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ERICA PROPENDENS. PENDENT-FLOWERED 
HEATH. 
Class and Order. . 
Octranpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo 4-fido. Anthere 
ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. 
4—8-locularis, 4—8-valvis. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Sect. 5. Breviflore. D. Corolle cylindrice vel superne 
dilatate. 
Erica propendens ; floribus terminalibus, bracteis a calyce 
remotis, antheris muticis, foliolis calycinis ovatis. Hort. 
Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 397. 
Erica propendens. Andrews’s Heaths, vol. 2. Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. v. 1. t. 63. 
A very beautiful heath, which seldom exceeds a foot in 
— height, and is generally covered with a profusion of flowers 
in the spring months. It rarely matures its seed with us, but 
's readily propagated by cuttings. Communicated by Messrs. 
Loppieks and Sons. 
