ERICACEAE. II. GYPSOCALLIS. 



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E. vagans, Lin. mant. 2 p. 230. syst. 370. Smith, eng. hot. t. 3. 

 E. vaga, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 344. E. multiflora, Huds. 

 angl. 166. Bull. fl. par. t. 203. E. didyma, Stokes, in With, 

 arrang. 400. E. purpurascens, Lara. diet. 1. p. 488. Flowers 

 small, pale, purplish-red, in the axils of the leaves, which are 

 contiguous. Stem glabrous. 



Var. ft, alba ; flowers axillary, white. 



Var. y, lenella ; flowers white, terminating the small branches. 



Var. e), pdllida ; flowers pale red. 



Common Cornish Heath. Fl. July, Sept. Britain. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



2 G. PURPURA'SCENS (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 

 153.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous ; flowers axillary; 

 corollas tubular or campanulate ; anthers deeply bifid ; calycine 

 segments awl-shaped. I? . H. Native of the south of Europe. 

 Erica purpurascens, Lin. spec. 503. Seg. veron. 280. Thunb. 

 mon. no. 44. Flowers pale purplish-red. 



Purplis h -flowered Moor-Heath. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



3 G. RASTE'LLUM ; branches flexuous, hispid ; leaves linear, 

 in fascicles, reflexed ; flowers terminal, tetragonal, drooping a 

 little ; calyxes coloured, adpressed ; corolla campanulate. fy . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica rastellum, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 19C. 



Rastellum Moor- Heath. Shrub. 



4 G. MICROSTOMA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, clothed with woolly 

 hairs, linear, hispidly ciliated, spreading ; flowers axillary, pedi- 

 cellate, aggregate ; corolla campanulate. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica microstoma, Berg. pi. cap. p. 97. 

 Flowers purplish-red. 



Small-mouthed Moor-Heath. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub. 



5 G. PILOSA ; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, spreading, pilose ; 

 flowers terminal, few, villous, pedicellate, erect ; bracteas remote 

 from the calyx, spreading, very villous ; corollas campanulate. 

 fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica pildsa, Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 606. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Pilose Moor-Heath. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



* * Leaves 4-5 in a whorl. Corollas urceolate. 



6 G. MULTIFLORA (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July, 1834.) 

 leaves 4-5 in a whorl, glabrous, linear ; flowers axillary, dis- 

 posed in a racemose corymb ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 

 corolla with an urceolar tube, or ovate bell-shaped ; holes of 

 anthers near the apex. I? . H. Native of the south of Europe. 

 Erica multiflora, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 355. diss. no. 58. with a 

 figure of the flower. Andr. heath. 2. t. 57. Ait. hort. kew. 2. 

 p. 367. Lodd. bot. cab. 1572. E. juniperifolia, &c. Garid. 

 aix. p. 160. t. 32. E. multiflora longipedicellata, VVendl. eric, 

 fasc. 5. p. 7. E. peduncularis, Presl. Corolla 1^ to 2 lines 

 long, pale red, campanulate, with a reflexed limb; anthers black. 

 Pedicels twice longer than the corolla. 



Many-jluwered Moor-Heath. Fl. Oct. Feb. Clt. 



7 G. CA'RNEA (D. Don. 1. c.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, 

 glabrous ; flowers axillary, drooping, disposed in secund ra- 

 cemes ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla with a pyra- 

 midal tube ; anthers foraminose from the middle. Fj . H. 

 Native of the South of Germany and Switzerland, and the north 

 of Wales. Erica carnea, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 504. Curt. bot. 

 mag. t. 11. Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 21. f. 31. Scop. fl. earn. ed. 2. 

 vol. 1. p. 275. Lodd. bot. cab. 1452. Erica herbacea, Lin. 

 diss. no. 57. with a figure; spec. ed. 2. p. 501. Wendl. eric. 

 9. p. 7. with a figure. Erica saxatilis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 

 p. 343. Flowers pale red. Corollas conical, 2 lines long. 

 Leaves sharply reduplicate. 



VOL. HI. 



Flesh-coloured-fiowered Moor-Heath. Fl. Jan. April. Clt. 

 1763. Shrub | foot. 



8 G. MEDITERRA'NEA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves 4-5 in a whorl, 

 linear-cuneated, glabrous; flowers axillary, racemose, secund, 

 nutant ; bracteas above the middle of the pedicels ; corolla 

 urceolar ; anthers foraminose from the middle, fj . H. Native 

 of the south of Europe, in the region of the Mediterranean ; and 

 of Ireland, &c. Erica Mediterranea, Lin. mant. p. 229. diss. 

 no. 59. with a figure of the flower. Wendl. eric. 7. p. 11. 

 Curt. bot. mag. 471. Erica lugubris, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 

 p. 343. Flowers red, with dark anthers. Corolla 1^ to 2 lines 

 long. 



Mediterranean Moor-Heath. Fl. March, May. Ireland. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



9 G. HORIZONTALS ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, spreading ; 

 flowers terminal, sessile, usually by threes, drooping ; calycine 

 segments spatulate, serrated ; corolla conical. Ij . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica horizontalis, Andr. heath. 2. 

 t. 52. Flowers white, with brown anthers. 



Horizontal Moor-Heath. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub 



1 to 1| foot. 



1 G. PROCU'MBENS ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, spreading, 

 glabrous ; flowers terminal, subaggregate, villous ; bracteas re- 

 mote from the calyx ; corolla globosely ovate. *? . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica procumbens, Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1993. Flowers reddish-purple. 



Procumbent Moor-Heath. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 procumbent. 



1 1 G. HISPIDA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, hispidly ciliated, linear, 

 spreading, obtuse ; flowers terminal, racemose, pendulous ; 

 bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla urceolate, globose, fj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica hispida, Andr. 

 heath. 2. t. 56. Lodd. bot. cab. 1982. Corollas red. 



Hispid Moor-Heath. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1791. Shrub 



2 feet. 



12 G. FLE'XILIS ; branches villous ; leaves 4 in a whorl, beset 

 with glandular hairs ; flowers axillary, racemose, drooping : 

 pedicels viscid ; corolla 1-j line long, with an ovate tube ; fruit 

 woolly, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 racemosa, Thunb. diss. no. 47. with a figure. Erica flexilis, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 342. Calycine segments ciliated with 

 glands. 



Bent Moor-Heath. Shrub. 



* Leaves 3 in a whorl. Corollas campanulate. 



13 G. MANIPULIFLORA (D. Don, 1. c.) branches hoary ; 

 leaves 3 in a whorl, obtuse, smoothish ; flowers disposed in in- 

 terrupted axillary fascicles; corolla cup-shaped, 1 line long; 

 anthers erect. Jj . H. Native of Arabia and Greece. Erica 

 manipuliflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 344. Sibth. et Smith, 

 fl. graec. t. 352. Erica verticillata, Forsk. fl. p. 210. Flowers 

 pale red. 



Handful-flowered Moor-Heath. Shrub. 



1 4 G. LANA'TA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, woolly ; flowers ter- 

 minal ; bracteas sessile, imbricated ; corolla short, tubular ; 

 calyx very hairy. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica lanata, Andr. heath. 3. t. 42. Erica flaccida, Link, enum. 

 berol. 1. p. 367. Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 10. Corollas white, 

 with brown anthers. 



W oolly -flowered Moor-Heath. Fl. July, Dec. Clt.? Shrub. 



15 G. LEUCANTHE'RA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, glabrous, 

 erect ; branches twiggy ; flowers terminal, drooping ; pedicels 

 glabrous; corolla 1 to 1| line long, funnel-shaped, having the 

 limb quite entire, and length of tube ; anthers foraminose near 



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