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ERICA AUSTRALIS, SPANISH HEATH. 
Cap and Order. | 
OctaNDría MoNoGYNIA.. 
Generic Character. 
` Cal. A-phyllus, Cor. 4-fida, filamenta receptaculo infert2, 
| anthere bifida, Caps. 4-locularis.- | 
Specific Character. 
ERICA Aufiralis, Antheris criftatis, corollis cylindricis, ftylo 
exferto, foliis ternis patentibus. Sy. Vegt. 366. 
Ke Dë? 
Thofe who, in the cultivation of their garden, are not too 
ftrićtly attached to plants of fhewy colours, need never object 
. to any of this genus; few plants can. boaít of a more deli- 
cate appearance, or more harmony in the arrangement of 
their parts: contrary to moft others, after the plant has flowgt- 
ed, the flowers do not drop off, but dry and change to a 
brown caft; the piftil and ftamens remain as when in full 
flower, and the old leaves will remain fo long on the branch- 
es as to be crumbled off by a touch. 1 » 
o ہے‎ Erica Auftralis is a native of Spain and Portugal; 
<“ was introduced in 1769, by G. W. Earl of Coventry, 
“< and flowers April and May." Hort. Kewen.` 
