Entry for ERICA Massoni Linn. f. [family ERICACEAE]
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 2, (1909) Author: By H. BOLUS, F. GUTHRIE, and N. E. BROWN.
Names
ERICA Massoni Linn. f. [family ERICACEAE], Suppl. 221;—Thunb. Diss. Erica, 27, t. 3; Bauer, Exot. Pl. t. 20; Wendl. Eric. Ic. fasc. 26, 6; Bot. Mag. t. 356; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1069; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 638.
ERICA Massonia Andr. [family ERICACEAE], Heathery, t. 128, and Col. Heaths, t. 36.
ERICA lycopodiifolia Salisb. [family ERICACEAE], Prodr. 294, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 361.
Distribution
COAST REGION on mountains, 1000–3500 ft.: Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland, Thunberg! Niven, 170! Zeyher, 3180! Bolus, 4171! and in Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 16! Caledon Div.; near Palmiet River, Burchell, 8173! Klein Houw Hoek, Niven, 169! Houw Hoek Mountains, Burchell, 8155! Guthrie, 2298!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Herb. Salisbury! Var. β: cultivated specimen!