that its flowers are not secund as in JL. ciliaris proper. 
Ten years later this striking form was reintroduced, and in 
1882 it was described by Mr. Backhouse as E. Maweana. 
The plants of the earlier introduction had by this time been 
almost lost to cultivation. Fortunately, however, some 
were preserved by Messrs. Cunningham and Fraser in their 
nursery at Edinburgh, and plants were purchased from them 
for Kew a number of years ago. Since then it has been 
largely propagated by cuttings and planted in masses in 
various parts of the grounds; these from July till October 
give bright displays of rich colour. For soils that are free 
from lime Mr. Maw’s Heath may be recommended as per- 
haps the showiest of the late-flowering sorts, and while even 
its most ardent admirer will agree that it is not desirable to 
follow Mr. Backhouse in considering it a species apart from 
E. ciliaris, there is no doubt that the ordinary lover of 
flowers must feel that formal system is subject to some 
degree of limitation since it is found impossible to accord 
separate botanical recognition of any kind to this pleasing 
and striking plant. 
Description.— Shrub, dwarf, much branched; branches 
glandular, pubescent. Leaves 4-nate, spreading or sub- 
reflexed, shortly petioled, 2} lin. long or shorter, 1 lin. 
- wide or less, ovate, ovate-oblong, or linear-lanceolate, acute, 
base rounded, margin revolute and ciliate with long 
glandular hairs, otherwise glabrous. lowers densely 
racemose at the ends of the branches, bracts like reduced 
leaves. Sepals 14-12 lin. long, resembling the leaves. 
Corolla nodding, 5 lin. long, obliquely ovate-urceolate, 
glabrous, rich purple. Stamens included; anthers oblong, 
muticous. Ovary glabrous, 
Fig. 1, leaves; 2, flower; 3, calyx and androccium; 4 and 5, anthers; 
6, ovary; 7, cross-section of ovary :—all enlarged. 
