553 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



it. G. v. 4 purpurasccns Bree, Loud. H. B. ed. 2. p. 588. Corolla 



purplish. 



. G. v . 5 alba. Flowers axillary. Corolla white. (Don's Mill.) 

 a, G. v. 6 tenclla. Flowers terminating the small branches. Corolla 



white. (Don's Mill.) 



SL 2. G. MULTIFLO V RA D. Don. The many-flowered 

 Gypsocallis, or Moor Heath. 



Identification. D. Don in Ed. Phil. Journ., July 1834. ; Don's Mill., 3. p.801. 

 Synonymes. Erica, multifldra Lin. Sp. ed. 1 p. 355. ; E. juniperifolia, c. 



Garidel Aix. p. 160. t. 32. ; E. multiflfira longipedicellata Wcndl. Eric. 



fasc. 5. p. 7. ; E. peduncularis Prcsl ; Scopa grande rosso, Ital. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1572. ; and our fig. 1032. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves 4 5 in a whorl, glabrous, linear. 

 Flowers axillary, disposed in a racemose corymb. 

 Bracteas remote from the calyx. Corolla 1| to 2 lines 

 long, pale red, bell-shaped, with a reflexed limb. Pe- 

 dicel twice as long as the corolla. Anthers black, 

 their orifices near the tip. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive 

 evergreen shrub. France, Spain, and the South of 

 Europe generally. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced 

 in 1751. Flowers pale red; May or June; and, 

 under favourable circumstances, till November or De- 

 cember. Capsule brown. 



Like other heaths, to flower freely, it requires to be 

 kept in a cool, open, airy situation, in which it will attain 

 the height of 2 ft. 



. 3. G. CA'RNEA D. Don. The ftesh-colour-Jlowered Gypsocallis, or Moor 



Heath. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834 ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 801. 

 Synonymes. .Erica carnea Lin. Sp. ed. 2. p. 504. ; E. herbcea Lin. Diss. No. 57. : E. saxatilis Sal 

 in Lin. Soc. Trans. 6. p. 343. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. U. ; Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. f. 31. ; Bot. 

 Cab., t. 1452. ; and our .figs. 1033. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems and branches prostrate. 

 Leaves 3 4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous, 

 sharply reduplicate. Flowers axillary, droop- 

 ing, disposed in racemes, and directed to one 

 side, pale red. Bracteas remote from the 

 calyx. Corollas conical, 2^ lines. Anthers 

 with an orifice extending from the middle to 

 the tip. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive, pro- 

 cumbent, evergreen shrub. South of Germany 

 and Switzerland, and North Wales. Height 

 6 in. Cultivated in 1763. Flowers pale red ; 

 1033. G. camea. January to April. 



a 4. G. MEDITERRA N NEA D. Don. The Mediter- 

 ranean Gypsocallis, or Moor Heath. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834: 



Don's Mill., 3. p.801. 

 Synont/mt's. Er\cn mediterranea Lin. Mant. p. 229. ; E. lugubris 



Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans. 6. p. 343. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 471. ; and our fig. 1034. 



Spec. Char., fyc. A shrub, 4 ft. to 6 ft. high. Leaves 

 4 5 in a whorl, linear, cuneate, glabrous. Flow- 

 ers axillary, disposed in the manner of a raceme, 

 directed to the lower side, so nodding Bracteas 

 above the middle of the pedicels. Corolla pitcher- 

 shaped, red. Anthers dark, foraminose from the 



