



ERICA filamcntosa. 

 Long-peduncled Heath 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIJ. 



ERICA. (Germ, sup* rum.) Cal. 4-partitus, internum duplicates. 

 Cor. (persistens) campanulata, saepe veutricosa, 4-fuIa. A nth. bicornes 

 aut emarginatae, exaertft aut laieirtes (ante antbeain per foramina 2 an- 

 nexae. Dr.) Slig. sub-4-lobum. Caps. 4-(8-) loc., 4-(8-) valv., calyce 

 cincta. 



Suffrutices; fol. minuta, oppasita aut verticillata aut spar m; floret 

 aut axil/ares aut terminates, varie dispositi. Jussieu. gen. 1G0. 



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ZWc. V. Brcviflorae. Corolla longitudine quartans unciae partem su- 

 perantes, nee st muncia. longiores : Tubus calyce longior. Dryander. 



in Hart. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 390. 

 Subdiv. V. I). Corolla cylindrical, vel superne dilatate. Id. loc. cit. 



396. 

 JL. filamentosa, floribus axillaribus, foliolis calycinis subulatb, pcduiiculis 



flore longioribus. Idem loc. cit. 398. 

 Erica filamentosa. Andrews's heaths, vol. 2. 



Caulis remotli prolifer : rami divaricato-assurgentrs, fol Us capillati density 

 arrectis, fliformibus, acid is, villosutis, alba lined in dor so : petiolis mem* 

 branaceis sesquilinearibus elasticis. Inflor. numerosa, pedunculata, verticillate 

 axillaris in foliis aliquantum apicis inferioribus : pedunc. Jlore \-lineari lon- 

 giores, rubric jlexiles, jll formes, instructi braeteis 2 oppositis a calyce re- 

 motis, cum altera inferior e. Cal. herbaceus, corolla duplo brevior, segmentis 

 subulatis, rubro-ci/iatis. Cor. cyathoidi-cylindrica, roseo-pcrilesccns, lacimilis 

 brevibus, rotundatis, patulis. Stain, ab una tertia parte inclusa : fil. alia 



apiculo injlexo, brunneo : anth. mutiecc, brunnea?, conmventes. Genu. late 

 turbinatum, striatum, areola plana hirsutd ampliori coronatum : stig. inclu- 

 sum, quadrangido-capitatum. 



The arrangement of this perplexing and extensive genus 

 by Mr. Dryander, in the late edition of the Hortus Kewcnsis, 

 appears to us a display of as much acute discrimination 

 and distinct definition as has been ever made within equal 

 scope. It is a model, and we suspect will not soon be 

 equalled. 



The specimens we have seen of Erica filamentosa have 

 not exceeded two feet; with branches in two distant whorls, 

 converging into a kind of corymb. Its slender capillary- 

 foliage standing on narrow membraneous petioles, is set 

 simultaneously into a very peculiar vibratory motion by the 

 slightest impulse. The plant flowers in all seasons of the 

 year. Introduced from the (■ape of Good Hope by Mr. 



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