ERICACEAE. I. ERICA. 



799 



remote from the calyx ; corollas cylindrically bell-shaped ; an- 

 thers a little exserted. f? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Lodd. hot. cab. t. 4. Branches divaricate. Corollas 

 reddish-purple. 



Marsh Heath. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1799. Shrub 1 ft. 



143 E. VISCA'RIA (Andr. heath. 1. t. 43.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 linear, glabrous, spreading ; flowers axillary, disposed in verti- 

 cillate spikes or racemes, drooping ; corolla campanulate, clothed 

 with clammy down ; bracteas approximating the calyx, sessile ; 

 calycine segments ciliated ; fruit silky. fj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 726. Icon. pi. kew. 

 t. 1. E. viscida, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 372. Corolla pale 

 purplish-red, 3 lines long, with a cup-shaped ribbed tube. Style 

 inclosed. 



Var. a, incana ; leaves hoary, 1| to 3 lines long. ^ . G. E. 

 viscaria, Thunb. diss. no. 40. Lin. mant. 321. diss. no. 45. with 

 a figure. 



Var. fi, glabra ; leaves green, 3-5 lines long. Pj . G. E. 

 viscaria, Andr. heath. 1. t. 43. Icon. pi. kew. t. 1. 



Clammy Heath. Fl. April and Autumn. Clt. 1774. Shrub 

 2 feet. 



144 E. PYRAMIDIFORMIS (Wendl. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 198.) 

 leaves linear, hispid, spreading, 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal, 

 usually by threes, erect ; calyxes adpressed, hispid ; stigma qua- 

 drifid. (7 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 purplish-red, campanulate. 



Pyramid-formed Heath. Fl. Sept. Dec. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 2, feet. 



145 E. NIDICULA'RIA (Lodd. bot. cab. 764.) glabrous; leaves 

 4 in a whorl, short, obtuse ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; 

 bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla cup-shaped ; style 

 exserted ; anthers mutic. ^ G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers white. 



Nest-like- flowered Heath. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1809. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



146 E. BE'LLA (Lodd. bot. cab. 307. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 197.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, filiform, smoothish, spreading, in- 

 curved at the apex ; pedicels terminal, racemose, hispid, erect ; 

 calyx reflexed : style filiform ; corolla campanulate ; anthers 

 mutic. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. pul- 

 chella, Hortul. Flowers red. Style exserted. 



Beautiful Heath. Fl. Jan. Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 ft. 



147 E. STYLA V RIS (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 198.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, linear, obtuse, much spreading, and are as well as the 

 branches hispid ; flowers terminal, glomerate, erectish ; calyxes 

 coloured, spreading, ciliated; corolla campanulate; style much 

 exserted : stigma capitate. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Anthers mutic. 



Long-styled Heath. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub 2 

 feet. 



148 E. JUBA'TA (Lodd. bot. cab. icon.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 linear, filiform, rather clammy, incurvedly spreading ; pedicels 

 terminal, corymbose, hispid ; calyx tetragonal, coloured, ser- 

 rulated ; corolla campanulately rotate ; anthers mutic. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Bearded Heath. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 



149 E. CONST A'NTIA (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 6.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl ; flowers terminating the branches ; bracteas remote from 

 the calyx ; corolla bell-shaped. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Style exserted. 



Constantia Heath. Clt. 1810. Shrub 2 feet. 



150 E. CONGE'STA (Wendl. eric. fasc. 17. p. 75.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, linear, pilose, spreading ; flowers axillary, capitate, droop- 



: ing ; calyx foliaceous, imbricate, toothed ; corolla campanulate, 

 i open ; bracteas sessile ; anthers mutic. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. Style exserted. 



Crowded-lowered Heath. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 

 foot. 



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



151 E. FLEXICAU'LIS (Dry. in hort. kew. 2. p. 395.) leaves 

 linear, 4 in a whorl, spreading, oblong, glandularly ciliated ; 

 flowers terminal, umbellate ; calyxes coloured, glandularly cili- 

 ated. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. glandu- 

 16sa, Andr. heath. 2. t. 58. but not of Thunb. Corollas purple, 

 urceolate. Style inclosed. 



Bent-stemmed Heath. Fl. May, Jan. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 ^ foot. 



152 E. PERIA'TA (Hortul. ex Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 18.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas re- 

 mote from the calyx ; corolla globose ; anthers a little exserted, 

 mutic. >j . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla 

 reddish-purple ; anthers reddish-orange. Style exserted. 



Z?roarf-flowered Heath. Fl. Spring and Autumn. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub. 



153 E. CRUCIFORMIS (Andr. heath, vol. 4. icon.) leaves 4 in 

 a whorl, linear, glabrous, spreading ; flowers terminal, by fours, 

 decussate ; corolla urceolate ; anthers mutic. ^ Gr. Native 

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



Cross-formed Heath. Fl. April, Nov. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



154 E. MELLIFERA (Hort. ex Link. enum. 1. p. 370.) leaves 

 4 in a whorl, linear, hairy, spreading, rather remote ; flowers 

 terminal, aggregate ; calyxes foliaceous ; corolla campanulate ; 

 anthers mutic ; style capitate, exserted. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Branches hairy. Corollas purple. An- 

 thers exserted, awned. 



Honey-bearing Heath. Shrub. 



155 E. SICULA (Schonberg, in Linnaea. 2. p. 614.) leaves 4 in 

 a whorl, petiolate, linear, nearly terete, canescent ; flowers ter- 

 minal, on long pedicels, subumbellate, canescent, erect ; calycine 

 segments and bracteas membranous, coloured, about equal in 

 length to the corolla : corollas ovate-oblong, downy. F? . H. 

 Native of Sicily. Flowers red. 



Sicilian Heath. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1819. Shrub .2 to 

 3 feet. 



156 E. AGGREGA'TA (Wendl. eric. fasc. 13. p. 11.) leaves 4 in 

 a whorl, linear, hairy, spreading; flowers terminating the small 

 branches ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla globose, 

 downy, with an erectish limb, fj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1678. Flowers purplish-red 

 the whole forming branched racemes. There is also a white- 

 flowered variety of this. Style exserted. 



dggregate-Qowered Heath. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



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



157 E. DECORA (Andr. heath. 3. t. 66. Ait. hort. kew. t. 

 392.) leaves 6 in a whorl, elongated, recurved ; flowers axillary, 

 mutant, disposed in spikes or racemes ; bracteas remote from 

 the calyx ; corolla campanulate ; anthers a little exserted. ^ . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 1383. 

 E. spiralis, Hortul. Flowers pale red. 



Graceful Heath. Fl. Nov. Jan. Clt. 1790. Shrub 2 feet. 



158 E. BEAUMONTIA V NA (Roll. Lodd. bot. cab. 1686.) 

 glabrous ; leaves linear, 5-6 in a whorl ; flowers axillary and 

 terminal, drooping ; pedicels many-bracteate ; corolla campanu- 

 late ; style a little exserted. 17 . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Corollas white. Allied to E. propendens. 



Beaumont's Heath. Fl. June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 foot. 



****** Leaves 5-6 in a nikorl. Corolla urceolate. 



159 E. CERINTHOIDES ( Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 505. diss. no. 43. 



