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' Leiophy'llum Pcrs. Calyx and corolla deeplj- 5-parted. Stamens 10, 

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

 i celled, .5-valved, opening at the tip. 



Le'dum L. Calyx minute, 4-toothed. Corolla in o segments, so deep as to 

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

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

 ' in a wing at each end. 

 I 

 I Sect. III. Taccime'-e. 



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

 Fruit a berr}-. 



: Tacci'mum L. Calyx -4 5-toothed. Corolla pitcher-shaped or bell-shaped, 

 I 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, 

 ; manj'-seeded. 



I OxYCo'ccus Fers. 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. I. iiRi'cEiE. 



i. Yjrice<^ normdles. 



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

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

 i 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 

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



Genus I. 



RrCA D. Don. The Heath. Lin. S?/si. Octandria Monogynia. 



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



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



Hal. 

 Derivation. The erica of Plinj' is altered from the ereike of Theophrastus, which is derived from 



ereikd, 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, manr-seeded. (Don's 

 Mill.) 



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

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

 duninutive, evergreen, viith hair-hke roots; natives of Europe. 



a. 1. E. Te'tralix L. The four-leaved Heath. 



Ih-ntification. Lin. Sp., ed. 2. p. sn7. ; Don's 3Iill., 3. p. 7S2. 



^ynonumes. E. botuhf6rmis Sal. in Lin. Soc. Traits. 4. p. 369. ; E. barb&rica Raii Syn. 471. ; E. 



piimila Park. Thealr. 1483. No. h. ; E. 7"etralix rubra Hnrt. Eric. Woburn. p. 25. ; the cross- 



leavp.i Hf'atI; ; Sumpf Heide, Ger. ; Scopa di Fior rosso, Ital. 

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



