ERICACEAE. XII. CALLISTA. 



815 



Lamon's Callista. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1802. Shrub 1 foot. 



33 C. DAPHNWLORA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, short, glabrous, 

 acerose, erectly spreading ; bracteas sessile ; calycine segments 

 lacerated a little ; flowers terminal, usually by fours ; corollas 

 with an ovate ventricose tube, and a spreading obtuse limb. Jj . 

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

 Lodd. bot. cab. 543. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 7. Flowers small, 

 white or deep red. Style exserted. 



Daphne-flowered Callista. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1791. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



34 C. DAPHNOIDES ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous ; 

 flowers terminal by fours ; bracteas sessile ; corolla with an ovate 

 ventricose tube and a large limb. T? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica daphnoides, Lodd. bot. cab. 154. Erica 

 mirabilis, Hortul. Flowers pale red. Style a little exserted. 



Dajjhne-like-fiowered Callista. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



35 C. COVENTRY A' NA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear-trigonal, 

 ciliated, as well as the calyxes and bracteas ; flowers terminal, 

 aggregate, sessile ; bracteas sessile ; calycine segments folia- 

 ceous, narrow ; corolla with a slender tube, and large segments, 

 fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Coventrya, 

 Andr. heath. 4. icon. Lodd. bot. cab. 423. Corolla with a 

 greenish-yellow tube, and a red limb, with ovate segments. 

 Style a little exserted. 



Lord Coventry's Callista. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1808. Sh. 



36 C. VERECU'NDA ; leaves 4 ? in a whorl, linear, obtuse ; 

 flowers lateral, verticillate ; corolla with a ventricose tube, and a 

 spreading limb. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica verecunda, Lodd. bot. cab. 1827. but not of Sal. Flowers 

 red. 



Reddish-fiowered Callista. Fl. Spring, Autumn. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



37 C. STELII'FERA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, 

 subulate, pilose, spreading ; flowers axillary and terminal, race- 

 mose, erect ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; limb of corolla 

 6-cleft. 17 . G. A hybrid. Erica stellifera, Andr. heath, vol. 

 4. Lodd. bot. cab. 1622. Flowers reddish-purple. 



Star-bearing Callista. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



38 C. PR^E'STANS ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, erect, glabrous; 

 flowers terminal, aggregate ; bracteas sessile, smooth ; calycine 

 segments ovate, cuspidate, with scarious hardly serrated edges ; 

 corolla with a ventricose tube, and a recurvedly reflexed limb. 

 17 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica prse'stans, 

 Andr. heath, vol. 4. Lodd. bot. cab. 1695. Erica daphnifl6ra, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 384. Corollas white. Style exserted. 



Excelling Callista. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 

 foot. 



39 C. MU'NDCLA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, subulate, spreading, 

 shining, glabrous ; flowers terminal, usually by fours, sessile ; 

 bracteas sessile ; calyx naked ; corolla with a short narrow 

 tube, and a wide limb ; style inclosed. Ij . G. Native of 

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

 Lodd. bot. cab. 114. Flowers reddish-purple. 



Neat Callista. Fl. Oct. Feb. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



40 C. RICIDA ; glabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, spread- 

 ing ; flowers terminal, pedicellate ; corolla ventricosely tubular, 

 with a blunt border ; pedicels red ; bracteas remote from the 

 calyx. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 rigida, Lodd. bot. cab. 286. Erica metulaeflora bicolor, Bedf. 

 eric. wob. p. 15. Corolla red. Limb short, white. 



Stiff Callista, Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 foot. 



41 C. TROSSULA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous; flowers 

 terminal ; bracteas approximating the calyx ; corolla with an 

 ovate ventricose tube. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica trossula, Lodd. bot. cab. 1742. Flowers white. 



Var. /3, rubra; flowers red. 



Spruce Callista. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1806. Shrub. 



42 C. STRUTHIOL^FLORA. This species has not yet been de- 

 scribed or figured. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica struthiolsDflora, Lodd. bot. cab. p. 25. 



Struthiola-jlowered Callista. Shrub. 



43 C. CLIFFORDIA'NA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, glabrous ; flow- 

 ers terminal ; bracteas rather remote from the calyx ; corolla 

 with a slender ventricose tube; style inclosed. Jj . G. Native 

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

 34. Flowers white. 



Lady De Clifford's Callista. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub. 



44 C. PAVETTSIFLORA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear ; flowers 

 terminal ; pedicels very short ; corolla 9-10 lines long, having 

 the limb mealy inside ; filaments spurred near the top of the 

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

 pavettseflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 382. Erica infundibuli- 

 formis, Roxb. mss. 



Pavetta-florvered Callista. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



45 C. NIDIFLORA ; stem pubescent ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 linear ; flowers terminal ; calycine segments obcuneated, ser- 

 rated ; corolla 3 lines long, with the limb one-half shorter than 

 the tube ; spurs of anthers very minute, ear-formed. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica nidiflora, Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 383. Erica denticulata, Roxb. mss. 



Nest-flowered Callista. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



46 C. PARMENTIE'RII ; leaves 4 in a whorl ; flowers terminal ; 

 bracteas sessile ; corolla with a cylindrically ventricose tube, and 

 broad-spreading segments. Tj G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica Parmentierii, Lodd. bot. cab. 197. Flowers red- 

 dish-purple. Style a little exserted. 



Parmentier's Callista. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



47 C. MOSCHA'TA ; glabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl ? ; flowers 

 terminal ; corolla short, with a ventricose tube, and a small 

 spreading limb. Tj. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica moschata, Andr. heath. 4 icon. Lodd. bot. cab. 614. Co- 

 rollas yellow. 



Musky Callista. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1805. Shrub. 



48 C. CALOSTOMA ; glabrous ; leaves linear, 4 in a whorl ; 

 flowers terminal, crowded ; corolla with a ventricose elongated 

 tube, a dark neck, and a white limb. T? . G. Hybrid. Erica 

 calostoma, Lodd. bot. cab. 1759. 



Beautiful-mouthed Callista. Fl. May, June. Hybrid Shrub. 



49 C. RUSSELIA'NA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous ; 

 flowers terminal ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla 

 ovate-globose, with large open segments. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica Russeliana, Lodd. bot. cab. 1013. 

 Bedf. eric. wob. p. 22. Flowers reddish-purple. 



Duke of Bedford's Callista. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub. 



50 C. VENU'STA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, ciliated ; flowers ter- 

 minal, sessile ; bracteas sessile, prsemorse, membranous, ciliated, 

 as well as the calyxes ; corolla ovate, ventricose, with broad seg- 

 ments ; Pj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 venusta, Hortul. 



Graceful Callista. Fl. Spring, Summer. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



* * * Leaves 5-6 in a whorl. 



51 C. BLA'NDA ; leaves 6 in a whorl, spreadingly reflexed, 

 imbricate ; flowers terminal, umbellate, horizontal ; calyx brac- 

 teate ; genitals a little exserted ; corolla with an oblong tube, 

 and small border. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica Wanda. Andr. heath. 3. t. 34. Flowers reddish-purple or 

 bluish. Perhaps a species of Syringodea. Style exserted. 



Charming Callista. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub |- 

 foot. 



