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LEIOPHY'LLUM Pers. Calyx and corolla deeply 5-parted. Stamens 10, 

 exserted. Anthers lateral, opening lengthwise on the inside. Capsule 5- 

 celled, 5-valved, opening at the tip. 



Z-E'DUM L. Calyx minute, 4-toothed. Corolla in 5 segments, so deep as to 

 seem petals. Stamens 5 10, exserted. Anthers opening by pores at the 

 tip. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, opening at the base. Seeds terminating 

 in a wing at each end. 



Sect. III. FACCINIE\E. 



Sect. Char. Calyx connate with the ovary. Disk nectariferous, perigynous. 

 Fruit a berry. 



FAOCI'NIUM L. Calyx 4 5-toothed. Corolla pitcher-shaped or bell-shaped, 

 4 5-cleft. Stamens 8 10. Anthers 2-horned ; and, in some, furnished at 

 the back with spreading spurs or bristles. Berry globose, 4 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



OXYCO'CCUS Pers. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla 4-parted, with the segments 

 somewhat linear and revolute. Stamens 8. Filaments conniving. Anthers 

 tubular, tripartite. Berry 4-celled, many-seeded. 



Sect. L 



i. ^ricece normdles. 



In British gardens all the species are propagated by layers or division, or 

 by cuttings from the points of the growing shoots planted, but not deep, 

 in pure sand, and covered with a hand-glass. All the plants require a peaty 

 soil, mixed with sand ; a cool subsoil, moist rather than dry ; and an open 

 airy situation. They also require to be renewed every 3 or 4 years. 



GENUS I. 



JERFCA D. Don. THE HEATH. Lm. Sysl. Octandria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 790. 

 Synonymes. Erica, sp. of Linneeus and other authors ; Bruyere, Fr. ; Heide, Ger. ; Erica, 



Ital. 

 Derivation. The erica of Pliny is altered from the ereike of Thepphrastus, which is derived from 



eretko, to break ; from the supposed quality of some of the species of breaking the stone in the 



bladder. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 4-parted, with a naked base. Corolla globose or urceolate, 

 with a 4-lobed limb. Stamens enclosed. Filaments capillary. Anthers 

 bifid ; cells of anthers opening by an oblong hole, awned or crested at the 

 base or mutic. Stigmas peltate. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. (Don's 

 Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate or verticillate, exstipulate, evergreen ; linear or 

 chaffy. Flowers terminal, fascicled, or racemose. Pedicels scaly. Shrubs, 

 diminutive, evergreen, with hair-like roots ; natives of Europe. 



a. 1. E. TE'TRALIX L. The four- leaved Heath. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., ed. 2. p. 507. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 792. 



Ximonumes. E. botulifdrmis Sal. in Lin. Soc. Trans. 4. p. 369. ; E. barb&rica Rait Syn. 471. ; E. 



pumila Park. Theatr. 1483. No. 5. ; E. Tetralix rilbra Hort. Eric. Woburn. p. 25. ; the cross- 



leaved Heath ; Sumpf Heide, Ger. ; Scopa di Fior rosso, Ital. 

 Engravings. Curt. Fl. Lond., fasc. 1. t. 21. ; Eng. Bot, t. 1314. ; and our fig. 1027. 



