ERICACEAE. VI. CERAMIA. VII. DESMIA. VIII. EURYLEPIS. 



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Var. /3 ; anthers exserted. 1? . G. Erica planifolia, Willd. 

 spec. 2. p. 362. Pluk. mant. p. 69. t. 347. f. 1. 



Var. y ; corolla smooth ; anthers exserted. fj . G. Erica 

 thymifolia, Wendl. obs. p. 48. 



Flat-leaved Ceramia. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1795. Shrub 2 

 feet. 



6 C. THYMIFOLIA ', leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, spreading, re- 

 motish, ciliated ; flowers axillary, solitary ; spurs of anthers 

 short ; corolla globose, urceolate, downy. ? fj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica thymifolia, Andr. heath. 2. t. 

 29. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 402. Bracteas remote from the 

 calyx. Corollas white, but in Andrew's figure they are red or 

 purple. 



Thyme-leaved Ceramia. Fl. March, Nov. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub. 



7 C. TEUCRIFOLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, lanceolate, rather vil- 

 lous, spreading ; flowers axillary, cymose. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica teucrifolia, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 109. 



Teucrium-leaved Ceramia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub. 



8 C. CORDA V TA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, sub-cordate, vil- 

 lous above and woolly beneath ; branches divaricate, hairy ; 

 corollas globose ; anthers mutic. fy . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Erica cordata, Andr. heath. 3. t. 41. Co- 

 rollas white, with black anthers. 



Cordate-leaved Ceramia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1799. 

 Shrub diffuse. 



9 C. ? CALATHIFLORA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, imbricated ; 

 flowers terminal ; calyx tomentose ; corolla campanulate, 1 line 

 long, smooth ; spurs of anthers cuneated, hairy ; fruit tomen- 

 tose ; style exserted. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica calathiflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 328. Erica 

 bicolor, Thunb. diss. no. 57. Willd. spec. 2. p. 363. 



Bowl-flowered Ceramia. Fl. Nov. March. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub. 



10 C. LATIFOLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong-la'nceolate, 

 villous above and white beneath, as in the rest of the species ; 

 flowers axillary, aggregate; corollas conical ; genitals exserted; 

 anthers mutic. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica latifolia, Andr. 2. t. 41. Flowers dark red or purple. 

 Branches flexuous. 



Broad-leaved Ceramia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



11C. OBLiauA ; leaves obliquely verticillate, linear, truncate, 

 with glandular margins; spikes of flowers terminal, coarctate ; 

 corollas urceolate, viscid, having the interstices of the limb end- 

 ing in a tumid hook each ; anthers awned. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica obliqua, Thunb. diss. no. 73. 

 with a good figure. Baur. pi. kew. t. 3. Andr. heath, 1. t. 23. 

 Wendl. eric. 17. p. 77. with a figure. Bracteas remote from 

 the calyx ; calycine segments linear-oblong. Corollas pale 

 purple. 



Oblique-leaved Ceramia. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub. 



12 C. OXYCOCCIFOLIA ; stems decumbent, filiform; leaves 3 

 in a whorl, ovate ; corolla 1^ line long, campanulate, hairy ; 

 filaments mutic. ^ Gr. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica oxycoccifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 325. A very 

 pretty species, with the habit of Oxycoccus palustris. Flowers 

 red. 



Cranberry-leaved Ceramia. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1791. 

 Shrub decumbent. 



13 C. BLE'NNA ; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, ovate, cuneated ; co- 

 rolla urceolate, 4-5 lines long, viscid, having the segments im- 

 bricated at the base ; filaments very broad ; anthers corniculate. 



Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. A very fine spe- 

 cies. Corollas yellow, with a green mouth. Perhaps a species 

 of Pachifsa. 



Blenna Ceramia. Shrub. 



14 C. SERPYLLIFOLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, ciliated, 

 sessile ; flowers terminal ; branches hairy. Tj . G. Native of 

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

 744-. Corollas white. 



mid- Thyme-leaved Ceramia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub. 



15 C. ? HUMIFU'SA ; leaves opposite, or 3 in a whorl, oval ; 

 corolla 1J line long, with an ample limb; flowers terminal; 

 anthers mutic, inclosed ; style much exserted. ^ . G. Native 

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

 6. p. 332. 



Trailing Ceramia. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub. 

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



VII. DE'SMIA (from Stapr), dtsme, a fascicle ; in reference 

 to the glomerate flowers). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July, 

 1834 Erica species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx 4-toothed. Co- 

 rolla globose, with a contracted 4-toothed mouth. Stamens ex- 

 serted ; filaments flattened ; cells of anthers short, dehiscing by 

 an oblong foramen, with the base truly simple and confluent in 

 the filament. Stigma capitate. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. 

 Seeds scrobiculate. Small erect shrubs, natives of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Leaves scattered, spreading, subulate. Flowers 

 terminal, glomerate. 



1 D. CONFE'RTA (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 153.) 

 flowers umbellate, sessile, fasciculate ; filaments narrow, fj . 

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

 heath. 2. t. 50. Sol. in Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 409. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 1335. Leaves 4 in a whorl. Corollas white. 



Crowded-flowered Desmia.- Fl. Oct. Feb. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



2 D. JEQVA^LIS (D. Don. 1. c.) umbels pedunculate, aggre- 

 gate ; filaments dilated. Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Equal Desmia. Shrub. 



3 D. POLIFOLIA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves 3 in a whorl, aristate ; 

 flowers fascicled ; corollas oblong, with a dilated throat ; fila- 

 ments dilated ; stigma nearly simple, fj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Folium-leaved Desmia. Shrub. 



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



VIII. EURYLE'PIS (from ivpvg, eurys, broad, and 

 lepis, a scale ; in reference to the dilated scales of the calyx). 

 D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 154. Erica species of 

 authors. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, coria- 

 ceous, bibracteate at the base. Corolla tubular, coriaceous, 

 ventricose at the base, with a 4-cleft erect limb. Stamens in- 

 closed ; filaments dilated, canaliculate ; anthers bipartite; cells 

 of anthers coriaceous, dehiscing by an oblong foramen, auricled 

 at the base. Stigma clavate, with a 4 tubercled disk and a cre- 

 nulated ring. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. Segments of 

 placenta 2-lobed. Seeds oval, ventricose. Diffusely branched 

 shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves scattered, 

 with revolute margins. Flowers terminal, solitary, large, pen- 

 dulous. 



