Erica cinerea. Fine leaved Heath. 



ERICA Linnai Gen. PL OctAndria Monogynia. 



Cah 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. Anthera bifida?. 

 Caps. 4-locularis. 



Rail Sym Arbores et Frutices. 

 ERICA cinerea foliis ternis glabris linearibus. 

 ERICA cinerea Antheris criftatis, Corollis ovati9, Stylo fubexerto, foliis ternis, Stigmatc capitato. 



hinnai Syjl. Vegetal* p. 303. 

 ERICA humilis, cortice cinereo Arbuti flore. Bauhin p. 486. 

 ERICA virgata live VI Clufii. Parkin/on 1 483. 

 ERICA tenuifolia Gerard emac. 1380. Rail Syn. p. 471, Fine leaved Heath. Hudfon Fl. Anglp. 144. 



Oeder Dan. icon. 38. 



RADIX perennis, lignofa. | ROOT perennial and woody. 



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CAULES fuffruticofi, pedales, lignofi, cortice cinereo, ? STALKS fhrubby, about a foot high, woody; the 



ramofi, ramis oppofitis. | Dar k of an am colour, branched ; the branches 



y oppofite. 

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FOLIA terna, linearia, patentia, fupra glabra, nitida, | LEAVES growing three together, linear, fpreading, 



tranfverfim rugofa, infra canaliculate, faturate % above fmoothandihining, tran verily wrinkled ; 



viridia, fig. 1, 2. I below hollow, of deep green colour, /g. 1,2. 



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FLORES faturate purpurei, tadu fonori, fpicati, fpicis | FLOWERS of a deep ^ purple colour, fonorous when 



longis, verticillato-glomerati, terminalibus. | touched, growing in long, cluttered, whirled 



% fpik.es, which are terminal. 

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CALYX Perianthium tetraphyllnm, foliolis lanceo- f CALYX: a Peri anthium of four leaves, of a pointed 



latis, acuminatis, margine membranaceis, co- | oval fhape, membranous at the edge, coloured, 



loratis, perfiftentibus, foliolis duobus acutis | continuing, with two pointed and much fmaller 



et mu'lto minoribus ad bafin, fig. 3, 5. % leaves at the bottom of them, fig. 3, 5. 



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COROLLA monopetala, ovata, ore quadrifido, laciniis | COROLLA of one Petal, oval, the mouth divided 



obtufis, fepe emortuis, perfiftens, fig. 4. into four fegments, which often occur wither- 



| ed, continuing,^. 4. 

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STAMINA: Filament a odlo, fubulata, alba, Corolla | STAMINA: eight Filaments, tapermg, white, fhor- 



breviora, receptaculo inferta ; Anthers fub- | ter than the Corolla, inferted into the Recep- 



fagittatse cohserentes, biloculares, bicornes,' % tacle : Antherte fomewhat arrow fhaped, 



cornibus laciniatis, ad bafin rubris, biforami- | adhering together, with two_ cavities^ open 



nofe fig. 6, 7. % at t0 P> anc * two ntt ^ e horns which are jagged 



% and red at bottom, fig. 6, 7. 



PISTILLUM : Germen cylindraceum, fulcatum ; % PISTILLUM : Germen cylindrical, grooved : Style 



Stylus fubulatus, purpureus, Corolla inclu- | tapering, purple, inclofed within the Corolla, 



fus, Staminibus longior ; Stigma fubrotundum | but longer than the Stamina : Stigma roundifh, 



fig! %, 9, 10. I fig- 8 > 9> IO - 



PERICARPIUM Capsula fubrotunda, quadrilocula- % SEED-VESSEL a roundifh Capfule of four cavities and 



ris, quadrivalvis. | four valves. 



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SEMINA plura, fubovata, fuperficie reticulata, Tetra- | SEEDS feveral, of an oval fhape, the furface reticulated, 



licis quadruplo majora. | four times larger than thole of the crofs leaved 



« Lbath. 



THIS fpecies of Heath, which produceth the moil; fhowy flowers, grows generally with the crofis-kaved and 

 common Heath ; and flowers in July and Auguft. 



As it grows to a pretty confiderable height, it is applicable to the fame ufes as the common Heath. 



It is diftinguifhed from the crofis-leaved Heath, by the finenefs, fmoothnefs and deep green colour of its leaves ; 

 its 'flowers alio grow more in fpikes, and are of a deeper purple colour. 





