ERICA 329 



CAIiLUKTA, Salisb. in Linn. Soc. Trans, vi. (1802) 317. 



C. Erica, DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 680 (1805). Ling, Heather, Common Heath. 

 C. vulgaris, Hull, Brit. Fl. ed. 2, 114 (1808). Erica vulgaris, Linn. Sp. 

 PL 352 (1753). 



Top. Bot. 268. Syme, E. B. vi. 43, t. 894. Nyman, 489. Fl. Oxf. 190. 



Native. Ericetal. Heaths, commons, and dry sandy places. Locally 

 common, especially in the south-west of the county. Shrub. 

 May-September. 



First recorded as Erica Myricae folio. Isti per omnia similem plantam. 

 sed paulo elatiorem, foliis tomentosis et incanis, pauIo etiam 

 dilutiore flore inveniebam [in] incultis, supra Windesoram Regum 

 Angliae Regiam, locis, Clusius, Rariorum PI. Hist. 41, 1601. 



2. Ock. Bagley, Boswell. Between Wantage and Didcot, Bellamy. 



Tubney, Walker. Boar's Hill. Frilford, Fl. Oxf. Upton Downs. 

 Pickett's Heath. Near Besilsleigh. 



3. Pang. Near Unwell Wood. Moulsford Downs. Cold Ash Com- 



mon. Oare. Hermitage. Fence Wood. Bucklebury. Hawk- 

 ridge. Curridge. 



4. Kennet. Round Newbury and the Forest Common, Mavor's Agr. 



Berks, 1809. Greenham, Rupert Jones. Mortimer, Tufnail. Snels- 

 more Common. Wickham Heath. West Ilsley. Letcombe. 

 Farnborough. Common ou the south side of the Kennet. 



5. Loddon. Windsor Park, Clusius. Sunninghill, Sir J. Banks, 



1773. Bulmarsh Heath, Budge in Herb. Brit. Mus. Knowl Hill. 

 Warren Row, Stanton. Stubbing's Heath. Pinkney's Green. 

 Wellington College. It is too frequent in this district to need 

 a detailed enumeration of localities. 

 Var. INCAJJA, Erica vulgaris hirsuta, Ger. Ray, Syn. ed. 2, 345 (1696 . 

 E. ciliaris, Huds. Fl. Angl. 144 (1762), not of Linn. Sp. PI. 



This hoary-leaved variety occurs with the type in many of its 

 localities, as on Bagshot, Doody, Ray, ed. 2, 345 (1696), Snelsmore, 

 Greenham, Coleman's Moor, Mortimer, Sandhurst, Fincliampstead, 

 Long Moor, Windsor Park, Pickett's Heath, &c. 

 The/, alba is rare ; I have seen it near Sandhurst. 

 Calluna is found in all the bordering counties. 



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ERICA, Linn. Gen. n. 435 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 373 a). 

 E. Tetralix, Linn. Sp. PI. 353 (1753). Cross-leaved Heath. 

 Top. Bot. 268. Syme, E. B. vi. 37, t. 889. Nyman, 488. Fl. Oxf. 190. 

 Native. Ericetal. Damp heaths. Almost absent from the north of 



the county. Common in the south-west. Shrub. May-Sept. 

 First record. Erica palustris folio hirsuto quaterno cum /lore niveo. Bagshot 



Heath, Mr. Doody in Ray, Syn. ed. 2, 345 (1696). A white- 



