44 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



I. Erica, L. 



Leaves in whorls, very narrow and rigid ; stamens 8, 

 anthers awned ; ovary 4-celled ; fruit a 4-celled capsule. 



E. carneay L. ; leaves four in a whorl, corolla pink, 

 stamens and style projecting beyond the corolla; Alps, 

 Carpathians. Our two common English species of Bell- 

 Heather, E. citierea^ L., and Tetralixy L., are entirely 

 absent from Switzerland, but occur at low elevations in 

 the Pyrenees. 



2. Calluna, Salisb. 



Leaves minute, decussate ; flowers axillary ; sepals 

 coloured; stamens 8, anthers awned; fruit a 4-celled 

 capsule. 



C. vulgaris y Salisb., Ling; common. 



3. Dabeocia,* Don. 



Flowers large, in terminal racemes; sepals 4; corolla 

 4-lobed, pitcher-shaped ; stamens 8, not awned. 



D. polifolia^ Don {Menziesia polifoliaj Sm.), St. 

 Dabeoc's Heath (PI. 65) ; flowers pink, drooping, stem 

 1-2 ft., decumbent, glandular-hairy, leaves elliptical, with 

 recurved margins, white and woolly beneath ; Pyrenees. 



4. Phyllodoce, Salisb. 



Flowers large, pitcher-shaped, in terminal umbels . 

 sepals 5 ; corolla 5-lobed ; stamens 10, not awned. 



P, cosrulea, Bab. {Menziesia coeruleay Sm.) (PI. t^) ; 



* Often erroneously spelt Dabcecia. 



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