CHAP. LXIX. 



ERICA CEJE. GYPSOCA LLIS. 



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2. G. multiflo'ra D. Don. 



The manv-flowered Gypsocallis, or Moor 

 Heath. ' 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July 1834 ; Don's Mill., 



3. p. 801. 

 Synonyme. .Erica multiflora Lin. Sp., ed. 1. p. 355., Diss., No. 58., with a 



figure of the flower, Andr. Heaths, 2. t. 57., Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 367., 



Lodd. Bot. Cab., t 1572.; E.y'uniperifblia, &c, Garidel. Aix., p. 160. t. 



32. ; E. multifldra longi-pedicellata Wendl. Eric, fasc. 5. p. 7. ; E. pedun- 



cularis Presl. 

 Engravings. Lin. Diss., No. 58., a fig. of the flower; Bot. Cab., t. 1572. ; 



Garid. Aix, p. 160. t. 32. ; and our fig. 871. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves 4 — 5 in a whorl, glabrous, linear. 

 Flowers axillary, disposed in a racemose corymb. Brac- 

 teas remote from the calyx. Corolla 1^ to 2 lines long, 

 pale red, bell-shaped, with a reflexed limb. Pedicel 87 

 twice as long as the corolla. Anthers black, their 

 orifices near the tip. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 801.) A native 

 of France, Spain, and of the south of Europe generally, 

 and in cultivation in British gardens since 1731. It begins 

 to flower in May or June ; and, under favourable circum- 

 stances, continues to produce flowers in profusion till 

 November or December. Like other heaths, to flower 

 freely, it requires to be kept in a cool, open, airy situ- 

 ation, in which it will attain the height of 2 ft. 



3. G. ca'rnea D. Don. 



p. 7., with a figure; E. saxatilis 



The flesh-co\our-Jloivered 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., Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 11., Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. p. 21. 



f. 31., Scop. Fl. Cam., ed. 2. vol.1, p. 275., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1452.; E. herbacea Lin. Diss., 



No. 57., with a figure, Lin. Sp.,ed.2. p. 501., Wendl. Eric, 



Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 343. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 11. ; Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. f. 31. ; Bot. 



Cab., t. 1452. ; Lin. Diss., No. 57., with a figure; Wendl. Eric, 



9. p. 7., with a figure. ; and our fig. 872. 



Spec. Char., cfc. 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, 2^ lines. Anthers 

 with an orifice extending from the middle to 

 the tip. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 801.) A native of 

 the south of Germany and Switzerland, and 

 the north of Wales. 



* 4. G. mediterra\\ea D. Don. The Mediterranean 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., Diss., No. 59., with a figure of the flower, 



Wendl. Eric, 7. p. 11., Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 471. ; E. ldgubris Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans., ft p. 343. 

 Engravings. Lin. Diss., No. 59., with a figure of the flower ; Bot. Mag., t. 471. 



Spec. Char., fyc. A shrub 4 — 6 ft. high. Leaves 4 — 5 in a whorl, linear, cu- 

 neate, glabrous. Flowers 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 

 middle. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 801.) Native of the south of Europe, in the 

 region of the Mediterranean ; and, in 1830, found wild at Cunnemara, on 

 the western coast of Ireland, by Mr. Mackay. It grows there on a declivity by 

 a stream, in boggy ground, at the foot of Urisberg Mountain, near Round 

 Stone, on its western side, occupying a space of above half a mile in length, 

 and covering between 2 and 3 acres of ground, in tufts of from 1 ft. to 2 ft. 

 in height. (Mag. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 167., and ix. p. 127.) 



