238 ERICACEAE 



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E. arborea. Tree Heath. 20. March-May. E. Branchlets with branched 

 hairs. Fls. white, fragrant. Mediterranean region. 



E. ciliaris. Fringed Heath, i. June-October. E. Ls. hairy, whitish below. 

 Fls. rosy red, in terminal spikes. South-west Europe (including Corn- 

 wall). (Fig. 48 J.) 



E. cinerea. Scotch or Grey Heath, Bell Heather. i|. July-September. 

 E. Ls. hairless. Fls. bright purple, in terminal clusters. West Europe 

 (including Britain). (Fig. 48 G.) | 



E.scoparia. Besom Heath. 10. May-June. E. Fls. greenish. Central France. 



E. Veitchii. 20. March-May. Like E. arborea, but branchlets have simple 

 hairs. Hybrid. 



(c) Ls. in whorls of four or more | 



E. australis. Spanish Heath. 6. May. E. Young stems very downy. Fls. 



purplish red, in small clusters. Spain. 

 E. carnea. \. February-May. E. Young stems hairless. Ls. hairless. Fls. 



rosy red, solitary or in pairs in 1. -axils. Europe. (Fig. 48 E.) 



Variety alba [E. herbacea). Fls. white. ■ 



E. darleyensis. 2. November-May. E. Like E. carnea, but growing taller. 



Hybrid. 

 E. mediterranea. 10. April-May. Like the previous two, but with a single 



upright main stem. South-west France and Spain. 

 E. stricta. 9. June-September. E. Ls. minutely downy. Fls. pink, in 



terminal clusters. South Europe. 4', 



E. Tetralix. Cross-leaved Heath. i\. June-September. E. Ls. hairy, 



white below, arranged in form of cross. Fls. pink, in dense terminal 



clusters. Europe (including Britain). (Fig. 48 h.) 

 Variety mollis. Ls. greyish white. 

 E. vagans. Cornish Heath, zh. August-September. E. Ls. hairless. Fls. 



pinkish purple, in long terminal spikes. South-west Europe (including 



Cornwall). (Fig. 48 d.) 



GAULTHERIA. Branchlets zigzagged. Ls. alternate, ov., stiff, toothed, stalk 

 red and hairy. Fls. ^, pinkish white, egg-shaped, K (5), C (5), Aio. Fruit a berry. 



G, procumbens. Creeping Wintergreen, Checkerberry, Partridge Berry. |. 

 July-August. E. Creeping roots send up thin erect stems with small 

 cluster of Is. at top. Ls. ov., i, minutely toothed. Fls. solitary. Berry ^, 

 red. North America. (Fig. 102 N.) 



G. Shallon. Shallon. 6. May-June. E. Spreading by underground stems. 

 Branchlets reddish, bristly. Ls. ov., 4, pointed, toothed. Fls. in clammy 

 racemes, each fl. in axil of hooded bract. Berry J, black, hairy, juicy. 

 West North America. (Fig. 102 M.) 



KALMIA. Mountain Laurel. Ls. crowded radially at end of branches, ov., 

 lane, entire. Fls. saucer-shaped, in branched or unbranched clusters, K (5), C (5), 

 Aio. Fruit a dry egg-shaped capsule. 



K. angustifolia. Sheep Laurel. 4. June. E. Ls. opposite or in threes, ov., 2, 

 bright green above, hairless, short-stalked. Fls. \, pink, in rounded 

 clusters. North America. 



