792 



ERICACEAE. I. ERICA. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers reddish-purple, 

 small. Style exserted. 



Fiery Heath. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 foot. 



35 E. REGE'RMINANS (Lin. syst. 364. Thunb. 35. no. 54.) 

 leaves linear, recurved, 3 in a whorl ; flowers pedicellate, 

 drooping, semi-lateral : bracteas remote ; corollas ovate-globu- 

 lar ; anthers awned. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1728. Erica uncifolia, Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 369. Flowers small, pale red. Spurs of anthers 

 very long. 



Regerminating Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1791. Shrub 

 li foot. 



36 E. RUBE'LLA (Lodd. bot. cab. 658. Sims, bot. mag. 2165.) 

 leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowers terminal, capitate ; corolla ovate, 

 ventricose, length of calyx ; bracteas approximating the calyx. 



fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, 

 purplish-red. Style inclosed. 



Reddish-fiowered Heath. Fl. Summer. Clt. 1814. Shrub. 



37 E. SCABIU'SCULA (Link. enum. 1. p. 372. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. t. 517.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, obtuse, beset with glandular 

 hairs ; flowers terminal ; corollas ovate ; bracteas approximate 

 to the calyx ; anthers awned. Tj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers small, silky white or red, sessile. 

 Style inclosed. 



Roughish Heath. Fl. April. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 foot. 



* * * Leaves 4 in a rvhorl. Corollas campanulate. 



38 E. PERSOLU'TA (Lin. mant. 230. diss. no. 16. with a 

 figure,) leaves 4 in a whorl, short, linear, glabrous ; corolla 

 campanulate, with deep acute segments ; flowers terminal ; 

 branches downy or hairy ; spurs of anthers straight ; fruit 

 hairy, fy . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. 

 bot. mag. 324. E. subdivaricata, Berg. fl. cap. p. 114. E. 



prolifera, Sal. in Lin. 

 heath. 1. t. 4. E. strigosa, 



trans. 6. p. 376. 

 Wendl. eric. 



E. 



fasc. 



Caffra, Andr. 

 2. p. 25. with 



a figure. Willd. spec. 2. p. 365. Corollas small, bell-shaped, 

 white, 1-j line long. Style inclosed. 



Var. ft, rubra (Hort.) ; flowers red. Tj . G. E. persoluta, 

 Curt; bot. mag. 324. Pedicels bibracteate in the middle. 



Var. y, spicata (Hort.) ; flowers spicate, white. 



Accomplished Heath. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 ft. 



89 E. STRIGOSA (Sol. in Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 404.) leaves 

 4 in a whorl, linear, bluntish, downy, ciliated ; branches vil- 

 lous ; flowers axillary, aggregate ; calycine segments villous, 

 adpressed ; corolla campanulate ; spurs of anthers subulate, 

 hairy. tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. axil- 

 laris, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 325. E. arborea, Thunb. diss. no. 

 63. Bracteas 2, minute. Corolla 1 ^ lines long, smooth. There 

 are white and purple flowered varieties of this species. Corolla 

 campanulate. Style exserted. 



Strigose Heath. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1775. Shrub 1 to 2 

 feet. 



40 E. NEGLE'CTA ; glabrous ; leaves linear, 4 in a whorl, ad- 

 pressed ; corolla campanulate ; anthers awned. Ij . G. Native 



E. gracilis, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 

 Wendl. eric. 8. p. 9. with a 



of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 404. Willd. spec. 2. p. 363 

 figure. Flowers small, red. 

 Neglected Heath. Fl. year. 



Clt. 1794. Shrub 1 foot. 



41 E. LASIOPHY'LLA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 195.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, linear, scabrous, glandularly ciliated, spreading, aristate 

 at the apex ; flowers racemose, drooping ; calyx adpressed ; co- 

 rolla campanulate ; anthers awned. Ij . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers reddish-purple. Style inclosed. 



Woolly-leaved Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 181C. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



42 E. FLORIBU'NDA (Lodd. bot. cab. 176.) glabrous; leaves 

 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; corolla bell-shaped, open ; 

 anthers awned. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers small, axillary and terminal, pale red. Style ex- 

 serted. 



Bundle-flowered Heath. Fl. April, May. Shrub. 



43 E. PELVIFORMIS (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 376.) leaves 4 in 

 a whorl ; flowers terminal ; pedicels hardly pubescent ; corolla 

 }^ line long, with a bowl-formed tube, and with the interstices 

 of the limb oval at the base ; spurs of anthers falcate. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica persoluta, Thunb. 

 diss. no. 62. Curt. bot. mag. no. 342. E. viridipurpurea, Lin. 

 diss. no. 9. with a flower. E. Mauritanica, Lin. syst. nat. ed. 

 10. p. 1002. There are varieties of this with either white or 

 purple flowers. 



Bonl-formed-GowereA Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



44 E. QUADRJEFLORA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 375.) stem 

 glabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal, by fours ; co- 

 rolla 1| line long, with a cup-shaped tube, and an erect limb ; 

 spurs of anthers lanceolate-cuneated. >? . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. E. quadrangularis, Sal. prod. p. 297. 



Four-flowered Heath. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



45 E. LEUCA'NTHA ; leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal, 

 umbellate ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla bell- 

 shaped ; anthers awned. h . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. E. regerminans, Andr. heath, vol. 4. but not of Lin. 

 Flowers small, white. Style a little exserted. 



White-flowered Heath. Fl. Dec. Jan. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 

 foot. 



* * * Leaves 4 in a whorl. Corollas urceolate. 



46 E. TE'TRALIX (Lin. spec. ed. 2d. p. 507.) leaves ciliated, 

 4 in a whorl ; calyx adpressed ; flowers capitate, terminal ; co- 

 rolla ovate-globose, downy at top, outside; spurs of anthers lan- 

 ceolate. ^ . H. Native of the north of Europe, in boggy or 

 moorish ground ; plentiful in Britain. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 1 . t. 

 21. Smith, engl. bot. 1314. Fl. dan. 81. E. botuliformis, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 4. p. 369. E. Barbarica, Rai. syn. 471. 

 E. putnila, Park, theatr. 1483. no. 5. E. tetralix rubra, Bedf. 

 hort. eric. wob. p. 25. Corollas 3 lines long, pale red. Plant 

 of greyish hue. 



Var. ft, alba (Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 25.) flowers white. 

 Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 393. 



Besom Heath. Fl. July, Sept. Britain. Shrub -J to 1 

 foot. 



47 E. BLANDFORDIA'NA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 392.) leaves 

 linear, 4 in a whorl, spreading ; flowers terminal, almost solitary ; 

 corolla ovate-globose, or urceolar ; anthers awned. ^ G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. 1793. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 115. E. Blandfordia, Andr. heath. 3. t. 8. 

 Corollas yellow, small. In the hortus eric. wob. the anthers 

 are said to be mutic ; this must be wrong. 



Blandford's Heath. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1803. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



48 E. HIRTIFLORA (Sims, bot. mag. 481. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1812.) leaves linear, hairy, 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal, um- 

 bellate, downy ; corolla ovate-globose, with an erect limb ; an- 

 thers awned ; fruit glabrous, tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. E. mitrSeformis, Salisb. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 372. 

 E. pubescens, Andr. heath. 1. t. 5. E. pubescens, var. hispida, 

 Thunb. eric. no. 61. Corollas purple, small. 



Hairy-flowered Heath. Fl. Aug. Feb. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 If foot. 



49 E. TARDIFI ORA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 373.) leaves 4 in 



