Pruate LIX. 
(A) ERICA moutrirtora, Linn.; (B) E. arzorga, Linn.; (C) E. 
SCOPARTA, Linn. 
Natural Order EricacrE». 
Gen. Cuar.—Flowers either axillary or in short, terminal clusters, 
mostly drooping. Sepals 4. Corolla ovoid, globular or campanulate 
(in some exotic species tubular), more or less 4-lobed, and persisting 
round the capsule till its maturity. Stamens 8. Capsule free, with 4 
cells, opening in as many or twice as many valves, each cell with several 
seeds.—Much branched shrubs, usually low, but in some species attain- 
ing 8-10 feet, with small, entire leaves, usually in whorls of 3-4, but 
sometimes opposite or scattered, and almost always rolled back ou their 
edges. Benth. Handbk. Brit. Fl. (1865), p. 526. 
(A.) Spec. Coar.—Flowers bright pink, forming a terminal, obconic, 
centrifugal raceme ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; bracteol oblong- 
ovate, ciliate. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, nearly half as long as corolla. 
Corolla ovoid, prolonged, about one-third longer than broad. Anthers 
exserted, without appendages, divided nearly to their base into two 
linear-oblong cells, dehiscing by two pores occupying not more than 
one-third of their length; filament inserted rather above and at the 
back of the gibbous base of the anther. Leaves thick, and almost cylin- 
drical, in whorls of 4 or 5. Stems erect, woody, one foot to 18 inches 
high. 
Erica multiflora, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 503; Gren. et Godr. Fl. de Fr. 
ii. 429; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 242. Erica multiflora longipedicellata, 
Wendl. Eric. fase. 5 (1799), p. 7 (bene quoad iconem, excl. patr. Lusit.). 
E. vagans, Desf.! Atl. (1800), i. 329. EH. peduncularis, Presl, Delic. 
Prag. (1822), p. 89.* 
(B.) Spec. Cuar.—Flowers nearly white, in a long, branched, taper- 
ing, spike-like panicle, 6-18 inches long. Oaly«-segments ovate, about one- 
third of corolla. Corolla globular, ovate, nearly as broad as long. Stamens 
included; anthers united nearly to apex, furnished at the back with 
two orbicular, denticulate appendages. Stigma broad, peltate, convex 
(having 4 tubercles in the centre, Gay, MSS.). Leaves in closely- 
packed whorls of 3 each. Branches hairy, hairs themselves hairy and 
* Synonymy taken from Gay’s unpublished MSS. on Erica (1832, in part), which 
include descriptions and copious notes of the characters of the following species :— 
Erica lugubris, Salisb.; (E. mediterranea, Auct.); E. carnea, Linn.; E. multiflora, 
Linun.; E. verticillata, Linn.; E. yagans, Linn.; E. caffra, Andr. 
