Erica 
TETRALIX. 
Gross-leaved Heath. 
ERICA Llnneei Gen. PI. Qctandria Monogynia. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. Anther a: bifida*. 
Caps. 4-locularis. 
Rail Syn. Areores et Frutices. 
ERICA ietralix foliis quaternis ciliatis, floribus capitatis imbricatis. 
ERICA ietralix , antheris ariftatis, corollis ovatis, ftylo inclufo, foliis quaternis ciliatis, floribus capitatis. 
Linn. Syf. Vegetab. p. 302. FI. Suecic. n. 337. 
ERICA ex rubro nigricans fcoparia. Bauhin Pin. 486. 
ERICA Brabantica folio Coridis hirfuto quaterno. I. B. 1. 358. 
ERICA pumila Belgarum Lobelio, fcoparia noftras. Parkinfon. 1482. 
ERICA major flore purpureo. Gerard emac. 1382 Rail Syn. p. 471, Low Dutch Heath or Befome Heath. 
Hudfon FI. Angl. p. 144. Oeder FI. Dan. icon. 81. 
CAULES fruticofi, dodrantales aut pedales, ramofi, | 
fufci, fcabriufculi ex reli&amentis foliorum. | 
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FOLIA quaterna , ovato-linearia, patentia, prope flores y 
cauli adprefla, marginibus inflexis, ciliatis, ciliis | 
glandula terminatis, fuperficie fuperiore plana, | 
inferiore concava. $ 
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FLORES fecundi, imbricati, in capitulum congefti, | 
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CALYX: Perianthium hexaphyllum, foliolis hirfu- | 
tis, duo inferiora ovato-lanceolata, ceetera li- % 
nearia, fg. 2. | 
COROLLA ovata, monopetala, ore quadrifido, laciniis f 
reflexis, fg. 3. | 
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STAMINA: Filamenta o£to, fubulata, alba, corolla | 
breviora, receptaculo inferta ; Anthers fagit- | 
tata;, conniventes, purpurea;, biforaminofa;, ? 
bicornes, fg. 4, 5, 6. | 
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PISTILLUM : Germen cylindraceum, fubfulcatum, | 
villofum, glandula ad bafin cin&um, fg. 7, 8 ; f 
Stylus filiformis, purpurafcens,^. 9 ; Stig- | 
ma, obtufum* fg. 10. 4 
PERICARPIUM: Capsula fubrotunda, villofa, apice | 
truncata, quadrivalvis, fg. 1 1 , 1 2. ¥ 
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SEMINA plurima, minuta, flavefcentia, fg. 13, 14. i 
STALKS fhrubby, about nine or twelve inches high, 
branched, roughilh from the remains of the 
leaves which have fallen off. 
LEAVES growing by fours, of an oval-linear ftiape, 
fpreading, near the flowers prefled clofe to the 
ftaik, the edges turned in and ciliated or hairy , 
each of the hairs terminating in a fmall round 
globule, the upper furface flat, the inferior 
furface concave. 
FLOWERS hanging down one over another all one 
way, forming a little head, of a pale red colour. 
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, fg. 3. 
STAMINA: eight Filaments, tapering, white, ftior- 
ter than the Corolla, inferted into the recepta- 
cle; An therje arrow- fhaped, doling together, 
purple, having two apertures for the discharge 
of the Pollen, and two little horns, fg. 4, 5. 6. 
PISTILLUM : Germen cylindrical, {lightly grooved, 
villous, furrounded at bottom by a gland, 
fg. 7, 8 ; Style filiform, purplilh, fig. 9. 
Stigma blunt, fg. 10. 
SEED-VESSEL : a roundilh Capsule covered with a 
kind of down, cut off - as it were at top, hav- 
ing four valves, fg. 11, 12. 
SEEDS numerous, minute, and yellowilh, fg. 13, 14. 
THIS fpecies of Heath, though not applicable to fuch a variety of ufes as fome of the others, 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 
duller on the tops of the ftalks, but by its leaves alfo, which growing by fours on the ftaik, form a kind of 
crofs ; 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 lhare with the others to decorate and enliven thofe large 
tradls 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 traniplanting ill. 
