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crimson-purple. Ovary glabrous.— Distrib. W. Europe to Germany and 

 N. Italy. 



3. E. cilia'ris, L. ; ciliate and glandular, leaves 3-4 in a whorl, flowers 

 in unilateral racemes, corolla ovoid, anthers included awnless. 



Sandy heaths, Cornwall, Dorset ; fl. June-Sept. — Stem 12-18 in., slender ; 

 branches many, erect, pubescent, flowering elongate. Leaves § in., close set, 

 subsessile, ovate, pubescent above, beneath glaucous with minute scales, 

 margins recurved. Flowers inclined ; pedicels very short, bracteolate in the 

 middle. Sepals ovate, pubescent and ciliate. Corolla |-| in., curved, 

 crimson, mouth small oblique. Style exserted. Ovary glabrous. — Distrib. 

 W. France, Spain, Portugal. — A hybrid with Tetralix (E. ciliaris, var. 

 Watsoni, Benth.) occurs in Cornwall and Dorset. 



4. E, va'gans, L. ; glabrous, leaves 3-4 in a whorl, flowers long-pedi- 

 celled in dense axillary racemes, corolla canrpanulate, anthers exserted 

 awnless. Cornish Heath. 



Heaths in W. Cornwall ; fl. July- Aug.— Stem 1-3 ft., stout, woody ; branches 

 stiff, erect, fascicled, densely leafy. Leaves J in., linear, recurved, margins 

 reflexed over the midrib. Flowers erect ; pedicels slender, bracteolate about 

 the middle. Sepals ovate, ciliolate. Corolla £ in., pink ; lobes short. 

 Ovary glabrous. — Distrib. W. France, Spain, Portugal. 



5. E. mediterra'nea, L. ; stem erect, leaves 4 rarely 3 in a whorl, flowers 

 in dense racemes, corolla subcampanulate, anthers ^-exserted awnless. E. 

 meditcrra'nea, var. hiber'nica, Hook. ; E. hiber'nica, Syme. 



Boggy heaths, Mayo and Galway ; fl. April-May. — Bushy, 2-5 ft., glabrous. 

 Leaves £-J in., crowded, shortly petioled, linear, margins revolute to the 

 midrib and connate to the under-surface. Racemes terminal and axillary ; 

 pedicels solitary or in pairs, short, 2-bracteolate in the middle. Sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate. Corolla pink, cylindric-campanulate, lobes broad. Anthers 2-fid 

 at the tip. — Distrib. S.W. France, Spain. 



6. CALLU'NA, Salisb. Ling. 



A much-branched, gregarious shrub. Leaves minute, decussate, imbricate 

 (whence the branches appear tetragonal). Flov-ers on axillary peduncles 

 with 2 pairs of opposite bracts under the calyx, honeyed, homogamous. 

 Sepals 4, scarious, coloured. Corolla shorter than the sepals, hypogynous, 

 4-partite, persistent. Stamens 8, inserted on the disk ; anthers awned, 

 slits short lateral. Ovary 4-celled ; stigma dilated ; ovules 2, pendulous 

 from the top of each cell. Capsule 4-celled, septicidally 4-valved, septa 

 attached to the axis. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, attached to the central 

 column. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), (excl. Greece, Turkey,) W. Siberia, 

 Azores, Greenland, N. America (very rare). — Etym. koKXCvo:, the twigs 

 being used for sweeping. 



C. vulga'ris, Salisb. ; leaves 3-gonous gibbous at the base. 

 Heaths and moors, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 3,300 ft. in the Highlands ; 

 Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. July-Sept. — Stem 1-2 ft., woody, inclined; 



