112 ERICACE^. [part I. 



its flat stigma. The corolla is, however, really 

 in four petals, which, though they adhere to- 

 gether, may be easily separated with a pin. The 

 stamens are concealed by the corolla, but the 

 manner in which they grow is shown at c ; and 

 cf is a single stamen, showing the spurs or awns 

 at the base of the anther, the position of which 

 is one of the characteristics of the genus Erica 

 in its present restricted form ; e is a capsule 

 with the style and stigma attached ; and a is a 

 leaf showing its revolute or curled back margin. 

 The leaves of this species are in whorls, four 

 leaves in each whorl, and they are ciliated, that 

 is, bordered with a fringe of fine hairs. 



All the true Heaths bear more or less resem- 

 blance to this plant. In some, the corollas are 

 bell-shaped, spreading out at the tip into five 

 teeth, which inclose the stamens, as shown in 

 Jig. 48 ; and in others they are nearly globose 

 swelling out near the calyx, and tapering to a 

 point, beyond which the 

 stigma and anthers pro- 

 ject ; as in the Cape Heath, 

 called Erica hispidaf a 

 flower of which is shown 

 in ^(/, 49. The leaves also 

 Fig. 48— differ exceedingly, in the 



Bell-shaped number Contained in each Fig.49.-Cape 



whorl : as in some species heath. 



. 11 (E. hispida.) 



there are only three m a wnorl, 



