RICA TETRALIX. 



ss-leaved Heath. 



ERICA Linnai Gen. PL Octandria Monogynia. 



Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta» Anther* bifidse. 

 Caps. 4-locularis. 



Rati Syn. Arbores et Frutices. 

 ERICA tetralix foliis quaternis ciliatis, floribus capitatis imbricatis. 

 ERICA tetralix, antheris ariftatis, corollis ovatis, ftylo inclufo, foliis quaternis ciliatis, floribus capitatis, 



Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 302. Fl. Suecic. n. 32*7. 

 ERICA ex rubro nigricans fcoparia. Bauhin Pin. 486» 

 ERICA Brabantica folio Coridis hirfuto quaterno. /. B. 1.-358. 

 ERICA pumila Belgarum Lobelio, fcoparia noftras. Parkin/on. 1482. 

 ERICA major flore purpureo. Gerar d emac. 1382 Rati Syn. p. 471, Low Dutch Heath or Befome Heath* 



Hudfion FL Angl. p. 144. Oeder PL. Ban. icon. 81. 



CAULES fruticofi, dodrantales ant pedales, ramofi, | STALKS fhrubby, about nine or twelve inches high, 



fufci, fcabriufculi ex relictamentis foliorum. | branched, roughiih from the remains of the 



t leaves which have fallen off. 

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FOLIA quaterna, ovato-linearia, patentia, prope flores $ LEAVES growing by fours, of an oval-linear fhape, 



cauli adpreffa,, marginibus infiexis, ciliatis, ciliis t fpreading, near the flowers prefled clofe to the 



glandula terminatis, fuperficie fuperiore plana, | ftalk, the edges turned in and ciliated or hairy, 



inferiore concava. % each of the hairs terminating in a fmall round 



| globule, the upper furface flat, the inferior 



I furface concave. 



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FLORES fecundi, imbricati, in capitulum congefti, | FLOWERS hanging down one over another all one 



3: way, forming a little head, of a pale red colour. 



carnei. 



CALYX : Perianthium hexaphyllum, foliolis hirfu- 

 tis, duo inferiora ovato-lanceolata, caetera li- 

 -nearia,^-. 2. 



COROLLA ovata, monopetala, ore quadrifido, laciniis 

 reflexis, fig. 3. 



STAMINA: Filamenta oclo, fubulata, alba, corolla 

 breviora, receptaculo inferta ; Antherje fagit- 

 tatae, conniventes, purpureas, biforaminofae, 

 bicornes, fig. 4, 5, 6. 



PISTILLUM : Germen cylindraceum, fubfulcatum, 

 villofum, glandula ad baiin cin£tum, fig. 7, 8 ; 

 Stylus filiformis, purpurafcens, fig. 9; Stig- 

 ma, obtufum, fig. 10. 



CALYX : a Perianthium of fix leaves, the leaves 

 hairy, the two lowermoft of an oval-pointed 

 fhape, the reft linear, fig. 2. 



COROLLA oval, monopetalous, the mouth divided into 

 four fegments, which turn back, fig. 3. 



STAMINA: eight Filaments, tapering, white, fhor- 

 ter than the Corolla, inferted into the recepta- 

 cle ; Antherje arrow-fhaped, clofing together, 

 purple, having two apertures for the difcharge 

 of the Pollen, and two little horns, fig. 4, 5. 6. 



PISTILLUM: Germen cylindrical, flightly grooved, 

 villous, furrounded at bottom by a gland, 

 fig. 7, 8 ; Style filiform, purplifh, fig. 9, 

 Stigma blunt, fig. 10. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula fubrotunda, villofa, apice I SEED-VESSEL: a roundifh Capsule covered with a 

 truncata, quadrivalvis, /g. 11, 12. $ kind of down, cut off as it were at top, hav- 



I ing four valves,^. 11, 12. 



SEMINA plurima, minuta, flavefcentia, fig. 13, 14. ¥ SEEDS numerous, minute, and yellowifti, fig. 13, 14. 



THIS fpecies of Heath, though not applicable to fuch a variety of ufes as fome of the ethers, is not in- 

 ferior to any of them in the beauty and delicacy of its flowers, which in general are of a pale red colour, 

 but fometimes they occur entirely white. 



It is obvioufly enough diftinguifhed from the reft, not only by its flowers growing in a kind of pendulous 

 clufter on the tops of the ftalks, but by its leaves alfo, which growing by fours on the ftalk, form a kind of 

 erofs ; thefe are edged with little ftiff hairs, each of which has a fmall globule at its extremity. 



At the latter end of the Summer it contributes its fhare with the others to decorate and enliven thofe large 

 tracts of barren land which too often meet the eye in many parts of this kingdom. 



It delights to grow in a moifter fituation than fome of the others, and will thrive well enough in gardens, 

 if taken up either in Spring or Autumn with a quantity of earth about its roots: this is neceflary, as the 

 Heaths in general bear transplanting ill. 



