CALLU'NA VULGARIS. flore pleno. 
DOUBLE-FLOWERED LING. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ERICEA5. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
Britain. 
2 feet. 
June, Aug. 
Perennial. 
Heaths. 
No. 266. 
From the Greek k A llu no ; which Mr. Salisbury, 
by whom it was adopted, interprets to cleanse, thus 
its suitableness is readily discernible, brooms being 
made of the branches. The common signification 
of the word kalluno, is, to adorn: this may be 
considered equally suitable. Vulgaris, common. 
Ling is derived, by Dr. Johnson, from the German 
klein, signifying little. 
This plant was the Erica vulgaris of Linneus, and 
of all subsequent botanists, till its peculiar capsule 
and calyx were pointed out by Salisbury. Its dif- 
ference, in this particular, has rendered a division 
of the genus Erica indispensable; and though this 
plant has always been considered the original Erica, 
and consequently possessing the strongest claim to 
the well-known title ; still as no other species has 
been found to accord with it, less inconvenience arises 
by ceding that claim to the extensive tribe, whilst 
our present plant stands alone, a new genus. An 
alteration in the name of a plant may sometimes 
incroaoh on associations that are held dear to the 
memory ; but fortunately for their admirers, it cannot 
destroy a single streak of their beauty. 
