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Erica andromed^eflora, /3. triumphans. 

 Blood-spotted White Andromeda- 

 flowered Heath. 



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Class and Order. 



OcTANDRlA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens : limbo 4-fido. Anthera 

 ante anthesm per foramina duo lateralia connexae. Caps. 

 4 — 8-locularis, 4 — 8-valvis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 

 Sect. IV. Calycin*. A. Cristatae. 



Erica andromedafiora ; bracteis a calyce remotis, foliis 

 patentissimis internodiis multoties longioribus viridi- 

 bus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 386. Bot. Mag. 1250. 

 Andrews Heaths, vol. 3. 



(|3.) Jloribus albis maculis sanguineis notatis, corolla limbo 

 arctiore. 



Erica triumphans. Lee. 



Though a stouter plant, larger in all its parts than An- 

 dromedafiora, as the latter usually occurs, yet we cannot 

 find any characters sufficient to distinguish it as a species, 

 Me are therefore constrained to consider this fine Heath as 

 only a variety. 



Descr. A low shrub, with brown bark, tuberculated by 

 the ligneous remains of the petioles, or rather buttress-like 

 stipules to which the petiole is attached. Leaves ternate, 

 patent, several times longer than the interstices, channelled 

 on the under side, mucronate, when young ciliated at the 



sides. 



