200 ERicACE.i;. [Erica. 



Order XLV. EEICACE^. 



" Calyx 4 — 5 parted, persistent. Corolla monopetalous, 4 — 5 

 parted, usually regular and marcescent. Stamens 8 — 10. An- 

 thers 2-celled, opening by pores and often appendaged. Ovary 

 surrounded by a disk or scales, free or adhering to the corolla. 

 Fruit capsular or baccate, with several cells, many-seeded." — Bab. 

 Man. 



Tribe I. Ericeje. 



"Fruit capsular, dry. Anthers 2-celled. Disk hypogynom. 

 Testa close." — Bab. Man. 



I. Erica, Linn. Heath. 



" Calyx of 4 leaves. Corolla campanulate or ovate, often ven- 

 tricose, marcescent. Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved, loculicidal, dis- 

 sepiments adhering to the middle of the valves." — Br. Fl. 



1. E. cinerea, L. Fine-lcavcd Heath. " Anthers with 2 ser- 

 rated appendages at the base included, stjde a little exserted, 

 corolla ovate, leaves ternate linear keeled acute glabrous shining, 

 flowers in dense whorled racemes, ovary glabrous." — Br. Fl. p. 

 256. E. B. t. 1015. 



;8. Flowers vvliite. 



On heaths, commons and moors, also in dry barren woods and sterile gravelly 

 or sandy pastures ; most abundantly. -F/. June — September. Tp. 



/3. Here and there by accident. Heath near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Pulle- 

 ney in Bot. Guide. 



Capsules very small, purple and glabrous, subglobose and obscurely quadran- 

 gular, with 4 or 8 furrows, flatlened at top. Seeds several, of an irregularly 

 oblong or ovate figure, more or less terete, angular or pointed, for the most part 

 purple, but often redilish or yellowish (abortive?), punctate or reticulate all over* 



2. E. Tetralix, L. Cross-leaved Heath. "Anthers with 2 

 acute awns at the base included, corolla ovate as long as the style, 

 leaves 4 in a whorl linear revolute at the margin ciliated, flowers 

 umbellate-capitate, pedicels hoary, ovary pubescent." — Br. Fl. p. 

 255. F. B. t. 1014. 



/3. Flowers pure white. 



On damp heaths, wet moory ground, and in bogs ; frequent. FL June — Au- 

 gust. Tj . 



On Bleak down, in plenty. Abundant in the wettest bog on the moors around 

 the Wilderness. Briddlesfurd heath. 



|6. Occasionally. I have gathered it on Bleak down, at Blackgang, and about 

 the Wilderness. Not uncommon at Briddlesford heath. Isle of Wight, PuUeney 

 in Bot. Guide. 



* The meshes appear under a moderate magnifier as simple depressions, but 

 under lenses of a higher power are seen to form a real network. 



