ERICACEAE. I. ERICA. 



795 



rollas short, bell-shaped, subglobose ; calyx coloured, bracteate, 

 serrulated ; bracteas imbricate, sessile. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, reddish purple. Awns 

 of anthers a little crested. Style exserted. 



Shining Heath. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1| ft. 



* * Leaves 3 in a whorl. Corollas urceolate. 



83 E. NITIDA (Andr. heath. 3. t. 18.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 scabrous, spreading ; flowers terminal, drooping; pedicels downy ; 

 bracteas sessile, close to the calyx ; corollas urceolately globose; 

 anthers crested. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Lodd. bot. bot. cab. 1131. E. reflexa rubra, Hort. Flowers 

 white, tinged with red. Style exserted. 



Nitid Heath. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub 2 feet. 



84 E. PEDUNCULA'RIS (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 329.) leaves 3 

 in a whorl, linear, hispid ; flowers terminal ; corolla 3 lines long, 

 with a globose tube ; anthers woolly, dehiscing by long chinks, 

 crested, f? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. ru- 

 bens, Thunb. diss. no. 83. but not of Andr. Pedicels an inch 

 long. Flowers purplish red. 



Peduncular-flowered Heath. Shrub. 



85 E. FAU'STA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 326.) leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, bristly ; flowers terminal ; corolla 2^ lines long, downy 

 outside, with an urceolate tube ; spurs of anthers serrated, at- 

 tenuated, crested. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Very like E. hirta, Thunb. Flowers pale purple. 



Fortunate Heath. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1795. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



86 E. INCA'NA (Wendl. eric. fasc. 18. p. 89. with a figure.) 

 leaves 3 in a whorl, linear-oblong, obtuse, hairy, white beneath ; 

 bracteas remote from the calyx ; flowers terminal, downy ; co- 

 rolla urceolate ; anthers awned. Ij . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers white. There is also a red-flowered 

 variety of this species. Style exserted. 



Hoary Heath. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1810. Shrub H foot. 



87 E. OVA'TA (Lodd. bot. cab. 417.) downy; leaves 3 in a 

 whorl ; flowers terminal ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 

 corollas ovate ; awns of anthers crested a little. ^ . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purplish red. Style 

 inclosed. 



Owzte-flowered Heath. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1811. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



88 E. REFLE'xA(Link, enum. 1 p. 371. Lodd. bot. cab. 1787.) 

 leaves 3 in a whorl, glabrous, lanceolate, obtuse ; flowers ter- 

 minal, usually 3 in a fascicle ; calyx, bracteas, and pedicels 

 coloured ; corolla ovate, ventricose at the base, clammy ; crests 

 of anthers plumose. J? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Calyx spreading. Corollas white, waxy, middle sized. Anthers 

 black. Very nearly allied to E. nitida, and probably only a 

 variety of it. The young leaves are said by Link to be glandu- 

 larly ciliated. Style inclosed. 



Reflexed-ca.lyx.ed Heath. Fl. Spring and Autumn. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



89 E. CINE'REA (Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 501.) leaves 3 in a whorl; 

 corolla ovate-urceolate ; flowers verticillate, on the naked stems ; 

 crests of anthers ear-formed. Tj . H. Native of Europe, but 

 not in the south, nor in the extreme north ; plentiful in Britain. 

 Curt. fl. lend. fasc. 1. t. 25. Loefl. res. p. 137. Smith, engl. bot. 

 t. 1015. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 392. Fl. dan. 38. E. mutabilis, 

 Salisb. in Lin. trans. 4. p. 369. E. humilis, Neck. gall. 182. 

 E. tenuifolia, Ger. 1198. emac. 1382. E. einerea rubra, Bedf. 

 hort. eric, woburn. p. 5. Corolla 3 lines long, purple, changing 

 to blue as they fade. This is easily distinguished from E. te- 

 tralix, in the glabrous deep green hue, and deep purple 

 flowers. 



Far. (3, atropurpurea (Lodd. bot. cab. 1409.) plant dwarf; 

 flowers deeper purple. 



Var. y, alba (Bedf. 1. c.) flowers white. 



Far. S, pdllida (Lodd. bot. cab. 1507.) flowers pale purple. 



Grey Heath. Fl. Aug. Sept. Britain. Shrub 5 to 1 foot. 



90 E. VERNICIFLUA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 335.) leaves 3 

 in a whorl, viscid ; corolla 2-j- lines long, with a recurved limb ; 

 flowers terminal ; spurs of anthers ear-formed and cuneated, 

 hairy ; fruit smooth. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. E. glutinosa, Roxb. mss. The leaves are bluntly acumi- 

 nated, densely clothed with glands in the reduplicate part ; hence 

 they appear shining and clammy. 



Farnish-florving Heath. Shrub. . 



91 E. EMBOTHRiiF6i.iA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 379.) leaves 

 3 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate ; spikes of flowers coarctate ; co- 

 rolla 4 lines long, having the tube ventricose at top ; anthers 

 exserted, crested. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Embothrium-leaved Heath. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1798. Shb. 



* Leaves 4 in a whorl. Corollas campanulate. 



92 E. AUSTRA^LIS (Lin. mant. p. 231.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 scabrous, spreading, mucronate ; flowers terminal ; corolla 3 

 lines long, with a curved funnel-shaped tube, and a recurved 

 limb ; pedicels beset with gemmaceous bracteas ; anthers crested. 

 Tj . H. Native of Spain and Portugal. Andr. heaths. 3. t. 21. 

 Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 396. Lodd. bot. cab. 1472. Wendl. eric. 

 9. p. 13. with a figure. E. pistilaris, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 

 368. Flowers small, purplish red. Style exserted. 



Southern Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1769. Shrub 3 to 

 6 feet. 



93 E. DECLINA'TA (Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 7.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl ; flowers axillary, subspicate : corolla bell-shaped ; brae- 

 leas remote from the calyx ; anthers crested. Tj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1662. Flowers 

 white, tinged with red. Style a little exserted. 



Delicate Heath. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 ft. 



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



94 E. MARGARITA'CEA (Sol. in Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 401.) 

 glabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; bracteas re- 

 mote from the calyx ; anthers crested ; corolla with a spherical 

 tube. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Andr. 

 heath. 1. t. 17. Wendl. eric. 8. p. 11. with a figure. E. 

 obesa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 375. Calyx incurvedly spread- 

 ing. Corollas nearly 2 lines long, white. Crests of anthers 

 glabrous. Style exserted. 



Pearl-fiov/ered Heath. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1775. Shrub 

 If foot. 



95 E. LACHN^EOIDES. This species is very distinct from 

 Erica lachncea, Andr. ; but we have not means of giving 

 any description of it. Anthers crested. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. E. lachnae'a purpurea, Andr. heaths. 3. 

 t. 3. Flowers red. 



Lachnata-like Heath. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1793. Shrub. 



96 E. RACEMIFERA (Andr. heath. 3. 1. 12.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 and are as well as the calyxes glabrous ; flowers axillary, verti- 

 cillate ; corollas ovate-globose ; anthers crested. f? . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, red. Style 

 inclosed. 



Raceme-bearing Heath. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. Shrub 

 1| foot. 



97 E. SOLA'NDRI (Andr. heath. 2. 1. 17. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 

 399.) leaves 4 in a whorl, hispid ; branches decumbent ; flowers 

 terminal, capitate, or umbellate ; bracteas sessile, linear, ciliated, 

 near the calyx ; corollas globosely bell-shaped ; anthers crested. 



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