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5. EKI'CA Linn. Heath. 



* Cor. globose or urceolate, stain, included, filaments filiform 

 flattened, stigma peltate. ERICA D. Don. 



1. E. Tet'ralix (L.) ; 1. 4 in a whorl lanceolate or linear ciliate 

 downy above and on the midrib beneath with revolute edges, 11. 

 in an umbellate head, sep. linear downy ciliate, anth. spurred, 

 ovary downy. E. B. 1014. St. branched below and often 

 especially about the middle, simple in the upper part, densely 

 leafv below, the whorls more distant towards the top and usually 

 leaving a leafless space next to the flowers. Tips of young 

 shoots green. Young. 1. always downy above, old 1. sometimes 

 glabrous. Sep. downy and mealy. FL rose-coloured. Style 

 usually included. #. Watsoni; cor. ventricose, fl. more or less 

 racemose. Sy. E. B. 888. It may be a hybrid. Boggy heaths. 

 0. Truro, Cornwall. Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



2. E. Mackaii (Hook.) ; /. 4 in a whorl ovate ciliate the 

 midrib beneath and upper surface glabrous with revolute edges, 

 fl. in an umbellate head, sep. ovate lanceolate glabrous, anth. 

 spurred, ovary glabrous. E. B. S. 2900. E. Mackaiana (Bab.) 

 ed. viii. St. irregularly branched throughout, particularly above, 

 densely and equally leafy quite up to the flowers. Tips of 

 young shoots pink. L. and sepals quite without down ; 1. mealy 

 beneath but the midrib bare ; sep. with a small portion of meal 

 near the apex beneath, otherwise quite bare. Fl. purplish. 

 Style protruded. I have seen forms of this taken for E. ciliaris. 

 Very wet moors between Eoundstone and Clifden, and between 

 Carna and Lough Sheedah, Co. Galway. Sh. VIII. IX. 

 Mackay's Heath. I. 



3. E. cinerea (L.) ; /. 3 in a whorl linear-lanceolate acute 

 keeled beneath with a central furrow glabrous, fl. in dense whorled 

 racemes, sep. linear-lanceolate smooth acute keeled, anth. spurred, 

 ovary glabrous. E. B. 1015. St. with many upright branches. 

 L. flat above, minutely serrulate. 'Fl. reddish purple. Dry 

 heaths. Sh. VII. VIII. Fine-leaved Heath. E. S. L 



4. E. cilidris (L.) ; /. 4 in a whorl ovate ciliate with revolute 

 edges.^. in terminal unilateral racemes, anth. not spurred, mouth 

 of the cor. oblique. E. B. S. 2618. St. long, straggling, ending 

 in a long raceme of large oblong purple flowers and producing 

 many short barren branches. Styie protruded. Ovary glabrous. 

 Sandy heaths. Wareham, Dorset. Edgecome Downs near 

 Carclew, Cornwall. Mr. More, the author, and others have failed 

 to find it near Clifden, Co. Galway. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



