826 
long, viscid, with a cylindrical clavate tube and an erect limb ; 
pedicels and bracteas glandular; style a little exserted; awns of 
anthers subulate. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica fascicularis, Lin. suppl. 219. Pl. kew. t. 6. Erica coro- 
nata, Andy. 1. t. 12. Bedf. eric. wob. pl. 11. f. 17. Erica oc- 
tophylla, Thunb. diss. no. 72. with a figure, Willd. spec. 2. p. 
872. Erica radiiflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 360. Corollas 
reddish-purple, with a green apex. 
Fascicled-flowered Syringodea. Fl. Feb. June. Clt. 1787. 
Shrub. 
106 S. SCEPTRIFÓRMIS ; leaves 8 in a whorl; stem straight ; 
pedicels very short, axillary, crowded; calyx callous, with broad, 
spatulate, deeply serrated segments; corolla 7-10 lines long, 
downy. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
sceptriformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 365. Erica enneaphylla, 
Roxb. mss. 
Sceptre-formed flowered Syringodea. 
1790. Shrub. 
107 S.? pornrórmis; leaves hairy, linear, 6 in a whorl; 
bracteas close to the calyx; flowers terminal; corolla 4-5 lines 
long, viscid, with an urceolar tube; awns of anthers short, cune- 
ated. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
doliiformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 368. Erica mammésa, 
Thunb. diss. no. 69. with a figure. 
Tun-formed-flowered Syringodea. FI. 
1798. Shrub. 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Cit. 
May, Sept. Cilt. 
+ Species hardly known. 
108 S. ninsu'ta; leaves 4 in a whorl, hairy, hoary, linear ; 
flowers axillary, crowded, verticillate; anthers awned?. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica hirsùta, Lodd. 
bot. cab. 754. Corolla with a red base and white apex. 
Hairy Syringodea. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
109 S. rv’srpa; leaves linear, 4 in a whorl, glabrous; 
flowers terminal and axillary ; bracteas distant from the calyx ; 
corolla tubular, drooping; anthers? h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica rúbida, Lodd. bot. cab. 1166. 
Pedicels and calyxes red. Corollas white. 
Reddish-calyxed Syringodea. Fl. May, June. 
Shrub. 
110 S. exro’sita; leaves 4 in a whorl, hairy ; calyx, brac- 
teas, and pedicels, clothed with glandular hairs; flowers termi- 
nal, by threes or fours; corolla cylindrical. h. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica expósita, Lodd. bot. cab. 1521. 
Flowers red. 
Exposed Syringodea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub. 
111 S. Eronea‘ta;. leaves hoary, linear, 4 in a whorl ; flowers 
terminal ; corolla hairy at top. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica elongata, Lodd. bot. cab. 738. Flowers white. 
Elongated Syringodea. Fl. Feb; Nov. Clt, 1810. Shrub. 
112 S. RoLLINsòNII ; leaves 4 in a whorl?; flowers nearly 
terminal, verticillate ; corolla with a straight cylindrical tube. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica. Rol- 
linsonii, Hortul. Bedf. eric, wob. p. 21. Flowers purplish-red. 
Rollinson’s Syringodea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 
Cult. See Erica, p. 800, for culture and propagation. 
Clt. 1826. 
XVI. DASYA’NTHES (from éacue, dasys, hairy, and av6oc, 
anthos, a flower; in reference to the corolla, which is hairy). 
D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 156.—Erica species of Lin. 
Lin. syst. Octandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, bibrac- 
teate at the base. Corolla tubular, hispid, with an erect 4-lobed 
limb. Stamens inclosed ; filaments capillary; anthers bipar- 
tite; cells of anthers mutic at the base, dehiscing longitudinally. 
Stigma large, peltate. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded.—An 
erect shrub, native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves loosely 
ERICACEZ. XVI. Dasyanrues. 
XVII. Ecrasis. 
imbricate, hispid from bristles, with revolute margins. Flowers 
terminal, fascicled, yellow. 
1 D. Sparma’/nni (D. Don, l. c.) h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica Sparmanni, Lin. suppl. 219. in act. 
holm. 1778. p. 24. t. 2. Thunb. diss. no. 33. Erica 4spera, 
Andr. heath. vol. 3. t. 55. Erica hystriciflora, Sal. in Lin. 
trans. 6. p. 367. Erica hérrida, Hortul. Leaves 4 in a whorl. 
Flowers drooping, by threes. 
Sparmann’s Dasyanthes. Fl. Sept. Feb. Clt.1794. Shrub, 1 ft. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Erica, p. 800. 
XVII. ECTA'SIS (from exracte, ectasis, extension ; from the 
stamens being much exserted). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 
17. p. 156. Erica species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-leaved, gluma- 
ceous. Corolla tubular, rather ventricose at the ‘base, with a 4- 
toothed limb. Stamens much exserted; filaments dilated; an- 
thers bipartite; cells of anthers elongated, tubular, dehiscing by 
a longitudinal fissure, continuous, with the base of the filaments 
mutic. Stigma clavate, truncate. Capsule 4-celled, many- 
seeded. Seeds ovate, compressed, smooth, shining.—Much- 
branched shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 
loosely imbricated, with revolute edges, flat above, 3 or 4 ina 
whorl, but mostly the latter number. Flowers terminal, solitary 
or numerous. 
§ 1. Flowers lateral. Calyx bractless.. Normal species. 
1 E. Pernye (D. Don, l. c.) leaves spreadingly recurved, 
ciliated; flowers solitary ; corollas cylindrical; fruit ovate. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Petivérii, Lin. 
mant. 232. diss. no. 50. Lodd. bot. cab. 1426. Erica Peti- 
veriana, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 361. Erica baculiflora, Sal. in Lin. 
trans. 6. p. 346. Corollas yellow. 
Var. B; corollas of a dirty rufous colour. 
Petivérii, Thunb. diss, 21. 
Var. y, hirstita (Andr. heath. 2. t, 72.) leaves hairy ; corollas 
deep red. 
Petiver’s Ectasis. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1774. Shrub- 
2 E. Pruxne't1 (D. Don, l. c.) bracteas cuneated, remote 
from the calyx; corolla ovate, pyramidal or conical, smooth. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Pluknètii, 
Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 3556. Erica fusifórmis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
p- 345. Corolla scarlet, 6-7 lines long, leaves linear, spreading. 
Var. B; calyx 23 to 3 lines long; corolla purple, with orange- 
coloured anthers, 6-7 lines long. h.G. Erica Pluknetiana, 
Pl. kew. t. 9. Erica Pluknétii. Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 506. exclu- 
sive of the synonymes. Erica Pluknétii nana, Andr. heath. 1. 
t.67. Erica Pluknétii pinea, Wendl. eric. 1. p. 9. with a figure. 
Var. y; calyx 1 line long; corolla white, 3 to 34 lines long. 
h.G. Erica Petivérii 8, Thunb. diss. no. 21. 
Var. ò; calyx 24 lines long ; corolla white, 3 to 33 lines long. 
Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 346. 
Var. £; calyx 5 lines long; corolla white, 5-8 lines long. 
h.G. Sal.l.c. This is said to be the most showy variety. 
Var. č, penicellata (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 361.) corolla red- 
dish purple, with orange-red anthers. h. G. Erica penicel- 
lata, Andr. heath. 2. t. 69. Lodd. bot. cab. 1918. Erica Pluk- 
nétia interrúpta, Wendl. eric. 2. p. 21. with a figure. 
Pluknet’s Ectasis. FI. April, May. Clt. 1774. Shrub. 
3 E. BRUNIA DES; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear-oblong, erect, 
short, villously tomentose ; flowers terminal, subumbellate, 
drooping ; bracteas remote from the calyx, 4-leaved ; corolla 
campanulate, much longer than the calyx, which is very villous 
and silky ; nectarium astraguliform, silky. h. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica bruniades, Lin. mant. p. 378. 
diss. no. 52. with a figure of the flower. Wendl. eric. 16. p- 53. 
with a figure. Lodd. bot. cab. 1365. Erica carbasina, Sal. in 
h. G. Erica 
