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plant not exceeding 6 inclies high. B. K. 115. 

 B. C. 47. 



Erica oppositifolia, flower purple, open, ventricose ; 



height 6 or 7 inches. 

 E. pallens, pill-shaped, yellow flower ; plant nearly a 



foot high. 



E. harhata, with pill-shaped flowers of a white co- 

 lour, and the plant 10 inches high. There are 

 three varieties, E. h. major, minor, and discolor. 

 B. C. 124. A. H. vol. 2. 



E. vernix, roundish greenish flower, and plant nearly 

 2 feet high. There is a variety called E. v. major, 

 full 2 feet high. B.M.I 139. 



April. 



E, mutdbilis, purple ventricose flowers ; plant 

 nearly 6 inches high. B. C. 46. A. H. vol. 3. 



E. acutangula, white flowers ; low plant. 



E. Jinitiana, open purple flowers ; plant nearly a 

 foot high. 



E. gracilis, purple pill-shaped flowers ; plant 10 

 inches high. 



E. prcBcox, purple pill-shaped flowers; plant 8 



inches high. B. C. 244. 

 E. haccans ; flowers round, purple ; plant nearly a 



foot and a half high. B. M. 358. 

 E. aristata ; flowers white, open, ventricose ; plant 



from 12 to 18 inches high. B. M. 1249. B. C. 



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