55S 



auboretum f.t fruticetum britannicum. 



e. G. ?;. 4 jmrpurascens Bree, Loud. H. B. ed. 2. p. 5S8. Corolla 



purplish, 

 a. G.v. 5 alba. Flowers axillary. Corolla white. {Bans Mill.) 

 ^ G.v. 6 tenella. Flowers terminating the small branches. Corolla 



white. {Don's Mill.) 



e. 2. G. MULTiFLO^RA D. Don. The many-flowered 

 Gypsocallis, or Moor Heath. 



Identification. D. Don in Ed. Phil. Journ., July ]834. ; Don's Jlill., 3. p.SOL 

 Sijnmyiiics. -Erica raultiflbra Lin. Sp. ed. 1. p. 35.5. ; . ^'uniperifMia, cS:c. 



Garidcl Aix. p. 100. t. 32. ; E. niultifl6ra longipedicellata IVcndl. Eric. 



I'asc. 5. p. 7. ; . peduncularis Fresl ; Scopa grande rosso. Ital. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab.; t. 1572. ; and our^i'. 1032. 



Sjiec. Char., ^c. Leaves 4 5 in a whorl, glabrous, linear. 

 Flowers axillary, disposed in a racemose corymb. 

 Bracteas remote from the calyx. Corolla lA to 2 lines 

 lonir, 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. Litroduce " 

 in 175L 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 wiiich it v,'ill attain 

 the height of 2 ft. 





103'2. G. multifttra. 



e. O. 



G. ca'rne.v D. Dun. 



The He'sh-colour-^o we>-ed Gypsocallis, 

 Heath. 



Moor i 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. .Tourn., 



Synoni/mcs. rlca carnea Liyi. Sp. ed. 2. p. 50-1. ; E. 



in Lin. Sue. Trans. 6. p. 343. 



July, 1834 ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 801. 

 herbdcea Li7i. Diss. No. 57 



E. saxatilis Sal\ 



1053. G. curnea. 



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

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



Spec. Ghar., S(c. Stems and branches prostrate^ 

 Leaves 3 4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous! 

 sharply reduplicate. Flowers axillary, droopj 

 ing, disposed in racemes, and directed. to oiia 

 side, pale, red. Bracteas remote from th 

 calyx. Corollas conical, 2^ lines. Anther 

 with an orifice extending from the middle tj 

 the tip. {Don's Mill.) A diminutive, pra 

 cumbent, evergreen shrub. South of German 

 and Switzerland, and North Wales. Heig! 

 G in. Cultivated in 17G3. Flowers pale rcdi 

 January to April. 



V 



4. G. mediterka'neaD. Z)o. The Mediter- 

 ranean Gypsocallis, or Moor Heath. 



Idt-ntification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834 j 



Don'sMill., 3. p. Sill. 

 Synoni/nus. Et\cx\ mediterrinea Lin. Ulant. p. 229. ; E. lilgubris 



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

 Engravings. Bot. Slag., t. 471. ; and our j?"-. 1034. ' 



Spec. Char., c^-c. A shrub, 4 ft. to 6 ft. high. Leaves 

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

 ers axillarj', 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, foraminosc from the 



1031. 



G. moditerrimea- 



1; 



II 



