, with an ovate pyramidal 
tube, and an obtuse limb; anthers smooth; spurs marginal. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica squarrosa, Sal. 
in Lin. trans. p. 380. Leaves very dense. 
Squarrose Euryloma. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1808. Shrub. 
20 E. impertA Lis; leaves 6 in a whorl, filiform, erect, imbri- 
cated; flowers terminal, corymbose, drooping; corolla viscid, ? 
with a discoloured limb. k.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica imperialis, Andr. heath. 4. icon. 
Imperial Euryloma. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1802. Shrub. 
21 E. recurva'ta; leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, flexuous, re- 
curved ; flowers terminal, nearly sessile, drooping, capitate ; 
bracteas sessile; corolla curved, ovate-oblong ; style exserted ; 
anthers mutic. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica recurvata, Andr. heath. vol. 4. Flowers pale red. 
Recurved-flowered Euryloma. Fl. April, June. Shrub, 
22 E. crinita; leaves crowded, lanceolate, terminated each 
by a hair; flowers nearly terminal, drooping ; pedicels red; 
corolla cylindrical, contracted at the neck. h. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica crinita, Lodd. bot. cab. 1432. 
Corolla purplish-red, with a pale border. 
Long-haired Euryloma. Fl. May, Aug. Cit. 1826. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Erica, p. 800. Most 
elegant shrubs when in blossom. The wood of the species 
being more hard than that of Erica, the cuttings do not strike 
root so freely. 
XIV. CHO'NA (from ywvn, chone, a funnel; from the figure 
of the corolla). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 155.— 
Erica species of authors. 
“Lhe syst. Octéndria Monogy‘nia. Calyx 4-parted, foli- 
aceous. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 4-lobed revolute limb. 
Stamens exserted; filaments capillary; anthers truncate, com- 
bined; cells of anthers elongated, parallel, awned at the base. 
Stigma simple, obtuse. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded.—A small 
diffuse shrub, native of the Cape w Good aran Sige Sina 
horl, linear, awned, with revolute setosely-ciliated margins. 
Florens preg corymbose, ioe Anthers black. Per- 
Syringddea mutabilis belongs to this genus. 
ay Cr inei (D. Don, l. c.) k. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Erica Nivènia, Andr. heath, 2. t. 26. 
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