CHAYP. LXIX. ERICA CE. GYPSOCA‘LLIS. 1083 
# 2. G. MULTIFLO'RA D. Don. The many-flowered Gypsocallis, or Moor 
Heath. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July 1834; Don’s Mill, 
3. p. 801. 
Synonyme. Erica multiflora Lin. Sp., ed. 1. p. 355., Diss., No. 58., with a 
figure of the flower, Andr. Heaths, 2. t. 57., Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 367., 
Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1572.; E. juniperifodlia, &c., Garidel. Aix., p. 160. t. 
32. ; E. multifldra longi-pedicellata Wendl. Evic., fasc. 5. p. 7.3; E. pedun- 
cularis Presi. 
Engravings. Lin. Diss., No. 58., a fig. of the flower; Bot. Cab., t. 1572. ; 
Garid. Aix, p. 160. t. 32.; and our fig. 871. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 4—5 in a whorl, glabrous, linear. 
Flowers axillary, disposed in a racemose corymb. Brac- 
teas remote from the calyx. Corolla 14 to 2 lines long, 
pale red, bell-shaped, with a reflexed limb. Pedicel 
twice as long as the corolla. Anthers black, their 
orifices near the tip. (Don’s Mill., iii. p.801.) A native 
of France, Spain, and of the south of Europe generally, 
and in cultivation in British gardens since 1731. It begins 
to flower in May or June; and, under favourable circum- 
stances, continues to produce flowers in profusion till 
November or December. Like other heaths, to flower 
freely, it requires to be kept in a cool, open, airy situ- 
ation, in which it will attain the height of 2 ft. 

w 3. G.ca’RNEA D, Don. The flesh-colour-flowered Gypsocallis, or Moor 
Heath. 
Identification. _D. Don in Edinb. New Phil Journ., July, 1834; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 801. 
Synonymes. Erica carnea Lin. Sp., ed. 2. p. 504., Curt. Bot. Mag.,t.11., Jacg. Fl. Austr., 1. p. 21. 
f. 31., Scop. Fl. Carn., ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 275.,. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1452.; E. herbacea Lin. Diss., 
No. 57., with a figure, Lin. Sp.,ed.2. p. 501., Wendl. Eric., 9. p.7., witha figure; E. saxatilis 
Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 343. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t.11.; Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. f. 31.; Bot, 
Cab., t. 1452. ; Lin. Diss., No. 57., with a figure; WendL Eric., 
9. p. 7., with a figure. ; and our jig. 872. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems and branches prostrate. 
Leaves 3—4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous, 
sharply reduplicate. Flowers axillary, droop- 
ing, disposed in racemes, and directed to one 
side, pale red. Bracteas remote from the 
calyx. Corollas conical, 23 lines. Anthers 
with an orifice extending from the middle to 
the tip. (Don’s Mill, iii. p.801.) A native of 
the south of Germany and Switzerland, and 
the north of Wales. 

a 4, G. MEDITERRA‘NEA D. Don. The Mediterranean Gypsocallis, or Moor 
Heath. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb, New Phil. Journ., July, 1834; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 801. 
Synonymes. Erica mediterranea Lin. Mant., p. 229., Diss., No. 59., with a figure of the flower, 
Wendl. Eric., 7. p.11., Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 471. ; E. lugubris Sad. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 343. 
Engravings. Lin. Diss., No. 59., with a figure of the flower; Bot. Mag., t. 471. 
Spec. Char., §c. A shrub 4—6 ft. high. Leaves 4—5 in a whorl, linear, cu- 
neate, glabrous. Flowers axillary, disposed in the manner of a raceme, 
directed to the lower side, so nodding. Bracteas above the middle of the 
pedicels. Corolla pitcher-shaped, red. Anthers dark, foraminose from the 
middle. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 801.) Native of the south of Europe, in the 
region of the Mediterranean; and, in 1830, found wild at Cunnemara, on 
the western coast of Ireland, by Mr. Mackay. It grows there on adeclivity by 
a stream, in boggy ground, at the foot of Urisberg Mountain, near Round 
Stone, on its western side, occupying a space of above half a mile in length, 
and covering between 2 and 3 acres of ground, in tufts of from 1 ft. to 2 ft. 
in height. (Mag. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 167., and ix. p. 127.) 
