ERICACEAE. I. ERICA. 



793 



a whorl, linear, revolute, downy ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; 

 corollas urceolate, downy, with a short recurved limb ; anthers 

 awned ; fruit hairy. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. E. pubescens, Curt. bot. mag. 480. E. hirtiflora, ft, 

 Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 406. Calyxes adpressed, narrow, ovate, 

 cuneated. Corollas red. Style inclosed. 



Late-flowered Heath. Fl. year. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 to 2 

 feet. 



50 E. CANE'SCENS (Wendl. eric, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 195.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, canescent, erect; flowers terminal, 

 sessile ; corolla urceolately-campanulate ; calyxes foliaceous, 

 ovate, acuminated, adpressed ; awns of anthers linear. ^ . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. pubescens minor, Andr. 

 heath. 2. t. 7. E. exigua, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 373. E. 

 pubescens parviflora, Thunb. diss. no. 61. Corolla with an 

 oval tube, and a short limb. Flowers small, pale purple. 



Canescent Heath. Fl. Oct. March. Clt. 1790. Shrub 1 

 foot. 



51 E. PUSILLA (Salisb. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 374.) downy; 

 leaves 4 in a whorl ; calyxes adpressed, broad, ovate-cuneated ; 

 corollas very small, downy, with a cup-shaped tube, and the 

 limb the length of the tube ; anthers awned ; fruit glabrous, 

 fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Baay Fals. 

 Flowers terminal. 



Least Heath. Shrub. 



52 E. CONICA (Lodd. bot. cab. 1179.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 linear, glabrous; flowers axillary, racemose; genitals inclosed. 

 \l . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purplish- 

 red. 



Conical-flowered Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub. 



53 E. PUBIGERA (Sal. in. Lin. trans. C. p. 372.) downy ; 

 leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; calyxes spreading, ovate- 

 acuminated ; corolla 1-J line long, downy, with a longish re- 

 curved obtuse limb ; anthers awned ; fruit hairy. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope, on Mount Tafielberg. 



Down-bearing Heath. Shrub. 



54 E. CATERV-SFLORA (Sal. 1. c.) hairy ; leaves 4 in a whorl ; 

 stem angular ; flowers terminal ; corolla 2 lines long, downy, 

 with a narrow obovate tube ; anthers awned, dehiscing by long 

 holes. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sum- 

 mit of Mount TafFelberg. E. pubescens villosa, Thunb. diss. 

 no. 61. 



Company-flmvered Heath. Shrub. 



55 E. TURBINIFLORA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 377.) stem gla- 

 brous ; leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; corolla 1 \ line 

 long, smooth, with a turbinate 8-angled tube, and an incurved 

 limb; spurs of anthers glabrous. Tj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers pale purple. 



Top-flowered Heath. Fl. Feb. Oct. Clt. 1793. Shrub. 



56 E. TRAGULIFERA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 374.) leaves 4 

 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; calyx imbricate ; corolla 2 ^ lines 

 long, with an urceolar tube, and a recurved limb : anthers hairy, 

 broadly foraminose ; spurs hairy. Pj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



Beard-bearing Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



57 E. PLUMOSA (Andr. heath. 2. t. 6.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 linear, hairy, erect, imbricated ; flowers disposed in axillary 

 whorls ; corolla ovate-globose ; calyxes hairy ; anthers awned. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica amce na, 

 Wendl. eric. 17. p. 73. Corollas purplish-red. Branches erect. 

 Style exserted. 



Feathered Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1795. Shrub 1 

 foot. 



58 E. TENUISSIMA (Wendl. eric. fasc. 6. p. 9. with a figure) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, linear-filiform, glabrous, erect, somewhat 

 imbricated; flowers terminal, aggregate; calyx short, naked; 



VOL. III. 



corolla urceolate, with an erectish limb ; anthers appendiculate. 

 If . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers red. 

 Slenderest Heath. Fl. Feb. Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 1 ft. 



59 E. CURVIROSTRIS (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 375.) leaves 4 in 

 a whorl, linear ; flowers terminal : calyxes adpressed ; corolla 

 Inline long, with a spherical tube; spurs of anthers downy; 

 style curved. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Curved-beaked Heath. Shrub. 



60 E. PILULIFERA (Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 507.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, linear, glabrous, ciliated ; flowers terminal ; corollas glo- 

 bose, 2-j lines long, having the tube length of the calyx ; caly- 

 cine segments ovate, acuminated, deeper coloured at the apex ; 

 spurs of anthers linear-attenuated ; fruit glabrous. Ij . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. nudicaulis, Berg. pi. 

 cap. p. 113. E. piluliformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 370. 

 Flowers red. Style exserted. 



Pill-bearing Heath. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1789. Shrub 1 

 foot. 



61 E. IMBECILLA (Hort. Loud. hort. brit. no. 9716. p. 150.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl; bracteas remote from the calyx; calyx 

 minute ; flowers terminal ; corolla with an oval tube and a re- 

 curved limb ; spurs of anthers linear-attenuated, hairy. I? . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. gracilis, Salisb. in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 375. Flowers small, red or purple. 



Weak Heath. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1793. Shrub 1 foot. 



62 E. INTERVAUA^RIS (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 375.) stem 

 slender ; leaves 4 in a whorl, remote ; flowers terminal ; corolla 

 1-J to 2 lines long, with an ovate-cylindrical tube, and a broad 

 mouth ; anthers awned ; pericarp hairy. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica elongata, Roxb. mss. Flowers 

 small, red, drooping. A very pretty species. 



Distant-leaved Heath. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



63 E. MUCOSA (And. heath. 1. t. 6.) leaves 4 in a whorl, gla- 

 brous ; flowers terminal ; corollas globose, viscid, having the 

 interstices of the limb rather tumid ; calycine segments ovate, 

 obtuse, coloured, tipped with green ; anthers awned. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 35. Icon, 

 pi. kew. t. 15. Flowers pale purplish- red. Corolla with the 

 tube more or less obovate. Style inclosed. 



Mucous-fiovrereA Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1787. 

 Shrub 1| foot. 



64 E. MUCOSIOIDES (Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 15.) leaves 

 short, 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; corollas globose ; caly- 

 cine segments coloured, tipped with green ; anthers awned. I? . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab 1202. 

 Flowers small, purplish red. Style inclosed. 



Mucosa-like Heath. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. ? Shrub. 



65 E. LATERA'LIS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 380. but not of Andr.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, linear-attenuated, glabrous ; flowers termi- 

 nal ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; calycine segments cili- 

 ated ; corolla conical, having the segments anointed with drops 

 of waxy matter at top; crests of anthers downy. J? . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. E. gullseflora, Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 374. Corollas small, red. Style exserted. 



Var. a. ; stem fastigiate ; corolla 1 or \\ line long, with a 

 hemispherical tube ; stigma much exserted. J; . G. E. late- 

 ralis, Willd. 1. c. 



Var. ft ; stem low ; corolla 2 lines long, with an ovate tube ; 

 stigma hardly exserted. T? . G. E. incarnata, Andr. heath. 1 . 

 t. 19. Lodd. bot. cab. 1655. 



Far. y ; stem dwarf; corolla 2^ lines long, with an ovate 

 tube ; stigma a little exserted. Pj . G. E. rubens hiimilis, 

 Wendl. eric. fasc. 3. p. 13. with a figure. 



Lateral Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1791. Shrub \\ 

 to 2 feet. 



66 E. FE'STA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 371.) leaves 4 in a 

 5 I 



