590 XCUI, ERICACEAE. [Ericece. 



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. aiitlieris iequilongis ; antliera; tlorsifixie, ovato-lanceolata^, 2-partitie, dorso muticuj^ rimis 

 elongatis dehisceiites. Discus inconspicuus. Ovarium globosiuu, 'albo4omento3um, 5- 

 loculare ; stylus iiliformis, mclusuSj rectus, stigmatc capitato ; ovula in loculis numerosaj 

 X:>lacentis angulo interiori aduatia multiseriatiiu inserta. Cap&ula globosa, 5-loculaiisj crus- 

 taceaj loculicide o-valvis, valvis ab axi plaeentifero solutis, polysperma. Semiiia niinutaj 

 ovoidea, compressaj testa nitida, — Fruticulus ericoideusj cano-pubescens. Folia erecto- 

 patentia, 4-fariam verticillataj lineari-oblonga, obtusa, coriacea, integerrima, dorso sulcata. 

 Floros pro planta majiisculij subtcrininales, fasciculatij i>edicellatij 3-bracteatij uutantes, 

 carnei v, albi, visciduli, bracteis a calyco remotls. 



.Species 1, Siciliseoccidentuliy incola. Benfh. in DC. Prod, vii, 613- Link, KL ct Ofto Ic. IH. i. i. 

 19. Genus vis ab Erica di^stingucndiuo flonbiis 5-merisj charnctor iion semper in omnibus floribnt; 

 coiistans, eed in specicbus numerosis Eric<^ hnciisq\io nunquam observatus, 



22. Erica, Linn. Gen. ii. 484. — Calyx 4-partituSj segmentis herbaccis v, coriaceiSj 

 raritis 4-fidus, iiubricatus^ persistens. Corolla marcescensj tubulosa urceolata globosa 

 hypocraterimorplia v. campanulataj tubo brevi v. elongato ; limbi lobi 4, parvi, rarissime 

 ainpli, erecti, incum recurvi v. patentes, contorti, Staiuina 8, rariua 6-7^ filamentis 

 brevibus v' elongatis planis glaberrimis ; antherfe basi- v, dorsifixse, erectre v, varie 

 inclinataij liberie v. leviter cohiierentes, inclus^ v, exsertte, loculis ad basin fere liberis 

 rarissime ad medium v. omnino coimatis luuticis v. basi (rarissime apice) aristatis v, 

 cristatis v. lamellis ciliatia erosisve donatio, porii^magnis sa^pius ovoideis v. rimis elongatis 

 & latere dehiscentibus. Discus brevis v. subelongatua, obscure 8'Crenatus. Ovarium 

 4- rarissime 8-loculare ; stylus eaepius filiformis, stigmate tnincato v, capitellato rarius 

 disciformi ; ovula in loculis 2 v. siopius '^y in placentis tmnidis angulo interiori adnatis 

 conferta, Capsula globosa v. conica, rarius elongata, Sfepissime 4dobaj 4-locularia, 

 4'ValviSj yah^s ab axi 4-gono solutis, polyspenna. Seinina minuta, ellipsoidea, rarius 

 oblonga v. subalata, testa membranacea v. Crustacea, albumine camoso ; embryo 

 cylindraceus, axilis.-^Frutices y. fruticuli raniosissimij glabri pubcscentes ciliati vel 

 tomeniosi. Folia 3-C-natini verticillataj rarius opposita v. sparsa, stepissime acerosa, 

 inarginibus ad costam reflexia, rarius planiuscula inarginibus recurvis. Flores parvi v.' 

 luajusculi, plerumqL^e cernui; pedicelli 1-flori, axillarcs v, terniinale.s, sulitiuii verticillati 

 lunbcllati v. subcajutati, sfepius 3- rarius 2-bracteati. 



Species ad 400, plerseque in Africa austral! imprimis occidentali iudigense, pauceo rcgiones teni- 

 peratas et subfrigidad Enropse oecidentalis et borealis et oras maris ilcditerranei incolantes. Benfh. 

 hi DC. Pro(h vii. 613. Walp. Sep, ii- 728 ; Ti- 419 ; Ann. I 48K WendL Eric. Ic. el Desci\ cu^n 

 fab. 10, Andrews, CoL Eiigr, Heaths, cum tab. 288 ; Modogr* Gen. Eric, cum fab. 300. ForheSy Hort, 

 Eric, Wob. cum tab. 10. 



Genus vastnm, cbaracteribns suis constanfissimum excepta eorollanim et anthcrtirum forma, quse 

 jtji variant ut ad genera plnrima instruenda usa sunt, imprimis a D. Don in Edinb. N. Phil. Jonrn. 

 xvii- 152 ct seq, A Benthamio in DC. 1. c. in subgenera 4 seqnentia ct in sectiones 49 dividitur : 



1. Ectaais. Anthorai basifixa?^ ^aipliis basin versus nttennatse, loculid elongatis^ filamonto ^jL-po 

 latinF^'culo, Corollse tubus varins- Nees^ Got. Fl. Germ, lieichb. Ic. Fl. Germ, t. 1165,/. 1, ct 

 1166, / 2. Bot. Mag. t. 11, 1370. Gypsocaixis, Dksmia, Ectasis, et Euiodesmia, Bon^ Lc. 



2. Syringodea, Antherie dorsifixw, loculis muticis v. aristatis nunquam cristatis. Corollse tubns 

 elongatus, limbo erecto apei-to v. revoluto nee stellato-patente. Bot. Mag. f. 189, 220, 356, 4Q2, 706, 

 1758,1815,1915,1981, 2206,2348. Syuixgodjia, Dasya:^thes, Cho>'a c^ Calzistj^ ^pccicfi, Bon 



he. 



Z. Stdlanthe. Antherje dorsifisse, inclusse, dorso muticse aristatEc v, cristatso. Corollse tubus 

 glubosus ovoidcus v. clongatus, basin versus inflalu-'f^, rarius a'qnalis, faxicc con^^tricta, limbo pbuio 

 stellato-patente. Bot. Mag. L 303, 350, 362, 423, 429, 440, 612, 1249, 1548, 1626, 1720, 1793, 2084, 

 2126, 2165, 2465, 4016, 4069, 4074. Lamprotis et Callistje species. Dm I.e. 



4. Enerica, Aiitherse dor-sifixse, inclusie v. ex:^ertre. Corolla brevis, globosa urceolata campfinu- 

 lata V. ovoidea, limbo connivente aperto v, revoluto-pateute nee stellato-patente, HeiclJ). Ic. FL 

 Germ. t. 1163, 1164, 1165, /'. 2, 1166, / 3. Harv. Thcs. Cap, t 48. Bot, Mag. t. 342, 358, 366, 



