366 OCTANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. Erica. 





Ray. Stokes. —Lincolnshire, in great quantities. Bishop's 

 Woods, near Eccleshall, Staffordsh. Birmingham Heath.]* 



ERICA. Cal. 4-leaved : bloss.A-cleftedijilaments 



fixed to the receptacle : anthers cloven and 

 perforated at the top : caps. 4- celled, 4- 

 valved, many-seeded. 



(l) Anthers simple, awnless : leaves alternate. 

 Daboe'cia* E. Leaves cottony underneath. 



Dicks, h* s.-E. hot. 35-Pet, gaz* 27* 4. 



Bunch terminating, simple. Flowers alternate. Pedicles with 

 1 flower, ^/artf/-/*^ strap-shaped, at the base of each pedicle. 

 Calyx only a 4th part as long as the blossom, falling off. BIoss. 

 cylindrical-oval ; mouth a little contracted, 4-cleft ; segments bent 

 back. It has the habit of Andromeda, but the numbers of Erica. 

 Linn. Leaves generally alternate, sometimes opposite, or even 

 3 together ; dark green above, white with cottony down under- 

 neath. Calyx 1 leaf, deeply divided into 4? spear-shaped segments. 

 Blossoms purplish red, flatted at the base, marked lengthwise 

 with 4 slightly elevated ridges j segments spear-shaped, waved 

 at the edge, rolled back. 



Andromeda Daboecia. Linn. Irish Worts $ or Moorivort. 

 Spongy wet uncultivated land on the mountains of Mayo and 

 Hiar Connacht. Ray. . S. June, July# 



(2) Anthers aivnless : leaves 4 in a whirl. 



va'gans, E. Anthers and style projecting : bloss. bell-shaped: fruit- 

 stalks with 1 flower. E. Lot. 



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E. hot. 3. 



Stems woody, spreading, branched, nearly cylindrical. Leaf- 

 stalks very short, pressed close to the stem, glandular at the base. 

 Leaves strap-shaped, blunt pointed, edges rolled back so as to 

 form a groove along the middle on the underside. Flowers 

 axillary, numerous, mostly pointing one way. Fruit-stalk half 

 the length of the flower, with a gland-like joint, and 2 floral- 



* The berries made into tarts are much esteemed, but on account of a 

 peculiar flavour, are disliked by some. They may be kept several years, 

 if wiped clean, and then closely corked in dry bottles ; or the bottles may 

 be filled with water. —At Longtown, in Cumberland, 20 or 30I/S worth 

 are sold by the poor people every market day, for 5 or 6 weeks together. 

 Lighte. The most general name, Cranberry, probably originated from the 

 fruit-stalks being crooked at the top, and before the expansion oi the 



blossom, resembling the neck and head of a crane. 





