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Erica Thunbergii. Globular-Tubed 



Heath. 



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Generic Character, 



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

 Anthcr<e bifidae. Cap/. 4-locularis. Dijjepimenta e valvularutn 

 frarginibus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ERICA Thunbergii j (mutica) foliis teniis linearibus glabris, 

 Horibus umbeilatis, corollae tubo globofb, hmbo 

 campanulafo. c ihunb. Prod. 6g. Di/f. n. 4. 



ERIC \ , ; amheris muticis mediocribus, corollis 



-is : tubo globofo, ftylo exferto, foliis ternis 

 Linn. Suppl. 220. 



ERICA Tbunbergii. Monlin Aft. Upfal. 2. p. 290. /. 9. fig. 2. 

 Martyn Mill, Dift. n. $o. 



ERICA medioliflora / calyce tetraphyllo : corolla 4-lineari, 

 laevi ; tubo medioliformi ; limbo baG iniegro : an- 

 theris papulofis. Salijbury in Aft. Soc. Linn. v. 6. 



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This beautiful little Heath is at once diftinguifhed from 

 every otfier known fpecies by its peculiar corolla. This 

 Angularity arifes principally from the large fize of the limb 

 * n proportion to that of the tube ; for in fa£t, in all the 

 globular- flowered Heaths, it is the tube of the corolla that is 

 globular, but in thefe the limb is in general fo minute that the 

 tube is confidered as the whole corolla; whereas, in Erica 

 Tbunbergii, the limb is by far the moft confpicuous part, 



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