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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
flowers. The name of Menziesia was given to this genus in honour of the late Mr. Menzies, an excellent 
botanist and a truly estimable man, who died lately at a very advanced age, having made the circuit of the 
world with Vancouver (the immediate successor of Captain Cook) in the year 1791. 
1.—THE SCOTTISH MENZIESIA. (Menziesia cierulea, Swartz.) 
Synonymes. — Andromeda carulea, Lin.; A. taxifolia, Pall.; Specific Character. — Leaves linear, obtuse, 
Erica caerulea, Willd. 
Engravings.-—E ng. Bot., t. 2469 ; 2nd ed., t. 555. 
teeth. Flower-stalks terminal, aggregate, simple, 
decandrous. (Smith.) 
with cartilaginous 
Flowers five-cleft, 
Description, &c. —This very elegant little plant is only found occasionally in Great Britain, on heathy 
moors in the northwest of Scotland, though it is common in North America. The flowers are large, and very 
handsome, but they are purple rather than blue. They appear in June and July. 
2.— THE IRISH MENZIESIA, OR ST. DABEOC’S HEATH. (Menziesia polifolia, Smith.) 
Synonymes. —M. Dabeoci, D. Don.; Andromeda Dabeocia, Lin.; 
Erica Dabeoci, Lin.; Yaccinium cantabricum, Hudson. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 35 ; 2nd ed., t. 556 ; and our fig. 4, 
in PI. 44. 
Specific Character.— Leaves ovate, revolute; downy and white 
beneath. Flowers four-cleft, octandrous, in terminal leafy clusters. 
(Smith.) 
Description, &c.—A beautiful little shrub, with pink flowers, which is found in great abundance on the 
mountains in the west of Ireland. There is a variety with white flowers. The flowers begin to appear in July, 
and they continue till autumn. 
GENUS VI. 
THE HEATH. (Erica, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx four-parted. Corolla campanulate, often veDtricose, five-toothed. Stamens eight. Capsule with from four 
to eight cells, and the same number of valves. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —This genus is said to contain more than five hundred species, most of which are natives 
of southern Africa ; all the species, both in the northern and southern hemispheres, are, however, always found 
to the east. The name of Erica is derived from a Greek word signifying to break, because the plant was 
formerly supposed to be efficacious in curing the stone. The genus is placed in the Linnman class and order 
Octandria Monogynia, from its eight stamens and its single style. 
1.—THE CROSS-LEAVED HEATH. (Erica Tetralix, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1014 ; 2nd ed., t. 557 ; and our fig. 5, in PI. 44. 
Specific Character _Anthers horned. Style nearly concealed. Corolla ovate. Leaves fringed, four in a whorl. Flowers in round tufts. (Smith.) 
Description, &c.— This is, perhaps, the most common of all our native heaths, and it is certainly the most 
beautiful. It is found abundantly on moist moors in every part of Great Britain; and it produces its beautiful 
wax-like flowers during all the summer, and even till late in autumn. 
