ERICACEi^ 



Leaves opposite, decussate, small, sessile, slightly auricled or spurred 

 at base, linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, revolute, convex above, slightly 

 grooved beneath, shining green or glabrous, or sometimes pubescent or hoary. 



An evergreen shrub, 1-3 ft. ; lira/ic/ies elongate, red-brown. 



Native of Britain. Generic name from Gr. kallino, the twigs being used 

 for sweeping. 



WINTER HEATH, Erhu camea. 



Gardens. January — April. This compact little shrub is one of the brightest 

 ornaments of rockeries and gardens in winter and early spring. It is best 

 in peat, but will grow in sandy loam. The hardy species of Erica are 

 propagated by cuttings in sandy peat imder bell-glass or handlight outdoors 

 in September or October ; layering shoots September — November ; division 

 in October. 



Floivers pale pink or reddish, axillary, drooping, forming leafy secund 

 racemes either terminal or below the ends of the branches ; Sepals 4, linear- 

 lanceolate, red, glandularly hairy ; Corolla 4-lobed, narrow-ovoid, \ in. long, 

 persistent, lobes broad ; Stamens 8, anthers slightly protruding, oblong, 

 inserted by their lower ends on flattened filaments, 2-fid at top, without 

 appendages ; Ovarij superior, 4-celled, style long ; Fruit a capsule, 4-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



Leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, obtuse, revolute to midrib, glabrous. 



An evergreen shrub, G ins. ; Stem erect, glabrous or glandularly-hairy. 



A native of Europe ; introduced 1763. Also known as Alpine Forest Heath. 

 Syn. K. herbacca. 



CILIATE HEATH, Erica ciliaris. 



Sandy heaths, gardens. This has the largest blossoms of all our native 



heaths. It will thrive in a loamy soil as well as in peat. June — September. 



Floxvcrs rose, dying off a russet-brown, in a terminal unilateral racevie ; 



pedicels short; Sepals small, ciliatc, pubescent; Corolla ovoid, nearly \ in. 



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