4 Ericeae. 



Calluna Salisb. 



Calyx 4-sepalus, basi subqnadribracteatus, pcrsi- 

 slens; sepalis liberis, acqualibus, ellipfico-oblong-is, encr- 

 riis, coloratis, corollani supcrantibus. Corolla nionopc- 

 tala, Lypogyna, campanulata, profunde quadriflda, regu- 

 laris, uiarcescens, persistens. Staiuina 8, hypog-yna, li- 

 bera, inclusa. Antherae biloculares, introrsae, dorso su- 

 pra basim afiLxae ibi({ue bicristatae, erectae, apice bifi- 

 dae, utrinque long^e latcque hiantes. Ovariura hirsutum, 

 quadriloculare; loculis pluriovulatis. Discus annularis, 

 hasim ovarii cingens eique adnatus, sinuato - crenatus. 

 Stylus 1, stamina superans. Slig-ma obsolctc quadrilobum. 

 Capsula dcpressiusculo-globosa, quadrilocularis, quadri- 

 valvis; dissepimenta axi centrali adnata et sic periuanen- 

 lia, cum valvis alternantia. Seiuina 6 — 9 in siugulo lo- 

 culo, exig^iia, subovata, scorbiculalo-rugosa. Intcg^u- 

 mentum siinplex, cclluloso-spongiosuni, teuue, arctum. 

 Fruliculus ruinosissiinus, sempcrvirens; ramis erectis vel ad- 

 scendeiiiibus. Folia opposila^ valde approximata. juniora 

 quadrifariam imbricata, sessilia^ bast soluta et subsagit- 

 tata, subacerosa, subovato- lanceolata, interne canaliculata, 

 durso ob margines rfjlexos carinata cl sulco profundo exa- 

 rata, margine ciliolata. Flores in ramulis apice foliosis 

 per racemos secundos disposili, lilacini, rarius albi. 

 1. Calluna vulgaris Salish. in Linn. Tramact. 6. 317. 



Willd. Enum. 415. Hayne, Arzncigew. 4. 1. 17. 

 Mert. et Koch, Germ. 3. 37. 



C, Erica Cand. Gall. 3. 380. 



Erica vulgaris Linn. Spec. 501. Flor. Dan. t. 677. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 1013. Schkuhr, Handb'. 1. t. 107. Gaertn. Fruct. I. 

 302. t. 63./. 3. 



lu campis, pascuis, collibus, ncmoribus syl- 

 visquo arenosis copiosissime. Floret Augusto."^ 



Erica Linjj. 



Calyx 4-sepalus, Lasi tribracteatus, persistens; scpa' 



