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Heaths, abundant. Fl. July, Aug. Tj . — Flowers in rather large 

 whorled racemes, drooping, reddish-purple. Leaves nearly linear, gla- 

 brous. This plant is used for various ceconomical purposes ; its flowers 

 are sometimes white. 



4. E. 3Iediterrdnea, L. (^Mediterranean Heaili); anthers with- 

 out awns and as well as the style exserted, corolla narrow 

 urceolate, bracteas above the middle of the peduncle, calyx col- 

 oured, flowers in leafy racemes, leaves 4 in a whorllinear. Sot. 

 MaQ. t. 47 1 . — ,S. ; flowering branches and style shorter. Hook. 

 in E. BoL Suppl. t. 2774. 



/3. Boggy ground, on Urrisbe? Mountain, Cunnamara, Ireland, covering 

 a space of at least 2 acres. J. T. Machay, Esq. Fl. April. Tj — In 

 September, 1830, Mr Mackay first communicated to me this important 

 discovery. This var. seems intermediate between the E. Mediterranea 

 of Bot. Mag. and E. carnea. 



5. E,. carnea, L. (Jiesh-coloured Heath) ; anthers without awns 

 and as well as the style much exserted, corolla nearly cylindri- 

 cal, bracteas above the middle of the peduncle, calyx coloured, 

 flowers in leafy racemes, leaves 4 in a whorllinear. — E. herbacea, 

 L — Ctirt. Bot. Mag. t. W. 



Ireland, 8 miles west of Galvvay, Miss Martin. Fl. — T? . — A specimen 

 before me, gathered by Miss Martin in the above-mentioned station, 

 exactly tallies with my continental specimens of E. carnea, and differs 

 strikingly from the Irish E. Mediterranea, in the greater length and more 

 cylindrical form of the corolla, and in the much more exserted stamens. 



6. E. vdgans, L. {Cornish Heath); anthers without awns 

 bifid and as well as the style exserted, corolla campanulate, 

 leaves 3 — 4 in a whorl, flowers axillary crowded. E. Bot. t. 3. 

 — E. multijiora, Huds. {not L.) 



On heaths in Cornwall, abundant. (E. Fl.). The late Eev. J. S. Tozer 

 assured me that it is confined to the serpentine district of Goonnely and 

 Liskeard,near the Lizard, and is thence called "Gootinely" not Cornish 

 Heath ; but Miss Warren of Flushing finds it in a furze croft in Mylor, 

 far from any serpentine ; a parish, as that lady observes, remarkable for 

 being the only one among the 1 1,700 parishes of England, that produces 

 all the known species and varieties of English Heath. Islet on the coast 

 of Waterford, near Tramore, Ireland. Ur Burkett. Fl. July, Aug. T^ . 

 — Well distinguished from all our British Erica by its campanulate, not 

 ovate, corollas. 



7. E. cilidris, L. (ciliated Heath); anthers without awns bifid 

 included, corolla ovate inflated, leaves ovate 4 in a whorl ciliato- 

 glandulose, flowers in terminal unilateral racemes. Hook, in 

 E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2618. 



Boggy ground, Cornwall. Near Truro and Penryn, (on dry ground, 

 Borrer,) frequent, and on the north coast of Cornwall. Near Corfe 

 Castle, Dorset. Fl. June, July. Tj . — Unquestionably the most interest- 

 ing and beautiful addition that has been made to our British Flora for 

 many years. The Jioivers are as large as those of Menziesia ccerulea, 

 and more highly coloured ; while the leaves are elegantly fringed with 

 hairs, and each hair is tipped with a gland. 



