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ERICA FRAGRANS. FRAGRANT Hearn, 
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Class and Order. 
Octanpria 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 Synonyms. 
§ VI. Parviflore. D. Anthere mutice. 
Erica fragrans ; foliis oppositis ternisve subulatis glabris, 
corollz limbo revoluto. 
Erica fragrans ; foliis ternis linearibus glabris, corolle limbo 
revoluto. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 407. 
Erica fragrans. Andr. Heaths. vol. 2. Lodd. Cab. 288. 
Descr. A low shrub, much branched ; branches declined. 
Leaves opposite or ternate, subulate, grooved at the back, 
mucronate, smooth. Flowers terminal or lateral, growing by 
pairs, as in our plant; or by threes as in that of ANpREws ; 
fragrant, smelling something like Heliotropium but weaker. 
Peduncles villous, with three red bractes growing near to 
the calyx. Calycine leaflets ovate, concave, red, exceeding 
the campanulate tube of the small corolla, whose limb is rolled 
. Stamens exserted beyond the tube. Anthers unarmed, 
dark purple, connivent. Germen top-shaped, with eight 
grooves, white. ; | 
Notwithstanding the excellence of the arrangement of this 
genus in the Hortus Kewensis by the late Jonas Dryanper, 
Esq. the proper situation of this species is somewhat puzzling ; 
for the exsertion of the anthers may rank it under the first 
section, the MAcRosTEMoNEs, in which are to be found — 
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