ERICACEAE. 



Ill 



corolla tubular, longer than the calyx, ventricose, with a short, 

 spreading, half- bearded limb ; filaments included, fleshy, broader 

 than the anthers ; drupe juiceless, with a solid bony stone. 



Named from the Greek for narrow and anther. S. pini- 

 folia is a curious shrub from New South Wales, with pine- 

 like leaves, which are very numerous, and cover the stem, 

 the flowers are of a scarlet colour, and large compared with 

 the leaves ; it is in full beauty in May, and looks well in the 

 greenhouse. There is another species from the Swan River, 

 called ciliata, from its fringed leaves; it has red flowers. 

 They grow in sandy peat soil, which should be well drained, 

 as they do not bear much water. 



BRICACEM 



Exogens, with flowers variously grouped. Calyx four or five- 

 cleft, nearly equal, inferior, and not falling off. Corolla mono- 

 petalous, four or five-cleft, regular or irregular. Stamens equal to, 

 or twice as many as the segments of the corolla. Ovary many- 

 celled and many-seeded. Fruit capsular. — Shrubs ; leaves ever- 

 green, rigid, entire, whorled or opposite ; abundant at the Cape, 

 common in Europe and America, less so in Asia ; some of the 

 fruits edible, others possessing medicinal qualities. 



