ERI'CA CILIA'RIS. 
CILIATED HEATH. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ERICE R. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
England. 
1 foot. 
July, Sept. 
Perennial . 
Heaths. 
No. 494. 
The name is derived from ereico, to break, in 
allusion to the fragility of the plant, or its medicinal 
virtues. Ciliaris, from the Latin, cilium, the hairs 
of the eyelid. The edges of the leaves being fur- 
nished with little hairs, are, botanically, said to be 
ciliate, hence the specific name. In addition to its 
ciliate character, on examination, it will be found 
that each little hair is tipped with a gland. 
This is a beautiful species of heath, long known 
as a native of the south of Europe, but recognized 
only a few years ago, as belonging to the English 
flora. That a plant like the Erica ciliaris, should 
so long have escaped the observation of the scien- 
tific, and be registered a recent discovery on the 
heaths of Cornwall, is very encouraging to English 
botanists. Every searcher through glens and vales, 
may still hope to find a new and unthought-of trea- 
sure — may still hope to add another flower to Bri- 
tain’s nosegay. 
The Erica ciliaris should be planted in sandy 
peat; or in leaf-mould, mixed with a little sandy 
loam. A warm and sheltered situation will be found 
most conducive to its luxuriance 
Don’s Syst. Bot. v. 3, 798. 
