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ERICACEAE. XII. CALLISTA. XIII. EURYLOMA. 



52 C. PRIMULOIDES ; leaves 5 in a whorl, glabrous ; flowers, 

 terminal, nearly sessile, fastigiate ; corolla with an ovate tube, 

 and a broad-spreading limb ; calycine segments serrulated. Jj , 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica primuloides 

 Andr. heath. 3. t. 63. Lodd. bot. cab. 715. Erica delecta, 

 Hortul. Sims, bot. mag. 1548. Flowers pink and white, with 

 a dark eye, and sometimes reddish-purple. Style exserted. 



Primrose-like-fionered Callista. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1802. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



53 C. SWAINSONII ; leaves 5-6 in a whorl, linear, obtuse, 

 crowded, erect ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas sessile ; 

 calycine segments lanceolate ; corolla with a cylindrical furrowed 

 tube, and a spreading border ; anthers somewhat exserted. Jj . 

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

 Andr. heath. 3. t. 65. Flowers reddish-purple or buff-red. 



Srvainson's Callista. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1794. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



54 C. QUADRANGULA'RIS ; leaves recurved, glabrous, scat- 

 tered : flowers terminating small branches ; bracteas sessile ; 

 corolla with a 4-angled tube, winged ; style exserted. J? . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica quadrangularis, 

 Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a figure. Erica erosa, Lodd. bot. cab. 

 133. Bedf. eric. wob. pi. 2. f. 2. 



tube, and a white crenulated limb. 



Quadrangular-flowered Callista. 

 Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Erica, p. 800. Ele- 

 gant shrubs when in blossom. The wood being harder than 

 that of the species of Erica, cuttings are more difficult to root. 



Corolla with a purplish-red 

 Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. 



XIII. EURYLO'MA (from tvpvs, eurys, wideband 

 loma, a margin ; in reference to the wide limb of the corolla). 

 D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 155. Erica species of 

 authors. 



LIN. SYST. Octandria Monogy'nia. Calyx 4-parted, foli- 

 aceous. Corolla salver-shaped, with an elongated filiform or 

 ventricose tube, and a 4-parted dilated limb. Stamens inclosed ; 

 filaments dilated, membranous, channelled ; anthers bipartite ; 

 cells of anthers membranous, dehiscing lengthwise, and drawn 

 out at the base into a short tumid spur. Stigma with an elevated 

 4-lobed disk. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. Diffusely 

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

 adpressed, semi-cylindrical, minutely denticulated. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary or by threes, large, showy, on short pedicels, 

 clammy. 



* Leaves 3 in a whorl, 



1 E. AITONI (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, serru- 

 lated, erect ; flowers terminal, usually by threes ; bracteas 

 remote from the calyx ; corolla viscid, with a cylindrical tube, 

 which is ventricose at top, and large ovate segments ; style ex- 

 serted. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 Aitonia, Andr. 1. t. 25. Curt. bot. mag. 429. Erica Aitoniana, 

 Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 372. Lodd. bot. cab. 144. Erica Aitoni, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 398. Erica jasminiflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 

 6. p. 382. Corolla pale red, or nearly white, 16 to 19 lines 

 long. 



Alton's Euryloma. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 2 feet. 



2 E. JASMINIFLORA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves 3 in a whorl, linear- 

 oblong, serrulated, recurved, imbricated in 6 rows ; flowers ter- 

 minal, aggregate ; bracteas ciliated, remote from the calyx ; 

 corolla viscid, with an ovate tube, which is ventricose at the 

 apex, and ovate segments; style exserted. T; . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica jasminiflora, Andr. heath. 1. t. 

 26. Erica lagenseflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 382. Corolla 



12-14 lines long, with a reddish tube, and a yellowish-green 

 border. 



Far. /3, alba; flowers pure white. 



Jasmine-flowered Euryloma. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1794. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



3 E. TRICOLOR ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, recurved, ciliated, 

 as well as the bracteas and calyxes : the terminating hairs the 

 longest ; pedicels bibracteate near the base ; flowers terminal, 

 usually about 6 together ; corolla viscid, with a large ventricose 

 tube, and ovate-cordate slightly crenulated segments ; style ex- 

 serted. Jj , G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 tricolor, Nois. Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 25. Corolla red at the 

 base, white at top, but greenish-yellow below the contraction 

 of the limb. 



Var. ft, major (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 26.) leaves adpressed, 

 shortly ciliated ; corolla oblong, inflated, with a red tube and 

 segments, and yellowish-green below the contraction. 



Var. y, dumbsa ; leaves long-ciliated, recurved ; corolla with 

 an ovate-oblong inflated tube. Tj . G. Corolla with a red tube, 

 a greenish-yellow contraction, and white segments. Bedf. eric, 

 wob. p. 25. t. 4. f. 17. 



Var. S, minor (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 26.) leaves 4 in a whorl ; 

 style inclosed ; corolla inflated, ventricose. ^ . G. Corolla 

 with a red tube, greenish-yellow top, and red segments. 



Three-coloured Euryloma. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



4 E. MIRA'BILIS ; leaves 3 in a whorl,? obtuse; flowers ter- 

 minal, disposed in umbellate fascicles ; corolla viscid ? with a 

 ventricose base, a contracted neck, and a wide-spreading border, 

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

 Lodd. bot. cab. 1804. Corollas white, tinged with red. 



Admirable Euryloma. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1804. Shrub. 



5 E. AMPULLA'CEA ; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, lanceolate, 

 ciliated, reflexed ; flowers terminal, usually by fours ; bracteas 

 approximating the calyx, ciliated, as well as the calycine seg- 

 ments ; corolla viscid, with a ventricose tube, ribbed neck, 

 and ovate-cordate slightly crenulated obtuse segments ; style 

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

 ampullacea, Curt. bot. mag. 303. Andr. heath. 1. t. 29. Lodd 

 bot. cab. 508. Erica ampulseformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 

 381. Leaves imbricate at the base, moderately spreading at top. 

 Corolla 8-10 lines long, red. Anthers incurved at top. 



Flask-fiowered Euryloma. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. Sh. 



6 E. IRBYA'NA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, cuspidate, with scabrous 

 margins, erect ; bracteas remote from and approximating the 

 calyx ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; corolla viscid, with a cylin- 

 drical ventricose tube, and large segments ; style exserted ; an- 

 thers mutic. lj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica Irbyana, Andr. heath. 3. t. 25. Lodd. bot. cab. 816. 

 Flowers white. 



Var. /3, rubra ; flowers reddish-purple. 



Irby's Euryloma. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



7 E. NOTA'BILIS ; leaves linear-oblong, 3 in a whorl, serru- 

 lately ciliated, short, adpressed ; branches slender, flexuous ; 

 flowers small, terminal, aggregate, viscid ; corolla tubular, with 

 a constricted neck, and small limb. 17 . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Erica notabilis, Wendl. Licht. ex Spreng. syst. 

 2. p. 184. Style inclosed. 



Notable Euryloma. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



8 E. CURVIFOLIA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, recurved, ciliated ? ; 

 spikes coarctate ; corolla 4 lines long, viscid, with an ovate 

 pyramidal tube ; spurs of anthers linear-attenuated ; pericarp 

 hairy. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 curvifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 380. Flowers lateral. 



Curved-leaved Euryloma. Shrub. 



9 E. SHANNONIA'NA ; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, stiff, spreading, 



