ERUCA COCCIN’EA. 
Var, echiiflora. 
ECHIUM-FLOWERED SCARLET HEATH. 
EXOGEN, oR DICOTYLEDONE@&. 
Natural division 
to which Y oy Ses 
this Plant belongs. cud 
NATURAL ORDER, ERICACE, 
(Gy * Artificial divisions Spe wid OCTANDRIA, 
to which oo tcmease 
} this Plant belongs, ve LINNEUS. 
No. 162. 
GENUS. Erica. Linnezvs. Catyx equalis profunde quadrifidus vel 
sepius quadripartitus. Cororra tubulosa hypocrateriformis urceolata cam- 
panulata vel globosa, limbo brevi quadrifido erecto recurvo revoluto vel stellato 
atente. Stamina octo rarius sex vel septem sub disco Ey piase sepe gland- 
uloso inserta. FiramMe NTA libera vel rarissime submonadel pha. ANTHERS ter: 
erent ses laterales a 
isv vel mutice. Ovarrum <oatiaien vel rarius octoloculare 
fouls harigrabete Stiema capitatam vel rarius Britto: gereinn, ig es 
vel quadrifidum. CapsuLa q 
cens, Semrtna in loculis plurima, placentis axilibus. Frotices Europe vel 
maxima parte Austro-Africani. Fora oe rarius sparsa. PEDICELLI 
uniflori axillares vel terminales bi-tribracteat 
SPE CIES. inal: COCCINEA; V8r, BCHIIFLORS. Pha sa Seaee Sees pare 
CALYCIFLORE, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE, 
spicatis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis obtuse acuminatis viscido. puberulis margine 
glanduloso-ciliatis subnudisve, corollis clavato-tubulosis subincurvis leviter 
costatis viscidulis sabiietatls ealyce vix triplo longioribus, fauce subcon- 
tracta, antheris inclusis mutieis, ovario villoso. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Erica. Catyx deeply four-cleft, 
or more frequently divided into four distinct sepals of equal size. Cor- 
o.ta tubular, salver-shaped, pitcher-shaped, bell-shaped or globular, 
with a short 4-cleft limb which is erect, recurved, rolled back or spead- 
ing. Stamens eight, rarely six or seven, inserted under a hypogy- 
nous disk which is frequently glandular. Fir_LaMenrs free or slightly 
monadelphous. ANTHERS terminal or lateral, with or without two 
subulate, or crest-shaped appendages at the insertion of the filaments. 
Ovary, four-celled, rarely eight-celled, each cell with many ovules. 
Styte filiform. Stiema capitate, or sometimes broad and peltate, 
entire, or four-lobed. Capsvte four, rarely eight-celled, splitting 
through the middle of the cells into as many valves. SEEDS numerous 
in each cell, attached to central placente. 
DescripTION OF THE Species Erica coccinea, ECHIUM FLOW- 
ERED VARIETY. STEM erect, with long twiggy branches, covered 
with a very short whitish down. Leaves spreading, usually six in a 
