ERICACEAE. XII. CALLISTA. 



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a small, tetragonal, pyramidal tube. 1? . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica tetragona, Thunb. diss. no. 5. with 

 a figure. Andr, heath. 3. t. 51. Lodd. bot. cab. 1239. Erica 

 pugionifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 358. Erica trigona, Hort. 

 Corollas 4 lines long, yellow. Style exserted. 



Tetragonal-fiov/ered Callista. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub. 



3 C. BUCCINIFLORA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, ciliated ; 

 bracteas sessile ; flowers in terminal umbellate fascicles ; co- 

 rolla with a trumpet-shaped tube and a spreading border. fj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica bucciniflora, 

 Sims, bot. mag. 2465. Lodd. bot. cab. 1127. Erica buccinse- 

 formis, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 4. Corolla red, with a white limb. 

 Anthers cornute. 



Trumpet-flowered Callista. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub. 



4 C. BANDONIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, spreading : flowers terminal, umbellate, on long pedicels, 

 erect ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; calycine segments 

 broad ; tube of corolla ovate, ventricose ; style exserted. fy , 

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

 heath, vol. 4. Corolla reddish-purple. 



Countess Bandon's Callista. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub. 



5 C. MAGNI'FICA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, obtuse, spread- 

 ing ; flowers terminal, usually by threes, drooping ; bracteas 

 remote from the calyx ; calyx coloured ; corolla with an ovate 

 tube, and an erectish limb ; style inclosed. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica magnifica, Andr. heath, vol. 4. 

 Corollas pale red. Anthers cornute. 



Magnificent Callista. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



6 C. BROADLEYA V NA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, fasciculated, 

 spreading ; flowers axillary, on long pedicels, drooping ; caly- 

 cine segments foliaceous, narrow ; corolla ventricose, contracted 

 at the mouth, with hardly any limb ; style exserted. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Broadleyana, Andr. 

 heath, vol. 4. Flowers red. 



Broadley's Callista. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



7 C. JULIA'NA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, trigonal, erect, 

 shining, short ; flowers terminal, aggregate ; bracteas almost 

 sessile ; calycine segments dilated and ciliated ; corolla ovate, 

 ventricose, with a small limb. I? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica Juliana, Nois. Lodd. bot. cab. 799. Bedf. 

 eric. wob. p. 13. Corolla reddish-purple. Style a little ex- 

 serted. 



/fy-flowered Callista. Fl. July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 ft. 



8 C. CELSIA'NA ; glabrous ; leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowers 

 terminal ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla with a glo- 

 bular tube ; style exserted. fc. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica Celsiana, Lodd. bot. cab. 1777. Corolla 

 with a pale red tube and a deep red border. 



Cels's Callista. Fl. June. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



9 C. ARMA'TA ; leaves 3, sometimes 5, in a whorl, linear, erect, 

 spinulose ; flowers terminal, aggregate, clothed with yellow 

 strigae ; calycine segments foliaceous, spinose ; style exserted. 



*2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica armata, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 184. 



Armed Callista. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub. 



10 C. HUMEA'NA; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, glabrous; 

 flowers terminal, by threes; bracteas sessile; corolla with a short 

 ventricose tube, and a large limb ; style exserted. (j . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Humeana, Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 389. E. Humea, Hortul. Corolla with a red tube, reddish- 

 purple segments, and a dark eye. 



Lady Hume's Callista. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1808. Shrub. 

 11C. CARNI'ULA ; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous ; 

 flowers terminal, racemose ; calyx bracteate ; corolla with an 



inflated tube, and a short limb. Jj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Erica carniula, Lodd. bot. cab. 926. Flowers 

 pale red. 



Flesh-coloured-fioviered Callista. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. 

 Shrub. 



12 C. SAINSBURIA'NA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, filiform, elongated, 

 glabrous, erectly spreading ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; brac- 

 teas remote from the calyx ; corolla oblong-ovate, with a short 

 limb ; anthers awned. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica Sainsburya, Andr. heath, vol. 4. Flowers pale 

 red. Style a little exserted. 



Sainsbury's Callista. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



1 3 C. COMPTONIA'NA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, subulate, glabrous, 

 spreading, recurved ; flowers terminal, aggregate, pedicellate. 

 JJ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Comptoni- 

 ana, Andr. heath, vol. 4. Style inclosed. 



Compton's Callista. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1802. Shrub. 



14 C. INFUNDIBULIFO'RMIS ; leaves 4 in a whorl, filiform, ob- 

 tuse, glabrous, erect ; flowers terminal, aggregate ; bracteas ses- 

 sile ; corolla with a slender tube, and large segments. ^ G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica infundibuliformis, 

 Link. enum. 1. p. 364. Andr. heath, vol. 4. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 589. Flowers pale red, or pale purplish-red. Style inclosed. 



Funnel-formed Callista. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1802. Shrub. 



15 C. VA'RIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; brac- 

 teas approximating the calyx ; corolla short, with revolute seg- 

 ments ; style exserted. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica varia, Lodd. bot. cab. 1325. Erica Cassonii, 

 Hortul. Flowers purplish-red. 



Variable Callista. Fl. July. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



16 C. UNDULA'TA; glabrous; leaves 3-4 in a whorl ; flowers 

 terminal, by fours, sessile ; corolla with an elongated, ventri- 

 cose, twisted tube, and a spreading limb. lj. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica undulata, Lodd. bot. cab. 1792. 

 Flowers deep red. 



Waved Callista. Fl. Summer. Clt. 1827. Shrub. 



* Leaves 4 in a nhorl, 



17 C. PRJE'GNANS; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, ciliated, 

 spreadingly recurved ; flowers terminal, crowded ; bracteas re- 

 mote from the calyx ; calycine segments acute : corolla ventri- 

 cose at the base. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica prae'gnans, Andr. heath. 3. t. 32. Lodd. bot. cab. 945. 

 Corolla pale red, almost white. Very like C. ventricosa, and 

 probably only a variety of it. Style inclosed. 



Snelled-Rowered Callista. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1 796. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



18 C. METUL^FLORA ; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, subulate, spinu- 

 losely ciliated ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas remote 

 from the calyx ; corolla ventricose at the base. ^ . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica metulaeflora, Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. 612. Andr. heath. 3. t. 33. Lodd. bot. cab. 1763. Flowers 

 red, with a paler border. Style a little exserted. 



Nine-pin-flowered Callista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1798. 

 Shrub. 



19 C. ACUMINA'TA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, trigonal, cuspidate, 

 recurved ; flowers terminal, nearly sessile, aggregate ; calycine 

 segments acuminated ; corolla with an inflated acuminated tube, 

 and a short revolute limb ; bracteas close to the calyx. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica acuminata, Andr. 

 heath. 3. t. 54. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 216. Flowers reddish- 

 purple. Style inclosed. 



Acuminated-Rowered Callista. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1800 

 Shrub. 



20 C. FERRUGINEA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, secund, cili- 

 ated with rusty hairs ; flowers terminal, umbellately verticillate, 

 horizontal ; calyx bracteate, with the segments bearded at the 



