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 Erica Elegans. Elegant Heath, 



Clafs and Orden 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 4-pbyl!us. Cor. 4-fida. Fihun. receptaculo inferta, An^ 

 thcra 2-fidap. Cap/, 4-locularis. Dijjepimcnia valvule 

 contraria. 



Obs. Foliola calycis, latinise corolla?, loculamenta, valvulaeque mi- 

 mero interdum duplicantur. 



Specific Charatler and Synonym. 



ERICA elegans,- antheris criftatis inclufis, foliis fexfariis 

 ■ glaucis, umbellis congeftis terminalibus involucrato- 

 bracleatis, corollis urceolatis. 

 ERICA elegans. And. Heaths. 



Descr. A low fhrub, with fhort branches growing in every 

 direction. Leaves ternate, but by thofe of one whorl being 

 placed direcUy between thofe of the next, (he whole is neatly 

 arranged in fix di£lin£i rows, glaucous, flefhy, acerofe, chan- 

 nelled underneath. Flowers terminal in a compact umbel. 

 Involucre of fix ovate, acuminate, leaves. Peduncles fcarccly 

 as long as the involucre, with three or four large bracks fimilar 

 to the involucre, deciduous. Calyx four-leaved, leaflets orbi- 

 cular, acuminate, fomewhat fprcading, nearly equalling the 

 Corolla, which is globular at the bottom, contracted upwards ; 

 mouth 4-fid, fmall. Ncflary a glandular beaded circle within 

 the ftamens. Stamens included; filaments dilated, at both 

 ends incurved : Anthers oblong, acute, criftate : criftce 

 nearly orbicular minutely notched, and in this fpecies 

 (perhaps in others) are evidently proceffes of the filaments, 

 and no part of the anthers. Germen globofely four-lobed : 



jlyle ereft : fiigma capitate, included. 



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