THE GROSS-LEAVED HEATH 



ERICA TETRALIX 



THE Heath — the rosy carpet of the moor, the 

 radiant garment of the mountain — seems to 

 suggest legend and story, and yet legend and story 

 in connection with it are singularly lacking. Fairies 



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a b o c 



a, sepals, b, petals, c, stamen, c', stamens enlarged, d, ovary, 

 style, stigma. 



and elves should surely be closely aUied with it, 



and yet, barring a sort of superstitious feeUng that 



there is such a relationship, no tangible foundation 



for it can be found in fairy-lore. That the feeling 



should be so strong and the basis for it so slight is 



rather remarkable. And yet, perhaps , the explana- 



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