ERICACEAE. II. GYPSOCALLIS. 



803 



no. 52. with a figure of the flower, spec. ed. 2. p. 503. Andr. 

 heath. 1. t. 34. Lodd. hot. cab. 1247. Erica quinquangularis, 

 Berg. pi. cap. p. 117. Erica pyramidalis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 

 p. 349. Flowers small, white or red, with brown anthers. 



Imbricated-bractead Moor Heath. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1786. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



30 G. sauAM^FLORA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear ; flowers 

 terminal ; bracteas scattered above the middle of the pedicels ; 

 corolla f of a line long, shorter than the calyx ; anthers acu- 

 minated ; fruit broad, ovate. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica squamaeflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 349. 

 Erica imbricata, Roxb. mss. but not of Lin. 



Scale-flowered Moor Heath. Fl. March. Dec. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



31 G. CK'SIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, short, linear, glabrous; 

 flowers terminal, twin, erect ; calyx imbricate by bracteas ; co- 

 rolla campanulate, of a line long, shorter than the calyx ; an- 

 thers obtuse, with a broad dissepiment ; fruit ovate ; stigma 

 broadish. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 cae'sia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 349. 



Grey Moor Heath. Shrub. 



32 G. FLEXUOSA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, glabrous, erect, 

 short ; flowers terminal, usually by threes, erect ; bracteas 

 scattered above the middle of the pedicels, imbricate, small ; 

 corolla bell- shaped, 1 line long, longer than the calyx, which is 

 coloured ; anthers obtuse, with a narrow dissepiment ; nectarium 

 large ; fruit imbricate. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica flexuosa, And. heath. 1. t. 23. Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 349. Lodd. bot. cab. 1495. E. divaricata, Wendl. 

 eric. 7. p. 5. Flowers white, with red anthers. 



Tlexuous Moor Heath. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 

 ,1 to 2 feet. 



33 G. LAscivA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear ; flowers termi- 

 nal ; calyx imbricated by bracteas ; corolla -f of a line long, a 

 little shorter than the calyx ; anthers foraminose from the base ; 

 stigma peltate, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica lasciva, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 349. Erica imbricata, 

 Thunb. diss. no. 11. 



Wanton Moor Heath. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



34 G. DIOT^EFLORA ; leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowers axillary at 

 the top of the branches ; calycine segments cuneated ; corolla 

 1 j line long, with an urceolate tube ; anthers a little exserted ; 

 pericarp downy. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica diotaeflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 342. Erica pistillaris, 

 Sol. mss. 



Trvo-eared-flowered Moor-Heath. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub. 



35 G. STYLOSA ; leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; pedi- 

 cels long, furnished with bracteas near the calyx ; corolla 1 line 

 long, a little longer than the calyx ; anthers pointed ; fruit oval ; 

 style very long, f? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica stylosa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 350. Erica bracteata, 

 Roxb. mss. but not of Lin. 



Long-styled Moor Heath. Fl. Jan. Aug. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub. 



36 G. POHLMA'NNII ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ? obtuse, imbricated ; 

 flowers terminal ; corolla with a globose tube, and a 4-parted 

 limb ; anthers a little exserted. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica Pohlmannii, Lodd. bot. cab. 1852. Flowers 

 pale red, with deep red anthers. 



Pohlmann's Moor-Heath. Fl. May. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 



37 G.LONGIPEDUNCULA'TA; leaves oval, mucronate, 3 in a whorl, 

 hispid ; flowers terminal, umbellate, on long pedicels, pendulous; 

 bracteas remote from the calyx, deciduous ; calyxes adpressed ; 



corolla ovate ; anthers mutic. Pj G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica longipedunculata, Lodd. bot. cab. 103. 

 Flowers large, purple, pedicellate, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, beset with glandular hairs. 



Long-peduncled Heath. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1805. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



38 G. ROSTE'LLA ; leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; 

 bracteas imbricated ; corolla ovate-globose. Ij . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica rostella, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 21. 

 Flowers white. 



Small-beaked Moor-Heath. Fl. April. June. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



39 G. PELTA'TA ; leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; 

 bracteas remote from and approximating the calyx ; corolla 

 round, with deep, loose segments. Ij . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Erica peltata, Andr. heath. 4. icon. Erica 

 exserta, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 9. Flowers pale purplish-red. 



Peltate Moor-Heath. Fl. Spring, Autumn. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2. Anthers corniculate. Aberrant species. 

 * Leaves 3 in a whorl. Corollas campanulate. 



40 G. ARTICULA'RIS ; leaves 3 in a whorl, glabrous ; flowers 

 terminal, umbellate ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; anthers 

 corniculate ; corollas slender, campanulate. 17 . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica articularis, Bedf. hort. eric, 

 wob. p. 2. but not of Thunb. nor Curt. Flowers reddish- 

 purple. 



Jointed Moor-Heath. Shrub. 



41 G. LODDIGE'SII ; leaves 3 in a whorl, downy ; flowers termi- 

 nal ; bracteas approximating the calyx, sessile; corolla campanu- 

 late, with deep segments ; anthers awned. J? . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica concava, Lodd. bot. cab. 134. but 

 not of Ker. Flowers pale purplish-red, spreading. Probably a 

 species of Erica. 



Loddiges's Heath. Fl. Oct. Dec. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 to 2 

 feet. 



42 G. INTERTE'XTA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ciliated with long 

 hairs ; flowers sessile ; bracteas approximating the calyx, which 

 is ciliated ; corolla round, campanulate ; anthers awned. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica intertexta, Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 1034. Flowers yellow. Anthers black. 



Interivoten-leaved Moor-Heath. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 1| foot. 



43 G. PANICULA'TA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, triquetrous, 

 glabrous ; branches tomentose ; flowers terminal, by threes ; 

 corolla f of a line long, campanulate, having the segments im- 

 bricate at the base ; spurs of anthers linear, smooth ; style ex- 

 serted. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 paniculata, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 508. Lodd. bot. cab. 1194. 

 Erica milleflora, Berg. pi. cap. p. 96. Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 

 350. Flowers red. There is also a white-flowered variety of 

 the species. 



Panicled-fiowered Moor-Heath. Fl. Feb. April. Clt. 1774. 

 Shrub. 



44 G. BEDFORDIA'NA ; leaves 3 in a whorl; flowers terminal; 

 bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla bell-shaped ; anthers 

 awned, exserted, as well as the style. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica mellifera, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 15. 



Duke of Bedford's Gypsocallis. Fl. Spring. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub. 



* * Leaves 3 in a rvhorl. Corollas urceolate. 



45 G. FRA'GRANS ; glabrous ; leaves opposite, or 3 in a whorl, 

 5 K2 



