CHAP. LXIX. 



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Spec. Char., i^t- The general appearance of tliis sort, Dr. 

 Lindley observes, is that of E. arborea ; but it seems es- 

 sentially distinct from tbat species, in its longer flowers, 

 more slender leaves, less hardy branches, and truly bell- 

 shaped corolla, which has by no means the globular form 

 of that of E. arborea ; its stigma is, moreover, very small, 

 and not at all dilated or lobed, either when dried or recent. 

 It was cultivated in lS34r, in the Maresfield Nursery, in Sus- 

 sex, where it is quite hardy, and forms a bush from 10 ft. 

 to 12 ft. in height. It begins to blossom in February, and 

 continues till the end of May, disregarding both frost and 

 snow, being often covered with flowers from top to bottom, 

 and forming a most beautiful object. In the warmest parts 

 of Devonshire, and in the south of Ireland, it would form a 

 very ornamental undergrowth to fine woods. 



• 6. E. austra'lis L. The southern Heath. 



Idenlijication. Lin. ManL, p. 231. ; Andr. Heaths, a t. 21. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 2 p. 3a;. ; Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab., t. 1472. ; Wendl. Eric, 9. p. 13., with a figure ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 795. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. ISod 



Synonyme. E. pistilltiris Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 36S. 



Engravings. Andr. Heaths, 3. t 21. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1472. ; Wendl. Eric, 3. p. 13, with a figure ; and 

 omjig. 8t57. 



Spec. Char., ^c. A shrub, 3 ft. to 6 ft. high. Leaves 4 in a whorl, scabrous, 

 spreading, mucronate. Flowers terminal, small. Corolla purplish red, 

 3 lines long, with a curved funnel-shaped tube, 

 and a recurved limb. Pedicels beset with 

 gemmaceous bracteas. Anthers crested. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 795.) A native of Spain and Por- 

 tugal; introduced in 1769, and, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, forming a handsome 

 pyramidal shrub, of which there are specimens 

 at Syon 7 ft. high, and in the Edinburgh 

 Botanic Garden 10 ft. high. One of the most 

 showy of all the arboreous heaths, producing 

 in great profusion its fine red flowers from April to August. 



• 7. E. STRi'CTA Donn. The upright Heath. 



Identification. Donn Hort. Cantab., ed. 3. p. 69. ; Willd. Sp., 2. p. 366. ; Andr. Heaths, 2. t. 22. ; Ait. 



Hort. Kew., 2. p. 393. ; Don's MilL, 3. p. 796. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonynias. E. multicaiilis Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 6. p. 369.; E. 



Corsica Dec. Fl. Fr. ; E. ramulbsa f'iv. 

 Engravings. Andr. Heaths, 2. t. 22. ; and oar fig. 868. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Stem diffuse, 2 ft. to 3 ft. high. 

 Leaves 4 in a whorl, obtuse, glabrous, having 2 fur- 

 rows beneath. Flowers terminal, in umbel-like 

 groups. Bracteas approximate to the calyx, sessile. ^ 

 Calyx spreading. Corolla purplish red, 3 lines '|r- 

 long, with an ovate pitcher-shaped tube, and re- 

 flexed segments. Anthers crested. Style a little 

 prominent. (Don's Mill., iii. p.796 ) A native of 

 Corsica and Italy. Introduced in 1765, and fre- 

 quent in gardens, forming a fastigiate bush, in some 

 instances, as at Purser's Cross, as high as 12 ft. 



«. 8. E. ciLiA^Ris L. The ciWate-leaved Heath. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., ed. 1. p. 354. ; Loefl. Res., p. 138. ; Lin. Diss., No. 39., with a figure of the 

 flower ; Wendl. Eric, 7. p. 3. ,- Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 484. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 394. ; Lodd. Bot 

 Cab., t. 1808. ; Don's Mill., p. 798. ; Hook. Brit. Flora, p. 176.*; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Engravings. Lin. Diss,, No. 39., with a figure of the flower j Bot. Mag., t. 484. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1805. ; 

 Eng. Bot. Suppl., t 2618. ; and our^^. 869. 



Spec. Char., 4'c. Leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, glandularly ciliate, spreading, 

 rather remote. Flowers tenninal, subracemose, directed to one side. Brac- 

 teas sessile, approximate to the calyx. Segments of calyx spathulate, 

 ciliate. Corolla smooth, ovate, more ventricose on the upper side, 4 lines 



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