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ABNORMAL FLOWERS IN ERICA CINEREA LU. 
By A. B. Renpuz, D.Sc., F.R.S. 
of other clumps having been affecte h neral effect was 
pleasing; the branches having the appearance of bearing dark 
rimson flowe The foliage on the branches was normal ) 
about 2-5 mm. long (the sepals of flowers from the same clump 
exceeded 3 mm. in length), narrower than the sepals, especially 
in the lower portion; the margin was minutely ciliate—an indi- 
cation of this is also found on the margin of the sepals for a short 
distance below the apex. Like the sepals, they were concave, 
with a blunt dorsal keel extending to a short distance above the 
base and marked by the thin median line representing the opening 
into the air space lined with thread-like hairs, which is formed by 
the curling back of the leaf-margins. 
At the apex of the bud was a pistil hidden by the tips of the 
leaves immediately below it, but evident on dissection of the bud. 
This was formed of four carpels, and showed various stages of 
