. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XLIII. £RICA^CEiE: GYPSOCA'lLIS. 557 One of the most showy of all the arboreous heaths, and flowering pro- fusely when planted in an open situation. «. 4. E. cilu'ris L. The citiate-leaved Heath, Identification. Lin. Sp ,'ed. I. p. 354.; Don's Mill,, p. 798. Engravings. Bot. Mag,, t. 4
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XLIII. £RICA^CEiE: GYPSOCA'lLIS. 557 One of the most showy of all the arboreous heaths, and flowering pro- fusely when planted in an open situation. «. 4. E. cilu'ris L. The citiate-leaved Heath, Identification. Lin. Sp ,'ed. I. p. 354.; Don's Mill,, p. 798. Engravings. Bot. Mag,, t. 4S4.; Eng. Bot, Suppl,, t. 2618.; and our /Ipec. Ctiar., S^c. Leaves 3 in a whorl, ovite, glan- dularly ciliate, spreading, rather remote. Flowers terminal, subracemose, directed to one side. Brac- teas sessile, approximate to the calyx. Segments of calyx spathulate, ciliate. Corolla smooth, ovate, more ventricose on the upper side, 4 lines long, pale red. Style prominent. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive evergreen shrub. Portugal, and Eng- land, in Cornwall. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers â pale red; August and September. A comparatively rare and very beautiful species. wzo. e. Genus II. GYPSOCA'LLIS Sal. The Gypsocallis, or Moos Heath. Lin. Si/st. Octandria Monogynia. Identification. Salisbury's MSS.; D. Don in E. Phil. Journ,, 17. p. 153.; Don's Mill,, 3. p, 800. Synonyme. prices sp. of other authors. Derivation. *' From gupsos, lime, and kallistos, most beautiful; the species are very elegant, and generally inhabit calcareous ; (Don's JUill.') Gen. Char. Calyx 4-parted, glumaceous, naked at the base. Corolla cam- panulate, or short tubular, with a dilated- mouth. Stamens exserted; fila- ments flattened or filiform. Anthers bipartite, having the cells mutic at the base, distinct and substipulate, dehiscing by an oblique pore. Stigma simple. Capsule 4-ceUed, many-deeded. {Bon's Mill.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; acerose,
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