XLIII. ^UJCA CE^. : GYPSOCA LLIS. 



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One of the most showj- of all the arboreous hcatiis, and flowering pro- 

 fusely when planted in an open situation. 



It. 4. E. cilia'ris L. The ciliate-/rar/ Heath. 



Jdcntificntion. Lin. Sp ,"ed. I. p. 3.54. ; Don's IMiU., p. 798. 

 Engravings. But. Mag., t. 484. ; Eng. Bot. Sujipl., t. 2G1S. ; and our 

 fig. 1030. 



ilpcc. Char., ^-c. Leaves 3 in a whorl, ovite, glan- 

 dularly ciliate, spreading, rather remote. Flowers 

 tenuinal, subracemose, directed to one side. Brac- 

 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. (JJon^s Mi/l.) A 

 diminutive evergreen shrub. Portugal, and Eng- 

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

 pale red ; August and September. 



A comparatively rare and very beautiful species. 



Genus II. 



1050. E. ellliiris. 



GYPSOCA'LLIS Sal. The Gypsocallis, or Moor Heath. 

 Lin. Sijst. Octandria Monogynia. 



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

 , Synonyyne. rice;e sp. of other authors. 



1 Derivation. " From gvpsos, lime, and kal/islos, 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 

 I 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 

 I Europe and Africa. This genus is easily distinguished from 'rica, by the 

 exserted anthers, flattened filaments, and simple stigma. 



a. 1. G va'gans Sal. The wandering Gypsocallis, or Cornish Moor Heath. 



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



Synonijmes. E. vasaiis Lin. Mant. 2. p. 230. ; E. vaga Snl. in Lin. Soc. Trans. G. p. 344. ; E 



multiflfira Huds. Fl. .inglica 1. C6. ; E. didyma Stokes in IVithcring's Bot. Arrangement iOO . ; E. 



purpurascens Lam. Did. 1. p. 488. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 3. ; Bull. Fl. Par., t. 203. ; and onr Jig. 1031. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Stem glabrous. Leaves 4 3 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-'^^i 

 ) osed in a raceme, from the flowers being stalked and produced 

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

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

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

 I and North of Africa. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers pale [lurplish 

 red ; July to September. 



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I'arieties. 



la. G. V, 2 pallida. 



103: 



Corolla pale red. (Bon's Mill.) 

 a. G. V. S'rtihcscens Bree, Loud. H. B. ed. 2. p. 588. Corolla rubescent. 



