XLII, ERICA CEH: CALLU‘NA. 559 
middle. (Don’s Mill.) A pyramidal shrub. South of Europe, in the region 
of the Mediterranean ; and Cunnemara, on the western coast of Ireland. 
Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. sometimes 10 ft. Cultivated in 1596. Flowers red, 
with dark anthers ; March to May. 
The hardiest of arboreous heaths in British gardens; though plants at 
Syon, which had stood upwards of half a century, and were above 10 ft. 
high, were killed to the ground by the winter of 1837-8, 
Genus III. 
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CALLUNA Sal. Toe Cattuna. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Salisbury in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 317. ; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 828. 
Synonyme. Erica sp. Lin, and others. 
Derivation, The name of Callina is derived from kallund, which, as Sir J. E. Smith observes, ‘ is 
doubly suitable; whether, with Mr. Salisbury and Dr. Hull, we take it to express a cleansirig 
property, brooms being made of ling ; or whether we adopt the more common sense of the word, 
to ornament or adorn, which is very applicable to the owers.”’ (Eng. Flora, ii, p. 224.) 
Gen. Char, Calyx 4-parted, membranous, coloured, furnished with 4 bracteas 
at the base. Corolla campanulate, 4-lobed, shorter than the calyx. Stamens 
enclosed. Filaments dilated. Anthers bipartite, biappendiculate at the base ; 
cells of anthers mucronulate, dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma capitate. Capsule 
with a septicidal dehiscence. Seeds ovoid, smooth. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; acerose, trigonal, obtuse, 
very short, imbricating in 4 rows, having the margins revolute, and the 
base sagittate. Flowers disposed in long, terminal, spicate racemes. — Under- 
shrub, small, spreading; native of Europe on poor soils. 
2. 1. C. vutea‘ris Sal, The common Ling, or Heather. 
Identification. Salisb. Lin. Trans., 6. p. 317.; Eng. Flora, 2. p. 224. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 828. __ 
Synonymes. Erica vulgaris Lin. Sp. p. 501.; la Bruyére, Fr.; Heide, Ger.; Lyng, Dan.; Liung, 
Swed. ; Brentoli, Cecchia, or Scopa, Ital.; Brezo, Span. ; Urze, Port.; Weresk, Russ. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1013.; and our jig. 1035. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 3-cornered in a transverse section of 
them, arrow-shaped at the base, obtuse at the point, revolute in 3 
the lateral margins, imbricate in 4. rows. Flowers disposed in 
long, terminal, spicate racemes. (Don’s Mill.) A small, spread- 
ing, evergreen shrub. Europe, plentiful in Britain. Height & § 
6in. to 3 ft. Flowers purplish; July to September. S 
Varieties. 
2. C.v. 1 purpirea,— Flowers purplish red. 
2. C.v. 2 sparia,—Branches tufted. Racemes short. Flow- i035, c.vuigaris. 
ers purplish red. 
2. C. v. 3 dectémbens.—Branches decumbent. Racemes short. Flowers 
purplish red. 
2. C. v. 4 tomentdsa.— Leaves and branches woolly. Flowers purplish 
red. 
C. v. 5 diba.— Flowers white, less crowded. Corolla shorter. 
C. vu. 6 flére pléno.— Flowers double, pale purplish red. 
C.v. 7 foliis variegatis. — Leaves variegated. Flowers purplish. 
C. v. 8 atrea,— Leaves variegated with yellow. 
@. v. 9 coccinea.— Flowers deep red. 
C. v. 10 spicdta,—Racemes long. Flowers red or white. 
C. v. 11 and 12,— Two varieties are mentioned by Sir W. J. Hooker, 
as being in cultivation in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where they 
have retained their differences for years. They have both pubes- 
cree rirs 
