59S 157. Eremocallis. 56. ERICINiE. Plex.cal. 



III. 157. EREMOCALLIS. R. A. Salisbury, MS. Heath. 

 Calyx 'i-parted ; corolla conical, bellied ; limb 4-cut, re- 

 curved ; stamens 8, enclosed ; anthers awned at the bottom, 

 opening in 2 oblong pores ; stigma blunt ; capsule 4<-celled, 

 4-valved ; dehiscence loculicidal. — Stein shrubby ; leaves 

 entire, linear, edge turned down, furrowed beneath ; flowers 

 lateral or terminal ; calyx 2 or 3 bracteated at the bottom. 



1 . Eremocallis glomerata. Headed heath. 

 Leaves 4 in a whirl, fringed ; flowers in heads ; style en- 

 closed ; stigma blunt. 



Erica Biabantica folio coridis liirsuto quaterno, Rail Syn. 411, 4. 



Erica major flore purpineo, Ger. em. 1382,4; description only. 



Erica pumiia Belj;arum Lobelio, scoparia nostras, Park. 1482. 



Erica tetralix, Lin. S. P. 502. 



Erica cotuliforinis, Trans. Lin. Soc. 6, 369. 



Erica glomerata, Salisb. Prod. 293, 



Damp heaths; shrubby; July and August. 

 Leaves petioled, spread, revolute; hairs glandular, with 

 heads ; flowers looking one way, flesh-colour, or white. 



2. Eremocallis cinerea. Grey heath. 

 Leaves 3 in a whirl ; flowers racemose ; style slightly ex- 



serted ; stigma headed. 



Erica tenuifolia, Raii Syn. 472,3; Ger. em. 1382,7. 

 Erica cinerea, Lin. S. P. 501. 

 Erica mutabilis, Saliabury T.Lin. S. 6, 369. 

 Small heath. Thin-leaved heath. 



Heaths ; shrubby ; July and August. 

 Leaves triangular, bald; racemes in whirls; flowers bluish 

 or white. 



IV. 158. GYPSOCALLIS. R. A. Salisbury, MS. 



Gypsum-heathy 



Calyx 4-parted ; corolla bellshape; limb 4-cut; stamens 8, 

 exserted ; anthers erect, awnless, opening at the tip in two 

 reverse-ovate foramens; cells distinct; stigma 4-cut; cap- 

 sule 4-cel]ed, 4-valved; dehiscence loculicidal. — Stem 

 shrubby; leaves not nicked; edge turned down; flowers 

 axillary ; IractecB 2, in the middle of the peduncles. 



Gypsocallis vagans. . Loose gypsum-heath. 



Leaves 4 or 5 in a whirl; flowers peduncled, crowded. 



Erica foliis corios miiltiflora, Rnii Syn. 471, 5. • 



)',rica didyma, Sfokes in IVitJtf.r. Hot. ^rr. ed. 2, 400, 



Erica vagans, Lamarck Fl. G«W. 2, 230. 



Erica vaga, Salisb. Prod. 294. 



Erica purpureacea, Lamarck Enc, Melh, 1,483. 



Fir-leaved healh. 



