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 Erica togata. Large-Cupped Heath. 



Clqfs and Order. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic CharaHer. 



Cal. 4-pbyllus. Cor. perfiftens : limbo 4-fido. Anther* ante 

 anthefin per foramina duo lateralia connexse. Cap/. 4— 8-locu- 

 laris, 4— 8-valvis. 



(IV. Calycina A. Anther* crijlata. Hort. Kew.) 



Specific Characler. 



ERICA togata s foliis oppofitis adpreffis, braBeis a calyce re- 

 motis, calycibus cyathiformibus magnis : foliolis orbicu- 

 latis mucronatis, corollis urceolatis, anthens fubcnftatis. 



Hpsc A delicate Jbrub, with (lender twiggy branches, leaves 

 keeled acute, oppofite, clofely adpreffed to the ftem, equal m 

 lent 'to "be fpaces between the pairs. JW, terminal, m 

 bunche of from four to fix together. BraBes bright red, a 

 fmall one at the bafe of each peduncle, and a pair larger near- 

 he middle, remote from the calyx Calyx cup-fhaped, larger 

 than but not fo long as, the corolla : leaflets nearly round, 

 concavt mucronate.to//. urceolate : tube corneal: hmb 

 Wading, acute. Anthers fo minutely crefted, that they are 

 haXvlfibly fo to the naked eye. Cemn .fluted nearly cy- 

 lindrical. Style longer than the filaments. Stfgm club-fhaped, 



ft Th£ beautiful little (hrub, covered with a profufion of 

 flowers of a fine red colour, we have feen ^yint^ej 

 colleaion of Mcffn. Lee and Kennedy, at Hammerfmuh, 



