ERICACEAE. III. BL/ERIA. IV. SYMPIEZA. V. PACHYSA. 



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hairy ; anthers exserted. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers red. 



Fen-flowered Blaeria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. Shrub. 



11 B. THUNBE'RGII ; leaves 4 in a whorl; bracteas and 

 calyxes very pilose ; corolla 2 lines long, hairy ; stamens 4-5, 

 very broad at top, inclosed. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica hirsuta, Thunb. prod. p. 72. Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 339. 



Thunberg's Blaeria. Shrub. 



12 B. CILICUFLORA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, minute ; calyx 

 very pilose ; bracteas distinct ; corolla 1^ line long, hairy ; sta- 

 mens 4, inclosed, f? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica ciliciiflora, Sal. in. Lin. trans. 339. Anthers didymous, 

 bearded. 



Ciliated-homered Blaeria. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



13 B. XERANTHEMIF6LIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, recurved; 

 calyx woolly, imbricate ; corolla 1 j lines long, woolly ; stamens 

 exserted. Fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 xeranthemifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 339. 



Xeranthemum-leaved Blasria. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub. 



14 B. NODIFLORA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, villous ; calyx funnel- 

 shaped, very villous ; corolla 1-j- line long, hairy ; stamens 4, 

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

 nodiflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 340. 



Knot-flowered Blaeria. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1799. Shrub. 



15 B. FLOSCULOSA ; leaves 4 in a whorl; calyx fringed; 

 corolla | line long, with a very narrow tube and dilated limb ; 

 stamens 4, exserted, with very narrow filaments, f? . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica flosculdsa, Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 16. p. 340. The flowers resemble the florets in the disk 

 of Compositce. 



Flosculose Blaeria. Shrub. 



16 B. BARBI'GERA ; leaves 4 in a whorl ; calyx deeply 4-cleft, 

 imbricated by bracteas, bearded ; corolla glabrous, 2 lines long ; 

 stamens 4-5, exserted ; style very narrow. f? . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica barbigera, Sal. in Lin. trans. 

 6. p. 341. 



Beard-bearing Blaeria. Shrub. 



17 B. TURMA'LIS ; leaves 6 in a whorl ; peduncles very 

 short ; calyx minute, adpressed ; corolla 2 lines long ; stamens 

 4-5, exserted ; anthers broad. F? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica tunnalis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 342. 



Trooper Blaeria. Shrub. 



18 B. EQUISETIFOLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowers 3-5 in a 

 fascicle; peduncles long, glabrous; corolla 1-| line long; sta- 

 mens 4-5, exserted. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica equisetifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. C. p. 342. 



Horsetail-leaved Blaeria. Fl. July. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



2. Anthers arvned. 



19 B. GLABE'LLA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 631.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, oblong, glabrous, with scabrous margins, numerous ; 

 bracteas solitary ; calyx funnel-shaped, quadrangular ; corolla 

 2 lines long ; stamens 4, exserted ; spurs of anthers deflexed. 

 fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. B. purpurea, 

 Berg. pi. cap. 34. B. pusilla, Lin. mant. p. 39. Erica gla- 

 bella, Thunb. prod. 73. Erica embolifera, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 

 p. 340. Seb. thes. 1. p. 30. t. 20. f. 2. Flowers purple. 



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



20 B. CILIA'RIS (Lin. suppl. 122.) leaves 4 in a whorl, gla- 

 brous, minute ; calyx very hairy ; corolla 1^ line long, hairy ; 

 stamens 4-5, inclosed ; filaments spurred. Ij . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Wendl. coll. &. p. 35. t. 49.? 



Erica plumosa, Thunb. prod. 73. Sal. in Lin. trans 6. 

 p. 339. 



Ct/iaterf-calyxed Blaeria. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1794. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



21 B. DUMOSA (Wendl. coll. 2. p. 3. t. 38.) leaves 3-4 in a 

 whorl, linear, obtuse, erect, 1 line long ; corolla 1^ line long, 

 glabrous ; anthers crested, exserted. J; . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers rose-coloured, drooping. 



Bushy Blseria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. Shrub 1 foot. 



22 B. BRUNLEFOLIA ; leaves 6 in a whorl, long ; bracteas near 

 the calyx, the outer one very long ; corolla ! line long ; sta- 

 mens 6, exserted ; filaments spurred. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica bruniaefolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 

 p. 341. Erica hemispherica, Sol. mss. 



Brunia-leaved Blaeria. Shrub. 



Cult. Pretty little shrubs, deserving a place in every collec- 

 tion of greenhouse plants. A mixture of turfy peat and sand is 

 the best soil for them ; and young tops root readily, planted 

 in a pot of sand in spring, with a bell-glass over them. 



IV. SYMPIE V ZA (from avfiinefa, sympiezo, to press; in 

 reference to the stamens, which adhere to the tube of the 

 corolla.) Licht. mss. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 8. no. 

 447. and p. 171. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria Monogynia. Calyx turbinate, com- 

 pressed, bilabiate, fringed. Corolla tubular, sub-bilabiate, 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens 4-5, inserted in the tube of the 

 corolla, exserted ; anthers erect ; style length of stamens ; 

 stigma simple. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. A small 

 branched shrub, native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 

 adpressed, erect, imbricated, 3 in a whorl, linear, trigonal, gla- 

 brous, engraven by a line above. Flowers drooping, disposed 

 in terminal heads, purplish. 



1 S. CAPITELLA^TA (Licht. 1. c.) fj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 'Blaeria bracteata, Wendl. coll. 2. p. 1. t. 37. 

 Erica labialis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 340. Heads of flowers 

 disposed in a racemose manner. 



Small-headed Sympieza. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub. 



Gult. See Blceria above for culture and propagation. 



V. PACH Y'SA (from Tra^e, pachys, thick ; in reference to 

 the thick substance of the corolla). D. Don, in edinb. phil. 

 journ. 17. p. 153. Erica species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Octandria Monogynia. Calyx deeply 4-parted, 

 (f. 135 a.) coriaceous. Corolla nearly globose,(f. 135 c.)coriaceous, 

 with a contracted 4-lobed mouth, (f. 135 d.) Stamens inclosed ; 

 filaments much dilated ; anthers bifid ; cells of anthers short, 

 crested at the base, opening by an oblique foramen. Style dilated 

 at the base ; stigma simple, obtuse. Disk hypogynous, elevated. 

 Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. Small erect shrubs, natives of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves loosely imbricated, compressed, 

 3 in a whorl. Flowers large, terminal, subcorymbose, drooping ; 

 pedicels bracteolate. 



1 P. A'RDENS(D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 153.) leaves 

 linear, spreading, glabrous, 3 in a whorl, stiff; corolla ovate, glo- 

 bose ; bracteas 3, 2 approximate to the calyx and one remote 

 from it. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 ardens, Andr. heath. 2. t. 14. Ker. bot. reg. t. 115. Bedf. 

 eric. wob. pi. 3. f. 23. Lodd. bot. cab. 47. Flowers orange- 

 red. 



Ardent Pachysa. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



