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Erica ARTICULARIS. ARTICULAR HEATH. 
HHS R Speech bese 
Clafs and Order. | 
OctanprRIA MonocyNlia. 
Generic CharaGer. 
Cali: 4-pliyMus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
_Anthere apice 2-fide, pertufe. Cap/. 4-locularis, 4-valvis — 
poly fperma. = ee eee 
5 ‘pecific Charatter and Synonyms. 
ERICA articularis antheris bifidis inclufis, corollis campanu- 
latis calyce colorato brevioribus, foliis ternis lineari- 
bus levibus appreffis. Linu. Mani. 1. p. 65. ' 
ERICA articularis antheris criftatis, corollis ovatis acuminatis, 
ftylo inclufo calyce longiore, foliis ternis. Linn. Sy/ft. 
_ Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 366. — ee 
ERICA articularis ariftata, foliis ternis ovatis glabris, floribus — 
racemofis, caule ere€to, Thunb. Prod. Pl. Cap. p. 72+ 
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- Linn. Syft. Nat. ed. 13. Gmel. p. 626. 
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Fats 
‘The Erica here figured is firft defcribed in Lizn. Mant. 1._ 
and fo fatisfa€torily, that there can be no doubt of its being 
the plant intended by Linnaus; the fpecific charaéters of 
ese = and Tuunsere, publifhed fince, are very inappli-” 
ca ce. ; : : r . eeees te: 
This heath is one of the leaft of its kind, it is not unufual to 
fee plants of it full of bloffoms not more than eight or ten 
inches high, its leaves (growing ufually in threes) are lanceolate, 
fmooth, concave on the infide, oraftd to the fialk, fanding on 
fuch fhort footftalks, that they may be faid to be almoft feffile: 
Flowers numerous on the fummits of the branches, fomewh 
drooping: Peduncles furnifhed with two upright brafee placed 
oppyfite to cach other, of a pale red colour tipped with green: 
Calyx larger than the corolla, fomewhat bell-fhaped, fpreading, 
four-leaved, each leaf ovate and pointed, green at the bafe anc 
