ERICACEAE. XIII. EURYLOMA. XIV. CHONA. 



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ending each in a hair ; flowers terminal, umbellate, drooping ; 

 calyx coloured ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla with a 

 ventricose ribbed tube ; style exserted. 1j. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica Shannonia, Andr. heath, vol. 4. 

 Erica Shannoniana, Lodd. hot. cab. 168. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 

 185. Flowers red. 



Countess Shannon's Euryloma. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1806. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



* * Leaves 4 in a whorl. 



10 E. HARTNE'LH; leaves 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, imbricated, 

 finely ciliated : the terminating hairs the longest ; corolla viscid 

 nearly tubular, rather ventricose at the base, with ovate-triangular 

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

 Hartnelli, Roll. cat. 



Harwell's Euryloma. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



1 1 E. AMPULLACEoioES ; leaves 4 in a whorl, ciliated ; flowers 

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

 tricose curved tube. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica ampullaceoides, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 2. Erica 

 ampullkcea, Hort. Corolla with a red tube, and a greenish- 

 yellow neck. 



Ampullacea-like Euryloma. Fl. Summer. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



12 E. PRINCEPS ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, ciliated, recurved ; 

 flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas approximating the calyx, 

 ciliated, as well as the calycine segments ; corolla viscid, with a 

 ventricose tube, and a hairy top ; style inclosed. Tj . G. Native 

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

 44. Lodd. bot. cab. 647. Corollas reddish-purple. 



Var. ft, cdrnea ; flowers pale red. 



Princely Euryloma. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



13 E. RETORTA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, squarrosely recurved, 

 and are as well as the calyxes and bracteas fimbriately ciliated 

 and aristate ; flowers terminal, umbellate, usually 7-8 together ; 

 corolla viscid, with an ovate ventricose tube, and acute seg- 

 ments ; anthers woolly ; style exserted. tj Gr. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. . Erica retorta, Lin. suppl. p. 220. Mon- 

 tin, in act. holm. 1774. p. 297. t. 7. Curt. bot. mag. 362. Andr. 

 heath. 1. 1. 47. Lodd. bot. cab. 804. Wendl. eric. fasc. 15. p. 45. 

 with a figure. E. gorteriaefolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 381. 

 Corolla 8-9 lines long, pale red. 



Var. ft, alba; corolla white, Sal. 1. c. 



Twisted-leaved Euryloma. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1781. 

 Shrub. 



14 E. CA'PAX ; leaves 4 in a whorl, ovate-cuneated ; flowers 

 terminal; corolla viscid, 8-10 lines long, with a flask-formed 

 tube, and retuse segments. fj G- Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica capax, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 381. Erica prae'g- 

 nans, Sol. mss. 



Capacious Euryloma. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1806. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



15 E. ARISTA'TA ; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, oblong, subsecund, 

 hispid, imbricated, awned at the apex ; flowers terminal ; brac- 

 teas approximating the calyx ; corolla inflated upwards with 

 revolute projecting segments : calycine segments obtuse. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica aristata, Andr. heath. 

 3. t. 28. Curt. bot. mag. t. 1449. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 384. 

 Bedf. eric. wob. p. 2. pi. 2. t. 11. Lodd. bot. cab. 73. Co- 

 rollas reddish-purple, with a paler limb. 



Anined-]ea\ed Euryloma. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1801. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



16 E. ARISTE'LLA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, hispid, awned, imbri- 

 cated, subsecund ; flowers terminal ; bracteas approximating 

 the calyx ; corolla with an oblong acuminated tube ; anthers 

 mutic. >2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 



VOL. III. 



aristella, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 2. Erica aristata minor, Hortul. 

 Corolla reddish-purple. 



Small-awned Euryloma. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. Shrub. 



17 E. OBBA'TA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, ciliated, secund ; 

 flowers terminal ; bracteas approximating the calyx, ciliated, as 

 well as the calyxes ; corolla viscid, with a globose-ventricose 

 ribbed tube, and spreading obtuse segments. (7 . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica obbata, Andr. heath. 2. t. 33. 

 Corolla with a reddish-purple tube, a greenish-yellow neck, and 

 a pale limb. ? 



Var. ft, umbellata (Andr. heath. 3. t. 29.) flowers terminal, 

 umbellate, white. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Bottle-fiowered Euryloma. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub. 



18 E. OBLONGA (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 17.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 linear, ciliated, recurved ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas 

 approximating the calyx, ciliated; calyx inflated, ciliated; corolla 

 oblong, ruffed ; anthers mutic. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica oblonga, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 17. Erica ob- 

 bata rosea, Hortul. Flowers reddish-purple. 



Oblong-Qowered Euryloma. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. ? Shrub. 



* * * Leaves 6 in a whorl. 



19 E. SQUARROSA ; leaves 6 in a whorl, squarrose; flowers 

 terminal ; corolla viscid, 5-6 lines long, with an ovate pyramidal 

 tube, and an obtuse limb ; anthers smooth ; spurs marginal. 1? . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica squarrosa, Sal. 

 in Lin. trans, p. 380. Leaves very dense. 



Squarrose Euryloma. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1808. Shrub. 



20 E. IMPERIALS ; leaves 6 in a whorl, filiform, erect, imbri- 

 cated ; flowers terminal, corymbose, drooping ; corolla viscid, ? 

 with a discoloured limb, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica imperialis, Andr. heath. 4. icon. 



Imperial Euryloma. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1802. Shrub. 



21 E. RECURVA'TA ; leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, flexuous, re- 

 curved ; flowers terminal, nearly sessile, drooping, capitate ; 

 bracteas sessile ; corolla curved, ovate-oblong ; style exserted ; 

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

 Erica recurvata, Andr. heath, vol. 4. Flowers pale red. 



Recurved-fiowered Euryloma. Fl. April, June. Shrub. 



22 E. CRINITA ; leaves crowded, lanceolate, terminated each 

 by a hair ; flowers nearly terminal, drooping ; pedicels red ; 

 corolla cylindrical, contracted at the neck. T? . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica crinita, Lodd. bot. cab. 1432. 

 Corolla purplish-red, with a pale border. 



Long-haired Euryloma. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Erica, p. 800. Most 

 elegant shrubs when in blossom. The wood of the species 

 being more hard than that of Erica, the cuttings do not strike 

 root so freely. 



XIV. CHO'NA (from x""l> chone, a funnel ; from the figure 

 of the corolla). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 155. 

 Erica species of authors. 



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

 aceous. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 4-lobed revolute limb. 

 Stamens exserted ; filaments capillary ; anthers truncate, com- 

 bined ; cells of anthers elongated, parallel, awned at the base. 

 Stigma simple, obtuse. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. A small 

 diffuse shrub, native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, linear, awned, with revolute setosely-ciliated margins. 

 Flowers terminal, corymbose, blood-red. Anthers black. Per- 

 haps Syringodea mutdbilis belongs to this genus. 



1 C. SANGUI'NEA (D. Don, 1. c.). fj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Erica Nivenia, Andr. heath. 2. t. 26. 

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