ERICACEAE 



or in pairs, short, 2-bracteolate in the middle ; Sepals ovate-lanceolate ; Corolla 

 cylindric-campanulate, J in. long, lobes broad ; Stamem 8, anthers dark, 

 half-exserted, 2-fid at tip, awnless ; Ovary superior, 4-celled ; Fruit a capsule, 

 4-eelled, 4-valved, many-seeded. 



Leaves 3-5 in a whorl, crowded, linear, margins revolute to midrib and 

 connate to the under-surface, shortly petiolate, glabrous, \-l in. long. 



An eveigreen shrub, 2-G ft. ; bushy, glabrous. 



Native of AYestern Europe. Considered by some as a variety of K. carnea. 

 Syn. E. hibcrnica. 



CORSICAN HEATH, Erka strk-ta. 



Gardens. A wiry-looking shrub of compact habit. August — November. 

 Flowers purple-red, in a terminal umbellate cluster ; Corolla urceolate, 

 ^ in. long, segments reflexed ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, obtuse, glabrous, warm green, ] in. long. 



An evergreen s/irub, 8-6 ft. 



Native of S. Europe (Corsica) ; introduced 1765. 



CROSS-LEAVED HEATH, Erica Tctrali.v. 



Heaths, gardens. This likes an open situation, and will thrive in moist 

 or boggy places. -luly — September. 



Flowers rose-red, in a terminal sub-umbellate cluster, flowers drooping ; 

 pedicels short ; Sepals oblong-lanceolate, downy ; Corolla ovoid-globose, I in. 

 long; Anthers included, awns long, sul)ulate ; Ovary pubescent, glandular 

 hairs ; Fruit a 4-valved capsule. 



Leaves cruciate, 4 in a whorl, acicular or linear-oblong, revolute to mid- 

 rib, ciliatc, stiff glandular hairs, downy, dark green above, blue glaucous 

 beneath. 



^\.n evergreen shrub, 12-18 ins.; Stems wiry; Branches rarely glabrous; 



shoots dow^ny. 



Native of Britain. 



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