798 



ERICACEAE. I. ERICA. 



nulate, with a cup-shaped tube ; bracteas remote from the calyx. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. fucata, Thunb, 

 diss. no. 9. E. viridipurpurea, Hort. Clus. hist. 1. p. 42. 

 Stem downy. Corollas very small, green. Style inclosed or 

 exserted. 



Var. ft, minima (Hort.) plant smaller than the species. 



Broom Heath. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1770. Shrub 4 to 6 

 feet. 



128 E. VIRGA'TA (Thunb. diss. no. 18. Wendl. ex Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 197.) leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, spreading, glandu- 

 larly ciliated ; branches hairy ; flowers terminal, sessile, by 

 threes, erect ; calycine segments foliaceous, downy. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers red, small, cam- 

 panulate. Stigma peltate, much exserted. 



Twiggy Heath. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1818. Shrub 1 ft. 



129 E. COMPLANA'TA (Nois. et Spreng. syst. 2. p. 196.) 

 branches flexuous ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, stiff, glandularly 

 ciliated while young, spreadingly reflexed ; flowers terminating 

 the small branches, the whole forming a branched raceme ; calyx 

 adpressed, coloured, clammy ; corolla bell-shaped or subro- 

 tate. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corollas 

 yellow. Style inclosed. 



/^-flowered Heath. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 



2 feet. 



130 E. ANTHINA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 196.) branches hispid ; 

 leaves linear, obtuse, 3 in a whorl, glabrous ; flowers terminal, 

 usually by threes, drooping ; bracteas close to the calyx, in- 

 flated ; corolla wide, campanulate ; anthers mutic. ^ . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good _Hope. E. florida, Lodd. hot. cab. 

 234. Flowers purplish-red. Style a little exserted. 



Flowery Heath. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



131 E. ? SPA'RSA (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 23.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 glabrous ? flowers terminal ; bracteas approximate and remote 

 from the calyx ; corollas small, bell-shaped, with deep spread- 

 ing segments ; anthers a little exserted. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1467. Flowers purplish- 

 red. Style exserted. 



Scattered Heath. Fl. April. Clt. ? Shrub. 



132 E. PASSERINA (Lin. suppl. 221. Thunb. diss. no. 16. 

 prod. 70.) leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, glabrous ; flowers termi- 

 nal, almost solitary ; pedicels and calyxes tomentose ; corolla 

 campanulate ; style exserted. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Montin. in. nov. act. ups. 2. p. 289. t. 9. f. 1. 

 E. passerinaefolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 332. Petiv. gen. 

 t. 3. f. 7. Corolla 2-J lines long ; pericarp tomentose. Perhaps 

 a species of Ceramia. 



Sparrow-wort-like Heath. Fl. Winter and Spring. Clt. 

 1808. Shrub. 



* * Leaves 3 in a whorl. Corollas urceolate. 



133 E. ERIOCE'PHALA (Andr. heath. 2. t. 37.) leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, and are as well as the calyxes and corollas woolly ; brac- 

 teas remote and approximating the calyx ; anthers a little ex- 

 serted ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; corolla urceolate, Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1270. 

 E. canescens, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 407. E. gnaphalioides, 

 Hortul. Flowers with a purplish-red calyx, and a white corolla. 

 Style exserted. 



Woolly-headed Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 



134 E. TUBERCULA'RIS (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 330.) leaves 



3 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; corolla 1 ^ line long, rough from 

 tubercles, with a globose tube ; filaments mutic ; pericarp on 

 a long stipe. 17 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica inclyta, Sol. mss. Anthers minute, smooth. Flowers 

 purple. 



Tubercular-Qowered. Heath. Fl. Feb. Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub. 



135 E. CILIA'RIS (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 354. Loefl. res. p. 138. 

 Lin. diss. no. 39. with a figure of the flower) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 ovate, glandularly ciliated, spreading, rather remote ; flowers 

 terminal, subracemose, secund ; calycine segments spatulate, cili- 

 ated ; bracteas approximating the calyx, sessile ; corolla smooth, 

 ovate, more ventricose on the upper side. Tj . H. Native of 

 Portugal ; and Cornwall. Wendl. eric. 7. p. 3. Curt. bot. 

 mag. 484. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 394. Lodd. bot. cab. 1805. 

 Corolla 4 lines long, pale red. Style exserted. 



Ciliated-leaved Heath. Fl. Aug. Sept. Britain. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



136 E. ABSINTHOIDES (Lin. mant. p. 66.) leaves 3-4 in a 

 whorl, linear, scabrous, more or less ovate, rather remote ; 

 flowers twin, terminal on axillary branches, drooping ; calyx 

 and corollas glabrous ; bracteas remote from the calyx, leaf- 

 like ; corolla globose, viscid ; stamens exserted. lj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. E. virgularis a, Salisb. in 

 Lin. trans. 5. p. 324. E. virgata and E. virgulata, Wendl. E. 

 exserta, Hort. Corollas white, with a red apex. 



Wormwood-like Heath. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 

 1| foot. 



137 E. HISPIDULA (Lin. suppl. p. 222.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 ovate-roundish, ciliated, rather remote ; flowers axillary and ter- 

 minal, usually solitary, erect ; corolla urceolate, viscid, fj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. hispida, Thunb. diss. 

 no. 20. E. virgata hirta, Wendl. eric. 13. p. 35. E. virgu- 

 laris, S, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 324. Flowers terminating the 

 small branches, reddish-purple. Bracteas remote from the 

 calyx. Style exserted. Perhaps a species of Ceramia. 



Small-hispid Heath. Fl. Spring. Clt. 1791. Shrub 1 ft. 



138 E. CARNE'OIA (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 5.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 scattered ; pedicels bracteate ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; co- 

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

 Corollas purplish-red. Nearly allied to E. Sainsburyana in 

 habit. Style exserted. 



Flesh-coloured-dowered Heath. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



139 E.? COLLETER (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 192.) branches 

 straight, hairy ; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, revolute, rather 

 hispid, spreading ; flowers axillary, drooping, clammy ; corolla 

 urceolate ; style exserted ; stigma peltate. 17 Gr. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



Colleter Heath. Shrub. 



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



140 E. ODORA'TA (Andr. heath. 3. t. 64.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 glandularly ciliated, spreading ; flowers terminal, umbellately 

 verticillate, drooping ; pedicels coloured ; bracteas remote from 

 the calyx ; corolla campanulate, viscid. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 633. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1399. Corolla white, very like those of some species of An- 

 dromeda. Style inclosed. 



Sweet-scented Heath. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1804. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



141 E. PROPE'NDENS (Andr. heath. 2. t. 45. Sims, bot. mag. 

 21408.) downy ; leaves 4 in a whorl, short, ciliated; branches 

 flexuous ; bracteas approximating the calyx ; flowers terminal, 

 solitary or by threes ; corolla bell-shaped. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 63. Calycine seg- 

 ments jagged or serrated. Corolla purple, or deep red. Style 

 inclosed. 



Propendent-fiowered Heath. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



142 E. PALU'STRIS (Andr. heath. 2. t. 46.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 linear, obtuse, downy ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas 



