( 1793 ) 



Erica Blandfordiana. Lord Blandford's 



Heath. 



Class and Order. 



OCTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat 4-phylIus. Cor. persistens; limbo 4-fido. Anthera 

 ante anthesin per foramina % lateralia connexae. Caps. 4-8- 

 locularis, 4-8-valvis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 

 Sect. 5. Breviflora?. A. CorollcB tubus subglobosus. 



^rica Blandfordiana ; foliis quaternis, bracteis calyci 

 proximis, floribus terminalibus subsolitariis, antheris 

 aristatis. 



Erica Blandfordiana foliis quaternis. Hort. Kezu. cd. alt. 

 2. p. S^2. 



Erica Blandfordia. Andrews's Heaths, vol. 3. 



The Erica Blandfordiana is placed by Mr. Dryander in 

 the second section of his Brevifloree, containing such as have 

 the tube of the corolla ewer-formed, bractes close to the calyx, 

 a nd axillary flowers. To us it appears rather to belong- to the 

 first section, or such as have the tube nearly globular. It 

 w dl, however, if placed there, make a second exception with 

 respect to the form of the anthers, which are said to be crested 

 jn all except in odorata ; as in our plant they are awned. 

 The flowers for the most part grow singly at the extremities 

 of short branches ; and in the plants which we have examined 

 are never properly axillary : for although towards the ends of 

 the principal branches, they are nearly sessile, yet they are 

 «ven here surrounded by leaves at the base, proving them to 



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