C 580 ] 



Erica Glauca, Glaucous Heath, 



Clafs and Order. 



OCTANDRIA MoNOGYNIAo 



Generic Characler. 



Cal 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filam. receptaculo inferta. An* 

 ther<e bihdae. Cap/. 4-locularis. 



Specif c Characler and Synonyms. 



ERICA glauca ; antheris criftatis, foliis ternis acerofis glaucis, 

 pedunculis terrninalibus aggregatis brafteatis nutanti- 

 bus, calycibus fimplicibus patentibus corollas ovatas 

 acutas fubaequantibus. 



ERICA glauca. And. Eric. n. 47. Salijb. in Aft. Soc. Linn, 

 v. 6. p. 352. 



This makes a very handfome fhrub, growing to the height 

 of three feet or more ; but as it will not flower till it has ac- 

 quired a confiderable fize, and is of flow growth and propagated 

 from feeds only, few perfons have had an opportunity of leeing 

 it in flower ; on this account, perhaps, the bra&eae, calyces, 

 and corolla have been erroneoufly defcribed as being all or a 

 livid-purple colour, which corresponds indeed with Mr. An- 

 drews's figure above quoted, but does not accord with nature, 

 the corolla only being of a purple colour and the other parts 

 of a brick-duft red. The parts of fructification are entirely 

 enclofed in the corolla, the anthers are what LiNN.tus calls 

 criftated, that is, each lobe has an appendix at its bafe, com- 

 pared to the comb of a cock, being flat and ferrated at 

 the edges. Appears to us to approach neareft to Erica 

 baccans y No. 358 of this work; but is eafily diftinguifted 

 from every other fpecies by the remarkable large coloured 

 bra&eae and fpreading calyx. Our drawing was taken from 

 the fined fpecimen we have ever feen, in the collection 

 George Hibbert, Efq. which has unfortunately vD& 

 pcrifhed. 



