CEOSS-LEAVED 

 HEATH. 



Erica Tetralix. Nat. Ord., Ericaceie. 



INGLED with the purple 

 heather, Erica cinerea, and the 

 ling-, or common heatn, Calluna 

 vulgaris, two familiar wild 

 flowers we figure in our series, 

 we ordinarily find the cross- 

 leaved heath, the subject of 

 our present illustration. It is 

 found all over Britain, and is 

 particularly common in the 

 west, and is more especially to 

 be met with on heaths and 

 moors where the ground is 

 somewhat moist. Thoiigh 

 smaller than the other species, 



and not so gregarious if we may apply that word to a thing 

 inanimate it contributes its share in decorating and en- 

 livening the waste. The plant is a perennial, and should be 

 looked for during July and August by those who would 

 admire its delicate wax-like bells, for this species, though 

 not applicable to so many useful purposes as the others, is 

 not inferior to any one of them in the beauty of its 

 flowers. These in general are of a pale red colour, while 

 they may sometimes be found of a pure white a charming 

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