ERICA ANDROMEDAFLORA. 
ANDROMEDA-FLOWERED HEATH. 
EXOGENA;, DICOTYLEDONEA- 
mets f Natural division }\Vy- W 
to which 
this plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ERICACE, 
CALYCIFLORE f sor eae divisions OCTANDRIA, 
OF i o whic MONOGYNIA 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant belongs. 
No. 132. 
GENUS. Erica. Linnzus. Caryx equalis, profunde quadrifidus vel sepius 
quadripartitus. CoROLLA tubulosa, hypocrateriformis, urceolata, c ola 
ta. ie ise ves libe THE cela: ales eh 
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vel mutice. Ovartum quadriloculare vel rarius veda, loculis plari. 
ovulatis, Stigma capitatum vel rarius dilatato-peltatum, integrum vel quadri- 
fidu Capsvta quadrilocularis, rarius sececeape ee loculicide dehiscens. 
Semrna in loculis plurima, placentis axilibus. Froetices Europei vel maxim 
parte Austro-Africani. Fora ve cs rarius sparsa. Prprcexu uniflori, 
axillares vel terminales, bi-tri-bracte 
SPECIES. Erica anDROMEDAFLORA. ANDREWS, Forts ternis subincur- 
vopatentibus eae acutissimis salon: puberulis, floribus ad apices ramulo- 
rum brevissimorum vel in axillis superioribus solitariis ad ternis, secus ramos 
subracemosis, bracteis remotis pa rvis, sepalis ovatis sublanceolatisve apice car- 
inatis coloratis, corolla ovato-urceolata rome longiore, limbo glabro subpa- 
tente, antheris cristatis, ovario sessili glabro 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, a Cayx deeply four-cleft, 
or more frequently divided into fou distinct sepals of equal size. Cor 
OLLA tubular, salver-shaped, pitcher-shaped, bell-shaped or étobited® 
with a short four-cleft limb, which is erect, recurved, rolled back or 
spreading. Stamens eight, rarely six or seven, inserted under a hy- 
pogynous disk, which is frequently glandular. FiLaments free or 
slightly monadelphous. ANTHERS terminal or lateral, with or with- 
out two subulate or crest-shaped appendages at the insertion of 
the filaments. Ovary four-celled, rarely eight-celled, each cell with 
many ovules. Sry te filiform. Stigma capitate or sometimes broad 
and peltate, entire or four-lobed. CapsuLe four-celled, rer eight- 
vei A ge through the middle of the cells into as many valves. 
SEE umerous in each cell, attached to central placente. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, ERICA ANDROMEDEFLORA. STEM 
erect, branching, growing in its native country to the height of about 
three feet. Leaves three in a whorl, loosely erect or spreading, some- 
what incurved, linear, stiff and very sharp in general, but almost blunt 
in the variety here figured, flat above, convex, with a longitudinal fur- 
row underneath, smooth in the present specimen, but more frequently 
