Octandria . 
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leaves in the whorl ; flowers capitate. In moist moor- 
lands. 
Er. Cinerea , Fine-leaved Heath ; with ternate leaves ; 
also common in moorlands. 
The three species now described are natives of every 
part of Britain. 
Er. Vagans, Cornish Heath, is common in Cornwall | 
and Er. Dabcecii, Irish Heath, is a native of Ireland. 
But of this beautiful tribe of plants, nearly 300 species, 
chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and many of 
them pre-eminent for the elegance of their form, and 
the beauty of their flowers, are cultivated in this country. 
Daphne. Gen. char.- — Cal. four- cleft, having the 
appearance of a corolla inclosing the stamen; berry one- 
seeded. 
Daph. Mezerenm, Mezereon, or Spurge Olive ; with 
sessile, ternate flowers on the stem ; leaves lanceolate, 
deciduous. In woods in England, and common in gar- 
dens, where it is well known by the expansion of its 
fine red flowers before the leaves. 
Daph. LaghettOf Lace-bark Tree ; is a native of Ja- 
maica, and grows to the height of 20 feet on rocky 
hills ; but it is remarkable for the thickness of its bark, 
which is divisible into 20 or 30 thin layers as fine and 
white as gauze or lace, from which it has derived its 
name. Caps and ruffles, it is said, have been made of 
it ; and a governor of Jamaica presented Charles II, 
with a cravat of the bark of this tree. 
Order. II. Digynia. 
Mqehrin gi a. Muscosa, Mountain C hick w e e d , — C a 1 , 
