796 



ERICACEAE. I. EEICA. 



^. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers reddish- 

 purple. Style inclosed. 



Solander's Heath. Fl. March, Nov. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



98 E. ACU'TA (Andr. heath. 2. t. 19. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 

 399.) leaves 4 in a whorl, stiff, glabrous, spreading ; flowers ter- 

 minal, usually by threes, drooping ; bracteas approximating the 

 calyx ; corolla ovate-globose ; anthers crested. J? . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, deep purplish- 

 red. Calyx ciliated. Style inclosed. 



^cute-flowered Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1799. Shrub 

 J to 1 foot. 



99 E. RU'BENS (Andr. heath. 2. p. 21.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 hispid, spreading ; flowers terminal ; bracteas remote from and 

 approximating the calyx ; anthers crested or awned ; corolla 

 ovate-globose, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 557. Flowers small, purplish-red. Style 

 exserted. 



^erf-flowered Heath. Fl. Spring and Winter. Clt. 1798. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



100 E. STRICTA (Bonn, hort. cantab. ed. 3d. p. 69. Willd. spec. 

 2. p. 36G.) leaves 4 in a whorl, obtuse, glabrous, bisulcate be- 

 neath ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; corolla 3 lines long, with an 

 ovate urceolar tube, and reflexed segments ; bracteas approxi- 

 mating the calyx, sessile ; anthers crested. 1? . H. Native of 

 Corsica and Italy. Andr. heath. 2. t. 22. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 393. 

 E. miilticaulis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 369. E. Corsica, D. C. 

 fl. fr. E. ramulosa, Viv. Calyx spreading. Corollas purplish 

 red. Stem diffuse. Style subexserted. 



Straight Heath. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1765. Shrub 2 to 

 3 feet. 



101 E. BARBA'TA (Andr. heath. 2. t. 23.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 ciliated ; flowers terminal, umbellate, drooping ; corolla short, 

 urceolate ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; calycine segments 

 spatulate, ciliated ; anthers crested. I? . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 124. Erica barbata 

 major, Andr. heath. 2. t. 23. Flowers pale yellow, with brown 

 anthers. Style exserted. 



Var. /3, minor (Andr. heath. 2. t. 24.) flowers white, with 

 black anthers ; but according to the hort. eric. wob. they are red, 

 flowering Feb. Aug. 



Bearded Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1799. Shrub 1 ft. 



102 E. RAMENTA^CEA (Lin. mant. p. 65. Andr. heath. 1. 1. 16.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, glabrous ; branches clammy ; flowers ter- 

 minal, umbellate ; bracteas remote from and approximating the 

 calyx ; corolla with a spherical 8-angled tube, and a recurved 

 erect limb ; anthers crested ; fruit hairy. I? . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 405. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 446. E. bullularis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 377. E. gra- 

 nulata, Lin. mant. 234. E. multiumbellifera, Berg. pi. cap. p. 

 110. E. pilulifera, Berg. pi. cap. p. 111. Calycine segments 

 subulate, coloured. Flowers purplish-red. Style subexserted. 



Ramenlaceous Heath. Fl. July. Dec. Clt. 1786. Shrub 

 H foot. 



103 E. CE'RNUA (Lin. suppl. p. 222.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 hoary, villous or ciliated, aristate : those of the branches ovate ; 

 flowers terminal, drooping, umbellate ; bracteas decurrent ; 

 calyx much fringed ; corolla ovate-globose ; anthers crested. 

 fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Montin, in act. 

 ups. 2. p. 291. t. 9. f. 3. Flowers purplish-red or pink. Co- 

 rolla 2-j. lines long. 



Drooping-fio\\-ered Heath. Fl. Aug. Dec. Clt. 1791. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



104 E. VERECU'NDA (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 379.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, linear, incurvedly spreading, glabrous ; branches hairy ; 

 spikes coarctate; flowers drooping; bracteas and calyxes fringed ; 

 corolla 2 .V lines long, with an amphorirformed tube, and crenu- 



lated limb ; anthers hairy ; spurs cuneated, hairy, f? . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica cernua, Andr. heath. 1. 

 t. 20. Lodd. bot. cab. 822. but not of Lin. Flowers flesh- 

 coloured. Style inclosed. 



Reddish-flowered Heath. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1793. Shrub. 



105 E. PE'NDULA (Wendl. eric. 10. p. 13. with a figure) leaves 

 4 in a whorl, glabrous ; flowers terminal, drooping ; bracteas 

 remote from the calyx; calycine segments lanceolate, adpressed; 

 corollas ovate, angular ; anthers crested. Ij . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 400. E. arbuscula, 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 843. Flowers purple : in hort. kew. there are 

 said to be 3 bracteas on each pedicel ; 2 near the calyx, and the 

 third remote from it. Style inclosed. 



Pendulous-flowered Heath. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1791. Shrub 

 li foot. 



106 E. NU'TANS ; leaves 4 in a whorl; flowers terminal, droop- 

 ing ; bracteas remote from the flower ; calyx ribbed, green ; 

 corolla ovate-globose ; anthers crested. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. E. pendula, Hort. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 18. 

 but not of Wendl. Flowers reddish-purple. Style a little 

 exserted. 



Noddiiig-fiovtereA Heath. Fl. Spring and Summer. Clt. ? 

 Shrub. 



107 E. FIBULA (Link. enum. 1. p. 368.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 finely ciliated ; flowers terminal ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 

 corolla oblong-globose ; anthers crested, fj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purple-red. Style exserted. 



Button-fiowered Heath. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



108 E. LACTIFIORA (Lodd. bot. cab. t. 901.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, and are as well as the branches scabrous; flowers ter- 

 minal, erectish ; corolla ovate ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 

 anthers crested. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 E. lacticolor, Roll. cat. E. tricolor, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 193. 

 Limb of corolla connivent and drawn out. Flowers white. 

 Style inclosed. 



White-flowered Heath. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



109 E. U'NICA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 188.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 crowded, ciliated, erect ; flowers terminal, umbellate, drooping ; 

 bracteas remote from the calyx; calyx minute, coloured, ciliated; 

 corolla urceolate or globosely bell-shaped ; anthers crested. t? . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. pedunculata, Andr. 

 heath. 4. icon, but not of Wendl. E. ciliata, Hort. Flowers 

 purplish-red. Style inclosed. 



Unique Heath. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 to 2 

 feet. 



110 E. PARVIFLORA (Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 506. Salisb. in Lin. 

 trans, p. 373.) leaves revolute, 4 in a whorl, downy ; flowers 

 terminal ; corolla downy, urceolate ; spurs of anthers crested or 

 ear-formed ; fruit glabrous. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. E. pubescens, Lin. diss. no. 19. with a figure. 

 Berg. fl. cap. 121. Corolla purple. Style inclosed. 



Small-flowered Heath. Fl. March, Sept. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



***** Leaves 5-6 or more in a whorl. Corollas campanu- 

 late. 



1 1 1 E. EMPETRIFOLIA (Lin. mant. p. 375.) leaves 6-7 in a whorl, 

 oblong-linear, ciliated, erect ; flowers disposed in glomerate race- 

 mose whorles ; bracteas and calyxes lanceolate ; corolla 2 lines 

 long, hairy, with an urceolar tube, and a recurvedly spreading 

 limb ; anthers awned or crested ; stigma exserted. fj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Lin. diss. no. 15. with a figure. 

 Thunb. diss. no. 70. Curt. bot. mag. 447. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1875. Calyx 4-lobed. Style exserted Flowers purplish-red. 



