





OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Erica. 



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leaves. Blossom from dark purple to rose red, and sometimes 

 white. Anthers colour of a mulberry, forked, projecting out of 

 the blossom* 



Cornish, or Double-tipped Heath. Erica dldyma. Bott. arr. 



ed. ii. Heaths. Goon Hilly Down, going from Helston to the 

 Lizard Point, Cornwall. Ray. [Near Pendarvis, on the road 

 from Camborn to Hoylc, in t the low ground between Tregothan 



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Aug 



(3) Anthers with 2 smooth awns at the lase; leaves 4 in a 



whirl. 



E. Leaves oblong, fringed, cottony underneath: flowers Te'tralix* 



in umbels : caps, fringed, and cottony. 



V Dicks, h. s.-Curt.~Fl. dan. 81. 



Leaves sometimes 5 in a whirl. Bhss. pendent, pointing one 

 way, from pale rose red to quite white. 



Cross-leaved Heath. Moist heaths. [Norfolk. Mr. Woodw. 

 Hartlebury Common, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. — Worces- 

 tershire and Staffordshire. St. Heaths and bogs near Manches- 





ter. Mr. Caley.J 



P. July. 



(4.) Anthers with 2 tooth- serrated awns at the base : leaves 



opposite. 



E. Leaves arrow-shaped. 



Curt. 297-Knlph. \\*-Walc.~FL dan. 677-Matth. 152- 

 Fuchs. <2M-Trag. 952-Dod. 767. 1-Ger. em. 1380. 1- 

 Park. 1482. 5-Lonic. i.37. l-Ger. 1196\l.2-Pari&.USO.K 



The calyx has close to its base 4 or 5 circular, concave, co- 

 loured leaves, fringed with soft hairs ; and on the outside of these 

 2 or 3 others partly resembling these, and partly the leaves of the 

 cup. Proper cup coloured, so as in every respect to resemble the 

 blossom, which is of a pale rose colour, sometimes white, not 

 distended : 4 or 5-cleft. Seed-vess. inclosed by the proper cup* 



Common Heath. Ling. Grig, in Shropshire. Hether, in Scot- 

 land, Heaths and woods. S. June — Aug.* 



VulcraVis* 



* This plant, but little regarded in happier climates, is made subser- 

 vient to a great variety of purposes, in the bleak and barren Highlands of 

 Scotland. The poorer inhabitants make walls for their cottages, with 

 alternate layers of heath, and a kind of mortar made of black earth and 

 straw, the woody roots of the heath being placed in the centre, the tops 

 externally and internally. They make their beds of it, by placing the 

 roots downwards, and the tops only being uppermost, they are sufficiently 

 soft to sleep upon. Cabins are thatched with it. In the island of Hay, 

 ale is frequently made by brewing one part malt, and 1 parts of the young 



tops of heath ; sometimes they add hops. Boethius relates, that this 



liquor 







