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ERICA CARNEA. 
NAT. CLASS, — DICOTYLEDONES; ORDER,—ERICACEÆ. ART. CLASS, 
OCTANDRIA ; ORDER,—MONOGYNIA. 
A humble evergreen trailiug shrub, native of the 
south of Europe, and, independently of its natural 
heauty, a great acquisition to the flower-border, from 
its flowering very early in the year. The buds, indeed, 
are developed in the Autumn ; and, after remaining of 
a green colour through the winter, turn pink, and 
expand on the first approach of Spring. The leaves 
are linear, ternate or quaternate. Several pedicellate 
flowers proceed from the axils of the leaves, and are 
particularly crowded towards the ends of the branches, 
and generally incline towards one side. The calyx has 
four lanceolate persistent sepals, about half the length 
of the corolla. The corolla is monopetalous, conical, 
with fourteeth. The stamens are eight, hypogynous, 
with brownish purple anthers, which are exserted be- 
