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Erica Grandiflora. Great-Flowered 



Heath. 



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Cla/s and Order. 



OcTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Characler. 



Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 

 Anther* bifidse. Cap/. 4-locularis. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ERICA grandiflora antheris muticis exfertis, corollis cylindra- 

 ceis fubincurvis glabris,ftylo elongato, floribusaxil- 

 - laribus pedunculatis, foliis fubfenis acerofis glabris. 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. vol. 2. p. 25. 



ERICA grandiflora foliis quaternis, ftylo exferto, corolla cy- 

 lindrica, calyce fimplici, floribus lateralibus fub- 

 curvatis. Linn. Suppi. PL p. 223. 



The Erica here figured, is one of the many new and beau- 

 tiful fpecies, which within thefe few years have been fent from 

 the Cape by Mr. Masson, and which have contributed fc 

 greatly to enrich the royal garden at Kew. 



The defcription given of the grandiflora in the Suppl. Plant. 

 accords fo ill with our plant, that we (hould be led to con- 

 fider it as another fpecies, did not the refpectable authority 

 of the Hortus Kewenjis filence all doubts on that head. 



The bloflbms of this fpecies, whether we regard their mag- 

 nitude, their colour, their fmooth and gloffy furface, or the 

 regular pofition of the filaments, projecting beyond the co- 

 rolla, and clofing together by the antberae, excite our notice, 

 and claim our admiration. 



Like every other heath, the hardy ones excepted, it is a 

 greenhoufe plant, and flowers from May to July. 



Our drawing was made from a plant finely blown, in the 

 choice collection of James Vere, Efq. Kenfington-Gore. 



