C 358 ] 



Erica Baccans. Arbutus-Flowered 

 Heath. 



dub. »L«l««l»«l«AJ»J.i|. 4f, A, 4f «b A •fe. yt, 



^Wp"l|^ 4I 4» «|» If if JjC «f* «r *r T* 1* ' s ' 



C/fz/jr ##<i Order. 



OdANDRIA MONOGYMA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cat. 4-pbyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 

 Anthers apice bifida^ pertufae. Cap/. 4-locularis. 4-valvis 

 polyfperma. 



Specific Char after and Synonyms. 

 ERICA baccans antheris criftatis inclufis, corollis globofo- 



campanulatis calyce colorato inclufis, foliis imbri- 



catis. Linn. Mant. p. 233. 

 ERICA baccans antheris criftatis, corollis globofo-campanulatis 



te<Elis, ftylo inclufo, foliis ternis imbricatis. Linn. SyJI. 



Veget. cd. 14. Murr. p. 366. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 18. 

 ERICA baccans criftata foliis quaternis linearibus ferrulatis, 



floribus umbellatis. calyce ovato aequante. 'Thunb. 



Prod. p. 74. 

 ERICA Africana glabra fruticofa arbuti flore. Scb. Muf. 1. 



p. 32. t. 21. f. 3. 



Seba, a Dutch writer, appears firft to have noticed this 

 Heath; be figures it in his Mufeum, and diftinguifhes it by the 

 name of Arbutus-flowered, which Mr. Aiton has retained. 



This very elegant and ornamental fpecies grows to a con- 

 siderable height, and in favourable fituations produces abun- 

 dance of flowers early in the fummer, which are remarkable, 

 though not peculiarly fo, for being enveloped with a calyx of 

 the fame colour. 



It is a native of the Cape, and was introduced by Mr. 

 Masson in 1774*. 



Is raifed from feeds, which it ripens with us more freely 

 than moft of the African Heaths, a fortunate circumftance, 

 as it is fcarcely poflible to ftrike its cuttings. 



Seedling plants rarely flower till they are three years old. 



* Ait. Km 



