“ • 2- P- ÙS8. - Corolla
'■ r ' I' r F'ej®'-® “ illrey- Corolla while. {Don’s Mill )
Z i t e . “ t e ' "
». 2 . G. M U L T IF LO 'R A D . Don. Tlie m a n y - f l o w e r e d
Crypsocalhs, o?- Moor Heath.
W cH i/c a /io n . I). D o n in Ed. P h il. Jo u rn .. J u Synonymes. lv 18.84 -D n n ’cTiTo. o r... £ r l c a m ultiflòra L in Sa ed 1 n t v ; ’ ® p.801.
Garidel Aix. p. IfiO. t. 32. • Ì m ^ i f l ò r a I n n t f ' ¿¿c.
fuse. 5, p. 7. ; Eric.
Engravmgs. Bot. Cab., t. 1572. ; a n d o u r ^ i S
S p^ Char., f r Leaves 4 - 5 in a whoW, glabrous linear
Flowers axdlary, disposed in a racemose corvmb
Bracteas remote from tbe calyx. Corolla U to 2 £
long pale red, bell-shaped, with a reflexed^limb: pT-
dicel twice as long as the corolla. Anthers black
their orifices near the tip. (Do n ’s MUl.) A diniinudve
evergreen shridi. France, Spain, and the Sou™ ? f
Europe g e nm /y . Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced
in 17ol. Flowers pale red; May or Ju n e- and
? ? . ? r ! “™ c t e e b i Z ! ' ““ “ - ‘’"“ f r - “®'- “I De!
Like other heaths, to flower freely, it requires to be
to e " jiZ t" o f1 ft'.’®"’ “fr^'®'' “ 'fr'"
SL 3. G. c a 'r n e a D . Don.
1032. G
'^'’® Gypsocállis,
Synonymes. £rìc'a cám?a Z ¿ " Sp. tZ Í p 'ñ o r ^ i ' 3- p. 801.
in Ltn. Soc. Trans. 6. p. 343. ^ ^erbacea L tn . Diss. No. 5?!; E. s.ixátilis Sal
fr -W .. 1. t 31. ; R„i:
“■■"■’““o® prostrate.
t e r t e Z e . " t e s ó t e
calyx. Corollas conical, 2 i lines. Anthers
K V (Do?i5 MiU.) A clinnniitive, pro-
cumbent, evergreen shrub. South of Gennanv
/ d Switzerland, and North Wales. Hei«li
6 m. Cultivated in 1763. Flowers pale r?d •
1035. G. cárnea. January to April. pm e ie a .
* 4. G. m e d ite r r a 'n e aH .H m . The Mediter-
ranean Gypsocállis, or Moor Heath
" oe ï î ; 3 ? . S r fr""- 0 -™ . . July, ,834;
y j r i h n ' ^ r i - è Z Z t r Î s l ' ' ' - fr"»”" "• ' fr- lùunons
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 47Í. ; and oar fig. 1034.
t e f Z Z f 6 '■l “igh- Leaves
terss aZxlill ca ry, ?di sp’ osed in ®th™e ®m"faon- ngeIra borof ua.s .r aFcelomwedmected
to die lower side, so nodding Biaeteas’
atove the middle o f the pedicels. Corolla piVher
shaped, red. Anthers dark, foraminose fro n the
1031. G. mediterránea.
middle (Don’s MUl.) A pyramidal shrub. South of Europe, in the r / o l l
of the Mediterranean; and Cunnemara, on the western coast of Ireland.
He ?h t 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
S y o n , which had stood upwards of half a century and were above 10 ft.
high, were killed to the ground by the winter ot IS37-8.
G e n u s III.
CALLU'NA Sal. The C a l l u n a . Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia.
UentJicaUon. Salisbury In Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 315.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 828.
doubly sua»“ ®! S ¿ '*X T h ? ? v e adopt ¿ tho word,
S T r S e r o T a ’d r .* w M Í ¿ f v ? y * £ p ¿ t o e t X s . - (Eng. EWra. li. p . / . ,
Go, Char Calyx 4-parted, membranous, coloured, ftirnished with 4 bracteas
a lth e L e . Corolla campanulate, 4-lobed, shorter than the calyx
enclosed. FUaments dilated. Anthers bipartite, biappendiculate at the base ,
cells of anthers mucronulate, dehiscing lengthwise
with a septicidal dehiscence. Seeds ovoid, smooth. (Dons MU.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; aceróse, Z * ® ’
very short, iiibricating iu 4 rows, having the margins r e v o k /, and the
base saoittate. Flowers disposed in long, terminal, spicate racemes. — Undei
shrub, small, spreading; native of Europe on poor soils.
1. C. v u lg a 'r is Sal. The common Ling, or Heather.
io ra ,z .p . zz-4. ; Don’s MUl., 3. p. 82 ; Liung,
mertijkatim. Salisb. Lin. Trans., 6. p. 31L ; f " I ' f r '? '“’ L P '
Synoiymes. Erica vulgaris L in Sp. p 531. ; la Rrnvêre, F r ..
‘‘n.. - n _r3n/.v.Kî.a e.» .af>nna. I/.nl. i Urt
•n Sn t). 501. : la JÌruyère, Fr. ; Heide, Get’. ; Lyng, Van
X T r E r e S o l ì f t i S h i a , o 7 l c o ? a% l . I ’Brovo Span. ; Urge, Port. I Weresk. Mnss.
Engràvings. Eng. Dot., t. 1013. ; and our Jig. 1036.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves 3-cornered in a transverse soctton of
them, arrow-shaped at the base, obtuse at the point, revolnte m
the lateral margins, imbricate in 4 rows Flowers disposed m
long, terminal, spicate racemes. (Dons M M .) A small, ®pre/-
inn, evergreen shrub. Europe, plentiful m E r /iin . Height
6 in. to 3 ft. Flowers purplish ; July to September.
Vaiieties. , , ,
iU C. u. 1 Flowers purplish red.
C. t;. 2 —Branches tufted. Racemes short, F low -loss.c.vmgàns.
IL. C.®? — Branches decumbent. Racemes short. Flowers
L c Z é ’iom te s a . — Lcaves and branches woolly. Flowers purplish
t. C V. 5 alba.—Flowers white, less crowded. Corolla shorter.
fri d V. 6 flòre ;)ieno. — Flowers double, pale purplish red.
C. V. 7 fo l ii s v a r ie g à tis . —Leaves variegated. Flowers purplish.
^ C.v. 8 aurea.— Leaves variegated with yellow.
C. i;. 9 comwe«.— Flowers deep red.
it. C.v. 10 — Racemes long. Flowers red or whita
¡t. r- J, 11 and 1 2— Two varieties are mentioned by bir W. J. Hookei,
‘«s'being in cultivation in tbe Glasgow Botanic Garden, where they
have retained their differences for years. They have both pubesa
il