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41. Erica cernua, or drooping heatli : flower? ovate, 
capitate ; calyxes ciliate, antherae included. 42. Erica 
retorta, or crook-leaved heath : leaves recurved, corollas 
ovate-oblong, ftyle of a middling length. Found at the 
Cape by Thunberg. 
43. Erica margaritacea, or pearl-flowered heath : co¬ 
rollas pitcher-bell-lhaped, flyle of a middling length. 
Native of the Cape, where it was found by Mr. Francis 
Maflon ; flowers in May and June. 
III. Antherae awnlefs included ; leaves oppofite. 44. 
Erica tenuifoiia, or fmall-leaved heath : corolla and calyx 
blood-red. According to Thunberg, the whole ftem is 
fmooth, ereft, a fpan high ; flowers blood-red. Native 
of the Cape. 
45. Erica pafferinaa, or pafferine heath: corollas bel 1 - 
fliaped, flyle ftanding out, (included, Tk.) This has the 
herb of Pafferina ericoides, not to be diftinguiihed from 
it, infomuch that Pairerina ericoides has entirely the herb 
of an Erica, with the flowers of Pafferina. Here we have 
an inftance of the intermixture of genera, which is not 
uncommon in the Cape plants. Native of the Cape. 
46. Erica albens, or white heath : racemes pointing 
one way, corollas ovate-oblong, acute. 47. Erica fpu- 
znofa, or fix-angled heath: corollas in threes, covered by 
a common calyx, flyle ftanding out. Natives of the Cape. 
48. Erica capitata, or woolly heath: flowers feflile, 
corollas covered with a woolly.calyx, antherae middling. 
Thunberg thus deferibes it: ftem feldom ere£t, common¬ 
ly decumbent, fmooth, flexuofe, filiform. Flowers at 
the ends of the extreme branchlets, peduncled, one, two, 
or three, together, the whole calyxes covered clofe with 
a white wool. Linnaeus, in his Species Plantarum, fays 
that this is known by its globular flowers, covered with 
a greenifti-yellow lanugo. Native of the Cape ; flowers 
from April to July. 
49. Erica melanthera, or black-anthered heath: corollas 
bell-lhaped, longer than the coloured calyx, antherae 
middling, flyle ftanding out. 50. Erica Thunbergii, or 
Tluinberg’s heath: corollas flat, with a globular tube, 
antherae middling, flyle ftanding out. Found at the Cape. 
51. Erica abfynthoides, or wormwood heath : corollas 
ovate-bell-fhaped, flyle ftanding out, ftigma funnel-fhaped. 
This flirub has the ftature of wormwood, and is a native 
of the Cape. Thunberg fays it varies, 1. With a wand¬ 
like ftem, and branches and leaves very hirfute and 
rugged. 2. With a wand-like hirfute ftem and branches, 
and wrinkled villofe patulous leaves. 3. With a panicled 
ftem, very fhort branchlets, and the leaves a little rugged 
and hirfute. 4. With a panicled ftem, longer faftigiate 
branchlets, and the leaves a little rugged and fmooth. 
52. Erica ciliaris, or ciliated heath : racemes pointing 
one way, corollas ovate, fig-ftiaped, ftyle ftanding out. 
This is a fuffruticofe plant, two feet high. Native of Spain 
and Portugal ; introduced about 1773. It flowers from 
July to September. Cafpar Bauhin gives it the epithet of 
EngliJIi ; no one, however, has heard of its being found 
in our ifland, though Mr. Miller has fallen into Bauhin’s 
error, and fets it down as one of our wild plants. 
53. Erica hifpidula, or hifpid heath: ftem hifpid ; 
leaves about three, ovate, acute, ciliate; corollas round- 
ifh. Stems decumbent, half a foot,high, ftrigofe or hairy. 
Thunberg fays it much refembles the planifolia y No. 15. 
but differs in having an erett fhrubby ftem, awnlefs an¬ 
therae, the leaves fcarcely ciliate, revolute, more ap¬ 
proximating, the corollas globular and fmooth. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
54. Erica petiolata, or rofemary-leaved heath : leaves 
oblong, petioled ; corollas in threes, ovate, the length of 
the calyx; antherae ftanding out a little, ftyle ftanding 
out. Native of the Cape ; flowers from March to June. 
55. Erica leucanthera, or white-anthered heath : flow¬ 
ers in threes, calyx white, corolla bell-fhaped, antherae 
and ftyle ftanding out. Stem ereft, fmooth, a foot high 
and more. Branches commonly in threes, pubefeent, 
ereift, wand-like ; branchlets fcattered, very frequent, 
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filiform and capillary, pubefeent, ereft, leafy. Leaves 
three-cornered, obtufe, preffed clofe, fmooth, with a very 
flender groove underneath. Flowers on very fhort pe- 
-duncles, ere6t. This is diftinguifhed by its'white co¬ 
rolla, and awnlefs, projected, white, anthers. Found at 
the Cape by Thunberg. 
Leaves in fours or more. 56. Erica tubiflora, or tube- 
flowered heath : leaves fubciliate, corollas club-ftg-fliaped, 
antherae and ftyle included. 57. Ericacurviflora, or curve- 
flowered heath : leaves fmooth, corollas club-fig-ftiaped, 
anthera; and ftyle included. 58. Erica coccinea, or fear- 
let heath : calyxes hirfute, corollas club-fig-fnaped, an¬ 
therae fubincluded, ftyle included. Natives of the Cape. 
59. Erica confpicua, or long-tubed yellow heath : leaves 
fmooth, corollas cylindric, curved, very long, hairy, with 
a revolute border, antherae fubincluded, ftyle ftanding 
out. Found at the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Francis 
Maffon ; flowers from May to Auguft. 
60. Erica cerinthoides, or honey wot t-flowered heath : 
corollas club-fig-(haped, ftigma included, cruciate. Na¬ 
tive of the Cape ; introduced by Mr. Francis Maffon ; 
flowers mod part of the year. 
61. Erica faftigiata, or pointed heath : corollas falver- 
fhaped, in bundles, ftyle included. 62. Erica cubica, or 
fquare heath : calyxes four-cornered, corollas bell-lhaped, 
acute, ftyle included. Natives of the Cape. 
63. Erica denticulata, or toothed heath: calyxes 
toothletted, corollas ovate, funnel-fhaped, ftyle included. 
Stems diftorted, as in common heath ; leaves crowded 
together, fpreading a little, fubcylindric, even; flow¬ 
ers in terminating bundles. Obferved at the Cape by 
Bergius. 
64. Erica vifearia, or clammy-flowered heath : flowers 
in racemes, corollas bell-lhaped, glutinous, ftyle included. 
Native of the Cape ; flowers in March. 
65. Erica granulata, or granulated heath : calyxes fub- 
imbricate, corollas globular, ftyle included. This refem- 
bles E. ramentacea, and Thunberg makes it to be the 
fame. It is a native of the Cape. 
66 . Erica comofa, or tufted-flowered heath: flowers 
heaped, corollas ovate-oblong, ftyle included. Native of 
the Cape. 
67. Erica Sparrmanni, or Sparrmann’s heath : leaves 
imbricate, ciliate, heads four-flowered, corollas tubular, 
fttigofe-hifpid, antherae fubincluded. This is remarkable 
for having the flowering heads always divided into-four 
flowers ; before thefe are elongated, the head appears glo¬ 
bular, and echinate, as in achyranthes, from the very 
fpreading yellow briftles of the leaves of the involucre 
and calyx. Obferved by Sparrmann far inland from the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
68. Erica concinna, or flelh-coloured heath : leaves in 
fixes or thereabouts, fmooth ; flowers terminating, um- 
belled ; corollas cylindric, attenuated at thebafe. Branches 
fmooth; leaves on the branches-in fixes, on the branch- 
lets in fours, petioled, erefl, acerofe, four lines in length ; 
flowers from three to fix in an umbel. Obferved by Maffon 
at the Cape of Good Hope; flowers in September and 
Oftober. 
69. Erica Maffoni, or tall downy heath : leaves in eight 
rows, imbricate, pubefeent; flowers capitate, corollas 
cylindric, fig-fhaped. Obferved by Back at the Cape; 
introduced in 1787 by Mr. Francis Maflon. 
IV. Antherae awnlefs, ftanding out; leaves in threes. 
70. Erica Plukenetii, or fmooth-twigged pencil-flowered 
heath : calyxes Ample, corollas cylindric, antherae very 
long, ftyle ftanding out. Refembles the following lpe- 
cies, but the calyx is Ample. Native of the Cape. 
71. Erica Petiveri, or downy-twigged pencil-flowered 
heath : calyxes imbricate, corollas acute, antherae very 
long, ftyle ftanding out. This is a brown ftirub. Branches 
covered with branchlets in threes, crowded, very fhort, 
pubefeent, clothed with fquarrofe leaves. Native of the 
Cape ; flowers from January to March. 
72, Erica nudifiora, or naked-flowered heath : branches 
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