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EricA RetortTa. RecurveD HEatH, 
see stete-sksesle stesso se sesleseske steele 
Cla/s and Order. 
OctTANDRIA MonocyNia, 
Geasee Charaéer. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta, 
_ Antherz bifide. Cap/. 4-locularis. 
Specific Charaéter tne Synonyms. 
ERICA reforta foliis quaternis ariftatis recurvis, pedunculis 
braéteatis, floribus ampullaceis vifcofis, ftylo exferto, 
laciniis corélle acutig... 25 225 Se, yy 
ERICA retorta antheris fubcriftatis, foliis quaternis recurvi 
corollis ovato-oblongis, ftylo mediocri. Linn. Suppl, 
Plant. p. 220.. : 
“ERICA reforéa foliis quaternis ovatis ferrulatis fquarrofis, flo- 
ribus umbellatis vifcofis. Thunb. Prod. Pl, Cap. p. Fhe 
ERICA retorta Mont. Act. holm, ann. 1774. p. 297. t. 7- 
No one can view the prefent fpecies of Erica, without per- 
ceiving a manifeft fimilarity betwixt it and the ampullacea — 
already figured; the flowers of each are fimilar in form, and 
not very different in fize and colour; in the reforta the f{tripes 
_ of the ampullacea are wanting, the bloffoms of both are highly 
vifcous, the fegments of the corolla are more pointed in the 
retorta, the braétee in the ampullacea are larger, more numer- 
ous, and more highly coloured; in the foliage the two plants 
differ very obvioufly, the leaves of the retorta being all of 
them recurved, or bent back, whence its name; each of them 
is alfo terminated by a long awn or fpine: viewed with a 
magnifying glafs, they appear edged with hairs; but furely 
thefe are not fufficiently ftrong to juftify Taunserce’s term of 
Serrulatis. 
__ The flowers when they begin to blow, which is at different 
_ periods of the fummer, ufually about Auguft, grow four to- 
gether; thefe, as they advance, make way for four others, in 
their 
