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ERICA RUBELLA. THRIFT-FLOWERED Hearn, 
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Class and Order. 
Ocranpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo 4-fido. Anthere 
ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. 
A—8-locularis, 4—8-yalvis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sect. IV. Calycine. C. Anthere mutice. 
Erica rubella ; foliis oppositis imbricatis adpressis, umbellis 
terminalibus multifloris, bracteis calyci proximis, limbo 
corolle revyoluto. 
Erica rubella. Lodd. Catalogue for 1820. p. 18. 
Descr. Stem erect, branched: branches slender but 
straight. Leaves opposite, imbricate, smooth, lanceolate, 
somewhat concave on the upper, keeled with a slight furrow 
on the under side. Flowers in a terminal many-flowered 
umbel, of a lively red, fading whitish. Bractes 2, close to 
the calyx, coloured. Calycine leaflets exceeding the tube of 
the corolla, lanceolate, dilated above the middle and acute. 
Corolla urceolate : limb revolute. Stamens and stigma in- 
cluded. Anthers naked, bifid at the point. 
Approaches nearest to E. corifolia of Hortus Kewensis, but 
in Dryander’s excellent arrangement of the species, falls into 
a different subdivision from the anthers being naked. In 
Many points it approaches to oppositifolia of ANDREWs, 
(E. tenuifolia of Hort. Kew.) but differs in the strictness of 
its branches, in its many-flowered umbel and shorter 
corolla. 
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