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dron, possess dangerous narcotic properties, which extend to the 

 flesh of animals that have fed on them. It is stated that the honey 

 which poisoned Xenophon's Grecian troops during the famous 

 Retreat of the Ten Thousand, had been collected by bees from the 

 flowers of some plant of this Order, probably Azalea pontica, which 

 possesses this property, and is still found on the shores of the 

 Euxine, or Black Sea. The berries of some species are, neverthe- 

 less, used in medicine with good effect. 



i. Erica (Heath). Calyx deeply 4-cleft ; corolla bell-shaped or 

 egg-shaped, 4-cleft ; stamens 8 ; capsule 4-celled. (Name from 

 the Greek, erico, to break, from some fancied medicinal properties.) 



2. Calluna (Ling, Heather). Calyx of 4 coloured sepals, which 

 are longer than the corolla, having at the base outside 4 green 

 bracts ; corolla bell-shaped ; stamens 8 ; capsule 4-celled. (Name 

 from the Greek, calluno, to cleanse, from the frequent use to which 

 its twigs are applied of being made into brooms.) 



3. Menziesia. Calyx deeply 4 to 5-cleft ; corolla inflated ; 

 stamens 8-10 ; capsule 4 to 5-celled. (Named in honour of Archi- 

 bald Menzies, an eminent Scotch botanist.) 



4. Azalea. Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; corolla bell-shaped, 5-cleft ; 

 stamens 5 ; anthers bursting lengthways ; capsule 2 to 3-celled, 

 and valved. (Name from the Greek, azaleos, parched, from the 

 nature of the places in which it grows.) 



5. Andromeda. Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; corolla egg-shaped, with 

 a 5-cleft reflexed border ; stamens 10 ; anthers with two bristles 

 at the back ; capsule dry, 5-celled, and 5-valved. (Named in 

 allusion to the fable of Andromeda, who was chained to a rock, and 

 exposed to the attack of a sea-monster. So does this tribe of beau- 

 tiful plants grow in dreary northern wastes, feigned to be the abode 

 of preternatural monsters." Sir W. J. Hooker.) 



6. Arbutus (Strawberry-tree). Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; corolla 

 egg-shaped, with a 5-cleft reflexed border ; stamens 10 ; fruit fleshy, 

 rough, 5-celled ; cells many-seeded. (Name, the Latin name of 

 the plant.) 



7. Arctostaphylos (Bear-berry). Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; corolla 

 egg-shaped, with a 5-cleft reflexed border ; stamens 10 ; fruit fleshy, 

 smooth, 5-celled ; cells i-seeded. (Name in Greek denoting Bear's 

 grape.) 



1. Erica (Heath) 



1. E. telralix (Cross-leaved Heath). Well distinguished from all 

 other English species by its leaves being placed crosswise in whorles 

 of four, and by its terminal heads of drooping, rose-coloured flowers, 

 which are all turned to one side, and are of a larger size than the 

 other common species E. cinerea. The part of the flower nearest 

 the stem is of a lighter colour than that which is exposed, where it 



