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6. E. mediterrdnea (Mediterranean Heath), with leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, a coloured calyx, pink corolla, and less prominent anthers, 

 well known as a garden plant, occurs also in Connemsara. — Fl. 

 April, May. Perennial. 



6. Azalea. — A small, trailing shrub with small, opposite Zmz;g5; 

 sepals, petals, and stamens 5 each ; corolla b.ell-shaped, deciduous ; 



ERICA T^TRALix {Cross-leavcd Heath). 



ERICA ciN^REA {Fine-leaved Heath). 



capsule 2 — 3-chambered, septicidal. (Name from the Greek 

 azaleos, parched, arid, from the character of the places in which 

 it grows.) 



I. A. procumbens (Trailing Azalea). — The original and only 

 Azalea of Linnaeus, very difterent in habit from most of the plants 

 cultivated under the name of Azaleas. The stems are prostrate 

 and tangled ; the leaves small, smooth, rigid, and evergreen, with 

 the margins remarkably rolled back ; the flowers flesh-pink, in 



