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* ERÍCA codonódes. 
. Bell-bearing Heath. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ERiCEm. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 182.) 
ERICA. Supra, vol. 1, fol. 6. 
E. codonodes ; ramulis villosis, foliis ternis angustissimis, corollis campanulatis, 
calycis laciniis minimis acutis subherbaceis, antheris basi aristatis inclusis, 
stylo exserto stigmate simplici. 
E. arborex facie, diversa tamen foliis angustioribus, corollis majoribus 
et omnino campanulatis nec subglobosis, demum stigmate parum dilatato inte- 
gro nec peltato lobato. E. polytrichifolia aliene esse speciei videtur ob corollas 
multo minores, stylos longiores, et stigmata magna infundibularia siccatione 
plicata. An E. arborex mera varietas ? 
This species of heath has the general appearance of E. 
arborea, a plant which is a great ornament to rocky places 
in the South of Europe, where it grows intermixed with 
different kinds of Cistus and the wild Arbutus. But it seems 
essentially distinct in its larger flowers, more slender leaves, 
less hoary branches, and truly bell-shaped corolla, which has 
by no means the globular form of that of Æ. arborea ; its 
stigma is moreover very small, and not at all dilated or* 
lobed, either when dried or recent. E. polytrichifolia, which 
We presume is the E. arborea stylosa of English gardens, is 
equally distinct in the same characters. ; 
Our drawing was made from specimens communicated to 
yr” by Mr. Wm. Wood, Nurseryman of Maresfield, in Sussex, 
who informs us that the species is guite hardy, and forms a 
* So named from epeıxw to break, in allusion to its supposed a. 
Powers ; its name may also refer to the unusual brittleness of the branches. 
