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ERICACEAE. II. GYPSOCALLIS. III. SIBERIA. 



subulate ; flowers terminal or lateral, usually by twos ; corolla 

 campanulate, with a revolute limb ; anthers exserted, black, 

 mutic. J? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 fragrans, Ker, in bot. mag. 2181. Flowers pale red, with 

 blackish anthers. Perhaps a species of Lamprotis. 



Fragrant Moor-Heath. Fl. Spring. CIt. 1803. Shrub. 



46 G. NIGR'ITA (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 153.) 

 leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, triquetrous, glabrous, shining, spread- 

 ing ; flowers terminal, usually by threes ; pedicels pilose, with 

 broad imbricating bracteas, which are coloured like the calyx ; 

 corolla globosely bell-shaped, or urceolar, with a revolute limb ; 

 fruit tomentose. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica nigrita, Lin. diss. mant. 65. Thunb. diss. no. 53. 

 Andr. heath. 1. t. 32. Wendl. eric. fasc. 12. p. 11. with a 

 figure. Erica laricina, Berg. pi. cap. p. 94. E. volutaeflora, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 335. Seb. thes. 2. p. 11. t. 9. f. 7. 

 Sides of calyx recurved at top. Corolla white, with black cor- 

 niculate anthers. 



Black-anihered Moor-Heath. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



47 G. LYKIGERA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, shining, linear, trigonal ; 

 flowers terminal ; corolla urceolate, with a recurved limb ; spurs 

 of anthers serrated; anthers lyraeform, hairy; fruit tomentose. 

 1*1 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica lyrigera, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 336. Erica nigrita, Roxb. but not of 

 Sal. Flowers white, with black anthers. 



Lyre-bearing Moor-Heath. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub. 



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



48 G. CISTIFOLIA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, beset with glandular 

 hairs ; flowers terminal ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 

 corolla bell-shaped, with reflexed segments ; anthers subcorni- 

 culate. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 cistifolia, Link. enum. l.p. 369. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 5. Co- 

 rollas white. Calyx hairy. 



Cislus-leaved Moor-Heath. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



49 G. EXPR6MPTA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, spreadingly 

 reflexed, hairy, bearded at the apex ; branches woolly ; flowers 

 aggregate, terminal, drooping ; corolla campanulate ; anthers 

 awned or corniculate. Pj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica exprompta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 195. 



Drawn-out-anthered Moor-Heath. Fl. April, Sept. Clt, 

 1811. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. See Erica, p. 800. for culture and propagation of the 

 greenhouse species ; and Calluna, p. 828, for those of the 

 hardy kinds. 



III. BLjE'RIA (named after Patrick Blair, M.D. F.R.S. 

 He practised medicine at Boston in Lincolnshire, and was 

 author of Miscellaneous Observations in 1718, and Botanic 

 Essays in 1720, &c.) Lin. gen. 139. Juss. gen. 160. D. Don, 

 in Edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 157. Erica species, Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Penldndria Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted. 

 Corolla short-tubular, with a 4-cleft limb. Stamens 4-6, in- 

 serted in the receptacle ; filaments linear, flattened, glabrous ; 

 anthers bipartite ; cells of anthers attenuated at the base, mutic, 

 dehiscing by an oblong hole. Stigma simple, obtuse. Capsule 

 4-celled, many-seeded. Much branched shrubs, natives of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Leaves verticillate, with revolute mar- 

 gins. Flowers terminal, glomerate. 



Anthers mutic. 



1 B. ERicoiDEs (Lin. spec. 162.) leaves 4 in a whorl, oblong, 

 obtuse, ringed ; bracteas 3, length of calyx ; stamens 4-5, ex-- 

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

 Blae'ria, Thunb. prod. 72. Wendl. coll. 1. p. 73. p. 25. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 85. Erica dumosa, Sal. in Lin. trans, p. 341. 

 Erica Blaeria rubra, Hortul. Petiv. gaz. 471. t. 2. f. 10. 

 Erica orbicularis, Lodd. bot. cab. 153. Corolla purplish red. 

 Calyx bibracteate. 



Var. (3,pdllida; (Lodd. bot. cab. 85.) Flowers pale red. 

 Heath-like Blseria. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1774. Shrub. 



2 B. DEPRE'SSA (Licht. mss. ex Roam, et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 

 168.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, spreading, hairy; anthers 

 exserted. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Co- 

 rolla cylindrical, rufescent. 



Depressed Blaeria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 depressed. 



3 B. SCA'BRA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 629.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 lanceolate, pilose ; calyx funnel-shaped, glabrous ; corolla gla- 

 brous ; stamens 4, exserted. fy . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Wendl. coll. 1. p. 85. t. 31. Erica scabra, 

 Thunb. prod. 1. p. 72. Erica exilis r Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 

 340. Flowers purplish-red. 



Scabrous Blaeria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 

 foot. 



4 B. FASCICULA V TA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 629.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, lanceolate, ciliately scabrous ; stamens 4, exserted. ? 

 tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica fasciculata, 

 Thunb. prod. 72. fl. cap. 2. 



Fascicled-flowered Blaeria. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 



5 B. ARTICULA'TA (Lin. mant. 198.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 ovate or linear, glabrous, shining ; bracteas solitary ; calyx fun- 

 nel-shaped, hairy ; stamens 4T5, exserted. ^ G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica articulata, Thunb. prod. 71. 

 Wendl. coll. 2. p. 19. t. 44. Erica paleacea, Sal. in Lin. trans. 

 6. p. 341. Erica eriocephala, Lam. encyc. no. 73. ill. 78. 

 Flowers reddish. Heads drooping. 



Jointed-stemmed Blaeria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1795. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



6 B. PURPU'REA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 630. Lin. suppl. 122.) 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, ovate, subciliated ; stem flexuous, erect ; 

 anthers inclosed. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica purpiirea, Thunb. prod. 71. Flowers purple. Heads 

 drooping. 



Purple-fiowered Blaeria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1791. Shrub. 



7 B. MUCOSA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 630. Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 

 150.) leaves 4 in a whorl ; calyx pilose; corolla campanulate, 

 pilose above ; flowers axillary ; stigma peltate. J; . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica albens. Thunb. prod. 

 70.? 



Mossy Blaeria. Fl. June, Aui. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 foot. 



8 B. PUSILLA (Lin. mant. 39. Willd. spec. 1. p. 629.) leaves 

 3-4 in a whorl, linear, hairy ; flowers racemose, drooping. Tj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica pusilla, Thunb. 

 prod. p. 70. Branches downy. Leaves scabrous. 



Least Blaeria. Shrub. 



9 B. HIRSU'TA (Licht. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 170.) 

 leaves 3 in a whorl, fleshy, nearly terete, spreading ; calyx 

 pilose ; corolla cylindrical ; anthers 4, exserted. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla flesh-coloured. An- 

 thers black. 



Hairy Blaeria. Shrub. 



10 B. PAUCIFLORA (Wendl. coll. 2. p. 17. t. 43.) leaves 3 in 

 a whorl, ovate, glabrous ; corolla clavate, glabrous ; calyx 



