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One of the most showy of all the arboreous heaths, and flowering pro- 

 fusely when planted in an open situation. 



. 4. E. CILIA'RIS L. The ciliate-leaved Heath. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., ed. 1. p. 354. ; Don's Mill., p. 798. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 484. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2G18. ; and our 

 fig. 1030. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves 3 in a whorl, ovite, glan- 

 dularly ciliate, spreading, rather remote. Flowers 

 terminal, subracemose, directed to one side. Brae- 

 teas sessile, approximate to the calyx. Segments 

 of calyx spathulate, ciliate. Corolla smooth, ovate, 

 more ventricose on the upper side, 4 lines long, 

 pale red. Style prominent. (Don's Mill.) A 

 diminutive evergreen shrub. Portugal, and Eng- 

 land, in Cornwall. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers 

 pale red ; August and September. 

 A comparatively rare and very beautiful species. 



GENUS II. 



GYPSOCA'LLIS Sal. THE GYPSOCALLIS, or MOOR HEATH. 

 Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Salisbury's MSS. ; D. Don in E. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 153. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 800. 

 Synonyme. JSricea? sp. of other authors. 



Derivation. " From gnpsos, lime, and kallislos, most beautiful ; the species are very elegant, and 

 generally inhabit calcareous districts." (Don's Mill.) 



Gen. Char. Calyx 4-parted, glumaceous, naked at the base. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, or short tubular, with a dilated mouth. Stamens exserted ; fila- 

 ments flattened or filiform. Anthers bipartite, having the cells mutic at the 

 base, distinct and substipulate, dehiscing by an oblique pore. Stigma simple. 

 Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; acerose, whorled, lateral 

 or terminal. Floiuers crowded. Shrubs, diminutive, evergreen; natives of 

 Europe and Africa. This genus is easily distinguished from .Erica, by the 

 exserted anthers, flattened filaments, and simple stigma. 



e. 1. G VA'GANS Sal. The wandering Gypsocallis, or Cornish Moor Heath. 



Identification. Sal. MSS. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 800. 



Stinonymes. E. vegans Lin. Mant. 2. p. 230. ; E. vaga Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans. 6. p. 344. ; E. 



multifi6ra Huds. Fl. Anglica \. 66. ; E. didyma Stokes in Wither trig's Bot. Arrangement 400. ; E. 



purpuriscens Lam. Diet. 1. p. 488. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 3. ; Bull. Fl. Par., t. 203. ; and our fig. 1031. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem glabrous. Leaves 45 in a whorl, con- 

 tiguous, glabrous. Flowers small, upon footstalks, axillary, ,* 

 mostly 2 in an axil, and those of any branch seeming as if dis- " 

 posed 'in a raceme, from the flowers being stalked and produced 

 from axils near one another. Bracteas remote from the calyx. 

 Corolla short, bell-shaped. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive ever- 

 green shrub. England, in Cornwall ; and the South of France 

 and North of Africa. Height 6 in. to I ft. Flowers pale purplish 

 red ; July to September. 



Varieties. _ 



n. G. v. 2 pallida. Corolla pale red. (Don's Mill.) 

 . G. v. 3 rubescens Bree, Loud. H. B. ed. 2. p. 588. Corolla rubescenU 



