ERICA carnea. 

 Flesh colored, early Jlomering Heath. 



Class and Order. — Octandria Monogynia. 

 Syn. Erica carnea. Jacquin's Flo. Aiistr. Vol. I. tab. 32. 

 Erica carnea. Loddige's Bot. Cab. p. 1452. 

 Erica herbacea. Curt. Bot. Mag.pl. 11. 



Root fibrous — stem branching upon the ground, leaves small, linear, sessile — 

 flowers pendulous, on very short peduncles — calyx four segments^ 

 linear acute — corolla campanulate, pale pink, margin four cleft — stamens 

 eight fixed to the receptacle, anthers bifid, projecting, dark purple — 

 style declining, longer than the stamens. 



This pretty little plant would be acceptable to us at any season of 

 the year, but is peculiarly so in the dreary one in which its beautiful 

 pink blossoms appear, frequently peeping above the snow. The flowers 

 are formed in the autumn, but do not come to maturity until the fol- 

 lowing December or January, when (if planted in a bog border with a 

 south aspect) it will make a beautiful appearance for a length of time. 

 It is a native of the Alps and mountainous parts of Germany, and 

 was introduced into this coimtry about the year 1 763 ; the general 

 method of increasing this plant is by cuttings or layers, — there are 

 other species of haj-dy heaths which are well worth cultivating. The 

 three last mentioned are natives of Britain. 



E. Mediterranea. E. tetralia. 



— ciliaris. — vagans. 



— carnea var. -». stricta. 



— Australis. 

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