558 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
2 G.v. 4 purpurdscens Bree, Loud. H. B. ed. 2. p. 588. — Corolla 
purplish. 
« G.v. 5 dlba.— Flowers axillary. Corolla white. (Don’s Mill.) 
« G.v. 6 tenélla.— Flowers terminating the small branches. Corolla 
white. (Don’s Mill.) 
« 2. G. muLtTiFLo‘ra D. Don. The many-flowered 
Gypsocallis, or Moor Heath. 
Identification. D. Donin Ed. Phil. Journ., July 1834. ; Don’s Mill, 3. p.801. 
Synonymes. Erica multiflora Lin, Sp. ed. 1. p. 355. ; E. juniperifolia, &c. 
Garidel Aiz. p.160. t. 32.5; E. multiflora longipedicellata Wendl. Evic. 
fase. 5. p. 7.3 E. peduncularis Pres? ; Scopa grande rosso, Ital, 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1572. ; and our fig. 1032. 
Spec. Char. §c. Leaves 4—5 in a whorl, glabrous, linear. 
Flowers axillary, disposed in a racemose corymb. 
Bracteas remote from the calyx. Corolla 13 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 2ft. 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/’rnza D. Don. The flesh-colour-fowered 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. herbacea Lin. Diss. No. 57.; E. saxatilis Sal. 
in Lin. Sec. Trans. 6. p. 343. 
a ee oes ek $yg8e- Fl. Austr., 1. f. 31. ; Bot. 
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, 24 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; 
1055. G. carnea. January to April. 
w« 4. G. wepiTerRa‘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. 
Synonymes. Erica mediterranea Lin. Mant. p.229.; Z. ldgubris 
Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans. 6. p. 343. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 471.; and our jig. 1034. ° 
Spec. Char., §c. 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 
1034e G. mediterranea. 
