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ERICACEAE. XVI. DASYANTHES. XVII. ECTASIS. 



long, viscid, with a cylindrical clavate tube and an erect limb ; 

 pedicels and bracteas glandular ; style a little exserted ; awns of 

 anthers subulate. Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica fascicularis, Lin. suppl. 219. PI. kew. t. 6. Erica coro- 

 nata, Andr. 1. t. 12. Bedf. eric. wob. pi. 11. f. 17. Erica oc- 

 tophylla, Thunb. diss. no. 72. with a figure, Willd. spec. 2. p. 

 372. Erica radiiflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 360. Corollas 

 reddish-purple, with a green apex. 



Fasciclcd-ftovfered Syringodea. Fl. Feb. June. Clt. 1787. 

 Shrub. 



106 S. SCEPTRIFORMIS ; leaves 8 in a whorl; stem straight; 

 pedicels very short, axillary, crowded; calyx callous, with broad, 

 spatulate, deeply serrated segments; corolla 7-10 lines long, 

 downy. J? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 sceptriformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 365. Erica enneaphylla, 

 Roxb. mss. 



Sceptre-formed flowered Syringodea. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 

 1790. Shrub. 



107 S. ? DOLIIFORMIS ; leaves hairy, linear, 6 in a whorl; 

 bracteas close to the calyx ; flowers terminal ; corolla 4-5 lines 

 long, viscid, with an urceolar tube ; awns of anthers short, cune- 

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

 doliiformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 368. Erica mammosa, 

 Thunb. diss. no. 69. with a figure. 



Tun-formed-fiowered Syringodea. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 

 1798. Shrub. 



f- Species hardly known, 



108 S. HIRSU TA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, hairy, hoary, linear ; 

 flowers axillary, crowded, verticillate ; anthers awned ?. Jj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica hirsuta, Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 754. Corolla with a red base and white apex. 



Hairy Syringodea. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



109 S. RU'BIDA ; leaves linear, 4 in a whorl, glabrous ; 

 flowers terminal and axillary ; bracteas distant from the calyx ; 

 corolla tubular, drooping ; anthers ?. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica rubida, Lodd. bot. cab. 1166. 

 Pedicels and calyxes red. Corollas white. 



Reddish-calyxed Syringodea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1826. 

 Shrub. 



110 S. EXPO'SITA ; leaves 4 in a whorl, hairy; calyx, brac- 

 teas, and pedicels, clothed with glandular hairs ; flowers termi- 

 nal, by threes or fours ; corolla cylindrical. Jj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica exposita, Lodd. bot. cab. 1521. 

 Flowers red. 



Exposed Syringodea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub. 



111 S. ELONGA'TA; leaves hoary, linear, 4 in a whorl ; flowers 

 terminal ; corolla hairy at top. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica elongata, Lodd. bot. cab. 738. Flowers white. 



Elongated Syringodea. Fl. Feb. Nov. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



112 S. ROLLINSONII ; leaves 4 in a whorl?; flowers nearly 

 terminal, verticillate ; corolla with a straight cylindrical tube. 



T?. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Rol- 

 linsonii, Hortul. Bedf. eric, wob. p. 21. Flowers purplish-red. 

 Rollinson'i ; Syringodea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 

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



XVI. DASYA'NTHES (from 3a<r<r, dasys, hairy, and 

 anthos, a flower ; in reference to the corolla, which is hairy). 

 D. Don, inedinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 156. Erica species of Lin. 



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

 teate at the base. Corolla tubular, hispid, with an erect 4-lobed 

 limb. Stamens inclosed ; filaments capillary ; anthers bipar- 

 tite ; cells of anthers mutic at the base, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Stigma large, peltate. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. An 

 erect shrub, native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves loosely 



imbricate, hispid from bristles, with revolute margins. Flowers 

 terminal, fascicled, yellow. 



1 D. SPARMA'NNI (D, Don, 1. c.). Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica Sparmanni, Lin. suppl. 219. in act. 

 holm. 1778. p. 24. t. 2. Thunb. diss. no. 33. Erica aspera, 

 Andr. heath, vol. 3. t. 55. Erica hystriciflora, Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 367. Erica horrida, Hortul. Leaves 4 in a whorl. 

 Flowers drooping, by threes. 



Sparmann's Dasyanthes. Fl. Sept. Feb. Clt. 1794. Shrub, 1 ft. 



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



XVII. ECTA'SIS (from ticra<ric, ectasis, extension ; from the 

 stamens being much exserted). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 

 17. p. 156. Erica species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-leaved, gluma- 

 ceous. Corolla tubular, rather ventricose at the base, with a 4- 

 toothed limb. Stamens much exserted ; filaments dilated ; an- 

 thers bipartite ; cells of anthers elongated, tubular, dehiscing by 

 a longitudinal fissure, continuous, with the base of the filaments 

 mutic. Stigma clavate, truncate. Capsule 4-celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds ovate, compressed, smooth, shining Much- 

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

 loosely imbricated, with revolute edges, flat above, 3 or 4 in a 

 whorl, but mostly the latter number. Flowers terminal, solitary 

 or numerous. 



1. Flowers lateral. Calyx bractless. Normal species. 



1 E. PETIVE'RII (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves spreadingly recurved, 

 ciliated ; flowers solitary ; corollas cylindrical ; fruit ovate. Tj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Petiverii, Lin. 

 mant. 232. diss. no. 50. Lodd. bot. cab. 1426. Erica Peti- 

 veriana, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 361. Erica baculiflora, Sal. in Lin. 

 trans. 6. p. 346. Corollas yellow. 



Var. /3 ; corollas of a dirty rufous colour. Tj . G. Erica 

 Petiverii, Thunb. diss. 21. 



Var. y, hirsuta (Andr. heath. 2. t, 72.) leaves hairy ; corollas 

 deep red. 



Petiver's Ectasis. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1774. Shrub. 



2 E. PLUKNE'TII (D. Don, 1. c.) bracteas cuneated, remote 

 from the calyx ; corolla ovate, pyramidal or conical, smooth. 

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

 Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 356. Erica fusiformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 

 p. 345. Corolla scarlet, 6-7 lines long, leaves linear, spreading. 



Var. /3 ; calyx 2g to 3 lines long ; corolla purple, with orange- 

 coloured anthers, 6-7 lines long. lj . G. Erica Pluknetiana, 

 PI. kew. t. 9. Erica Pluknetii. Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 506. exclu- 

 sive of the synonymes. Erica Pluknetii nana, Andr. heath. 1. 

 t. 67. Erica Pluknetii pinea, Wendl. eric. 1 . p. 9. with a figure. 



Far. y ; calyx 1 line long ; corolla white, 3 to 3-^ lines long. 

 >j . G. Erica Petiverii /3, Thunb. diss. no. 21. 



Var. I ; calyx 2^ lines long ; corolla white, 3 to 3-J- lines long. 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 346. 



Var. e ; calyx 5 lines long ; corolla white, 5-8 lines long. 

 1? . G. Sal. 1. c. This is said to be the most showy variety. 



Var. , penicellata (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 361.) corolla red- 

 dish purple, with orange-red anthers. lj . G. Erica penicel- 

 lata, Andr. heath. 2. t. 69. Lodd. bot. cab. 1918. Erica Pluk- 

 netia interrupta, Wendl. eric. 2. p. 21. with a figure. 



Pluknet's Ectasis. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1774. Shrub. 



3 E. BRUNIA'DES ; leaves 3 in a whorl, linear-oblong, erect, 

 short, villously tomentose ; flowers terminal, subumbellate, 

 drooping ; bracteas remote from the calyx, 4-leaved ; corolla 

 campanulate, much longer than the calyx, which is very villous 

 and silky ; nectarium astraguliform, silky. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica bruniades, Lin. mant. p. 378. 

 diss. no. 52. with a figure of the flower. Wendl. eric. 16. p. 53. 

 with a figure. Lodd. bot. cab. 13C5. Erica carbasina, Sal. in 



