216 LXXII. ERICACE^. 



Stamens 4. 



Calyx 4-parted, one lobe larger; corolla bell-shaped, 



deeply 4-rid 4. Eeicinella. 



Calyx snbequally 4-parted ; corolla tubular or 



oVoid, limb shortly 4-fid 5. Bl^ria. 



Subtribe 2. Salaxide^. Ovary 1-4-celled ; cells 1-ovuled. 

 Stamens 8 (rarely 6-7) . 



Calyx equally 4-fid or parted ; stigma obtuse, 



slender or cajiitate 6. Eremia. 



Calyx unequally 4-fid, one segment larger ; stigma 



very large and peltate 11. Salaxis. 



Stamens 4 (rarel}* 3). 

 Stigma obtuse. 



Calyx equally 4-cleft or parted 7. Grisebachia . 



Calyx thick or thickish, ovate-campannlate, 4- 



toothed, rarely semi-4-fid ; corolla 4-fid . . 8. Simocheilus. 

 Calyx thickish, either compressed and 2-lobed, 



or tubular and 4-toothed ; corolla 2-fid ! . . 9. Sympieza. 

 Stigma cup-shaped or peltate 10. Sctphogyne. 



1. MACNABIA, Lehm. and Benth. 



Calyx 4-parted ; sepals cartilaginous, opposed m pairs, the 

 2 outer keeled, 2 inner flattisli. Corolla much shorter than 

 the calyx, deeply 4-fid. Stamens 8, free ; anthers slender, 2- 

 parted, muticous, opening by a longitudinal slit. Ovary 4- 

 celled ; ovules several ; style uncinate ; stigma obtuse. Cap- 

 sule 4-angled, 4-celled, loculicidal. Seeds membrane-winged. 

 —DC. Prod. vii. p. 612. 



M. montana, Lehm., is a glabrous, rigid shrub, found in Uitenhage (not 

 " near Capetown "). Leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowei's on the ends of short 

 twigs, disposed along the rod-like branches, white. 



2. ERICA, Linn. 



Calyx equal, either 4-parted or 4-fid. Corolla tubular, 

 salver-shaped, ovoid bell-shaped or globose, 4-lobed. Sta- 

 mens 8 (rarely 6-7) on a glandular, hypogynous disk ; fila- 

 ments free or rarely monadelphous ; anthers terminal or sub- 

 lateral, either muticous or crested or tailed at the insertion 

 of the filament, opening by short or longer terminal pores. 

 Ovary 4 (very rarely 8-ceUed) ; cells 2- or many-ovuled ; 

 stigma various. Capsule 4-celled, loculicidal. — DC. Frod. vii. 

 p. 613. 



A vast genus of over 400 species, the greater number of which are South 

 African, and well known in European gardens as " Cape Heatlis." Though 

 several species are dispersed, and some (as E. cerinthoides) occur from 

 Capetown to Natal, tlie great bulk are found to the westward of Uitenliage, 

 very many of the finest occurring in George and Swellendam. They 

 usually grow on sandstone or in sand, and many are limited to very small 

 areas. 



