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47. ERICACEiE. 
5. Eki'ca Linn. em. Salisb. Heath. 
* Cm: globose or urceolq,te, stam. included, filamenU filiform 
flattened, stigma peltate. Erica D. Don. 
1. A'. Tet'ralix (L.); ^. 4 in a whorl lanceolate or linear cilia te 
dmrny above and on the tnidrib beneath with revolute edges, fl. 
in an umbellate head, sep. linear downy cUiate, anth. spurred, 
ovary dotvny. — E. B. 1014. — St. branched below and often 
especially about the middle, simple in the upper part, densely 
leafy below, the whorls more distant towards the top and usually 
leaving a leafless space next to the flowers. Tips of young 
shoots green. Young 1. always downy above, old 1. sometimes 
glabrous. Sep. do^vTiy and mealy. Fl. rose-coloured. Style 
usually included. — Q. Watsoni ; cor. ventricose, fl. more or less 
racemose. Sy.E.£.88f^. It may be a hybrid.— Boggy heaths. 
p. Truro, CornwaU. Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
2. E. Mackai'iana (Bab.) : 4 in a whorl ovate cUiate the 
midrib beneath and upiper surface glabrous with revolute edges, 
fl. in an umbellate head, se/j. ovate lanceolate glabrous, anth. 
spurred, ovary glabrous. — E. B. S. 2900. E. Mackaii [" Hook.''] 
Benth. — St. irregularly branched throughout, particularly 
above, densely and equally leafy quite up to the flowers. Tips 
of young shoots pink. L. and sepals quite without down ; 
1. mealy beneath but the midrib bare ; sep. with a small 
portion of meal near the apex beneath, otherwnse quite bare. 
Fl. purplish. Style protruded. — I have seen forms of this 
taken for E. ciliaris. — Very wet moors between Koundstone 
and Clifden, and between Carna and Lough Sheedah, Co. 
Galway. Sh. VIII. IX. Mackay's Heath. I. 
3. E. cine'rea (L.) ; I. 3 in a whorl linear-lanceolate acute 
keeled beneath with a central furroiv glabrous, fl. in dense tvhorled 
racemes, sep. linear -lanceolate smooth acute keeled, anth. 
spurred, ovary glabrous. — E. B. 1015. — St. with many upright 
branches, L. flat above, minutely serrate. Fl. reddish purple. 
—Dry heaths. Sh. VII. VIII. Fine-leaved Heath. E. S. I. 
4. E. ciliaris (L.) ; /. 4 in a whorl ovate ciliate with revolute 
edges,.^. in terminal imt7a<era^racemes,anth.notspurred, mouth 
of the cor. oblique. — E. B. S. 2618. — St. long, straggling, ending 
in a long raceme of large oblong purple flowers and producing 
many short barrenbranches. Style protruded. Ovary glabrous. 
— Sandy heaths. Wareham, Dorset. Edgecome Downs near 
Carclew, Cornwall. Mr More, the author, and others have failed 
to find it near Clifden, Co. Gahvay. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
