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ERICACEAE. I. ERICA. 



whorl ; stem angular ; flowers axillary at the tops of the 

 branches ; corolla viscid, 2^ lines long, with a narrow urceolate 

 tube ; filaments mutic ; anthers appendiculate. fj . G. Native 

 of New Holland. Flowers fulvous. 



Joyful Heath. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. Shrub. 



67 E. CANTHARJEFORMIS (Lodd. bot. cab. 1961.) leaves ob- 

 tuse ; flowers terminal ; pedicels about 3 together ; calyx re- 

 flexed ; corolla ovate, ventricose. fy . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers white. Anthers unknown. Nearly 

 allied to E. reflexa. 



Tankard-formed-Rowered Heath. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



68 E. BONPLANDIA' NA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2126.) leaves 4 in 

 a whorl, imbricate, acerose ; flowers terminating the small 

 branches, solitary or by threes, sessile ; bracteas close to the 

 calyx ; corolla large, with an urceolar tube, and an acute 

 spreading limb ; genitals inclosed, t? . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. Perhaps a species of 

 Calluta. 



Var. [},fusca; flowers buff-coloured. 



Var. 7, aurdntia ; corolla orange-coloured, with an ovate- 

 globose tube ; anthers a little exserted. fj . G. Erica Bon- 

 plandia, Lodd. bot. cab. 345. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 4. 



JBonpland's Heath. Fl. March, Sept. Clt. 1812. Shrub. 



69 E. CUPRESSINA (Hort. Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 6. pi. 3. 

 f. 10.) leaves 4 in a whorl, slightly ciliated ; flowers terminal ; 

 corolla ovate-globose : bracteas remote from the calyx ; calyx 

 recurved ; anthers awned. \~ f . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. E. turngera, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 377. E. procum- 

 bens, Hort. Flowers middle-sized, pale purplish-red. Corolla 

 '2 lines long, with a hemispherical tube, and with the segments 

 imbricate at the base. 



Cypress-Ulie Heath. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



70 E. MODE'STA (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 15. but not of Salisb.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; corolla globose ; brac- 

 teas approximating the calyx ; anthers awned. Tj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, purplish-red. 

 Style inclosed. 



Modest Heath. Fl. April, May. Shrub. 



71 E. MOLLIS (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 15.) downy ; leaves 4 

 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 

 corollas globose ; anthers awned. Tj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers purplish-red. Style inclosed. 



Soft Heath. Fl. May. Clt. 1790. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



72 E. OL'LULA (And. heath, vol. 4.) leaves 4 in a whorl, ses- 

 sile, crowded, linear, glabrous ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; 

 corollas ovate-globose ; awns of anthers recurved. f; . G. 

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

 Style inclosed. 



Pipkin-flowered Heath. Fl. Autumn. Clt. 1802. Shrub 2 

 feet. 



73 E. SUBULA'IA (Wendl. eric, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 190.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, linear-subulate, a little incurved, elongated ; 

 branches rather hairy; flowers terminal, crowded; corolla urceo- 

 late ; calyxes subulate, aclpressed ; anthers awned. *j . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purple. Style 

 exserted. 



Subulate-]eaved Heath. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1817. Shrub. 



74 E. FLORIDA (Thunb. diss. 64. t. 6.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 linear, pilose ; flowers terminal, umbellate, glabrous ; calyxes 

 villous, reflexed ; corollas 2 lines long, urceolate ; awns of an- 

 thers lanceolate, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Corolla red, with a globose tube, and the segments imbricate at 

 the base. Bracteas very minute. Style inclosed. 



Florid Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 1 foot. 



75 E. SMITHIA'NA (Lold. bot. cab. 1614. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 



23.) leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers subterminal, axillary, droop- 

 ing ; corolla globosely bell-shaped ; bracteas remote from the 

 calyx ; anthers awned. J? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers purplish-red. 



Smith's Heath. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1791. Shrub 1 to 2 

 feet. 



76 E. CORIFOLIA (Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 29. but not of 

 Ait. hort. kew.) leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; corolla 

 ovate ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; anthers awned ; 

 style inclosed. Fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers white. Style inclosed. 



Coris-leaved Heath. Fl. Autumn. Clt. ? Shrub. 



77 E. PECTINIFOLIA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 367.) leaves 4 in 

 a whorl, narrow, ovate-cuneated, pectinated ; flowers terminal ; 

 calycine segments spatulate ; corolla 5-7 lines long, woolly in- 

 side ; anthers inclosed, appendiculate. ^ G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica cerinthoides j8, Thunb. diss. 

 no. S3. 



Pectinate- leaved Heath. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



2. Anthers crested. 

 * Leaves 3 in a whorl. Corollas campanulate. 



78 E. NIVEA (Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 16.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 glabrous ; flowers terminal ; corolla bell-shaped ; bracteas re- 

 mote from and approximating the calyx, large, loose ; calyx 

 large ; anthers crested. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers pure white. Style subexserted. 



Snomy-Qowered Heath. Fl. Summer. Clt. 1816. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



79 E. LEUCANTHE'RA (Lin. suppl. p. 223. Andr. heath. 3. t. 

 15.) glabrous; leaves 3 in a whorl, erect; branches twiggy: 

 flowers terminal, drooping ; peduncles glabrous ; bracteas re- 

 mote from and approximating the calyx ; corolla oblong-bell- 

 shaped, having the limb as long as the tube; anthers cre>ted. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. spiraeaefolia, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 350. Corollas 1-J line long, white as 

 well as the anthers. There is a variety of this, which is rather 

 downy, and larger in the flowers. Style inclosed. 



Wlute-anthered Heath. Fl. Jan. March. Clt. 1 803. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



80 E. ARBOREA (Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 502.) leaves 3-4 in a 

 whorl, linear, glabrous ; branches tomentose ; bracteas remote 

 from the calyx ; flowers axillary, racemose, glabrous ; corolla 

 bell-shaped; anthers crested. Ij.H. Native of the south of 

 Europe. Ait. hort. kew. ed. p. 402. Smith, et Sibth. fl. 

 graec. t. 351. E. scoparia, Thunb. diss. no. 80. E. Caflfra, 

 Lin. diss. no. 22. with a figure. E. triflora, Berg. pi. cap. p. 

 118. E. scoparia, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 353. exclusive of the 

 synonymes. E. procera, Salisb. in Lin. trans. 328. Flowers 

 white, small. Corolla 2 lines long. Style exserted. 



Var. ft, stylosa ; style very long. 

 Var. 7, squarrbsa (Hort.) leaves squarrose. 

 Var. S, minima (Hortul.) plants small. 



Tree Heath. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1658. Tree 10 to 20 

 feet. 



81 E. POLYTRICHIFOLIA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 329.) leaves 

 3-5 in a whorl ; stem tomentose ; flowers terminal ; bracteas 

 remote from the calyx ; calyxes gradually narrowed at the base ; 

 corolla 1-2 lines long ; spurs of anthers cuneated. (j . G. Na- 

 tive of Portugal, about Lisbon. Fruit pear-shaped. Perhaps 

 only a variety of E. arborea. 



Polytrichum-leaved Heath. Shrub. 



82 E. LU'CIDA (Andr. heaths. 2. t. 16.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 filiform; branches spreading; flowers terminal, by threes ; co- 



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