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OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Erica. 
Cornish or Double-tipped Heath. (E. multiflora. Huds. E.) E . didyma. 
With. Ed. ii. Heaths. (The magnesian soil of the serpentine formation 
is thought to be peculiarly congenial to the production of this plant. 
Guide. E.) Goonhelly Downs, Helston and the Lizard Point, Cornwall, 
(in profusion, E.) Ray. Near Pendarves, on the road from Camborn to 
Hoyle, in the low grounds between Tregothan and Connor Downs. Mr. 
Stackhouse. (Heath between Axminster and Lyme. Miss Webster, in 
Bot. Guide. Near Newton, Glamorganshire. Evans. E.) 
P. June—Aug. 
E. tetra'lix. (Anthers with two awns at the base: style nearly 
concealed: bloss. ovate: leaves fringed, four in a whorl, ciliate: 
flowers capitate. E.) 
Dicks. II. S. — Curt. —(E. Bot. 1014. E.)— FI. Dan. 81. 
( Stems branched, woody, erect, six to twelve inches high. Calyx fringed 
and furnished with two leaves or bracteas at its base. Anthers concealed, 
egg-shaped, spurred. Stigma globular. E. Bot. E.) Leaves sometimes 
five in a whorl. Blossom large, pendent, pointing one way, from pale rose 
red to quite white. (Fringes of the leaves tipped with globules. Purt. 
E.) 
Cross-leaved Heath. (Welsh: Grug croesddeiliog. E.) Moist heaths, 
Norfolk. Mr. Woodward. Hartlebury Common, Worcestershire. Mr. 
Ballard. Heaths and bogs near Manchester. Mr. Caley. (Childwall 
and Woolton Commons, near Liverpool. Dr. Bostock. Studley Common, 
Warwickshire. Astwood, Worcestershire; and with white flowers on 
Coleshill Heath. Purton. Anglesey, with other species, and not uncom¬ 
monly with white blossoms. Welsh Bot. Pentland Hills. Greville. E.) 
P. July.* 
E. cine're a. (Anthers with two serrated appendages at the base: 
leaves three in a whorl: style somewhat exserted : stigma capi¬ 
tate : bloss. ovate: branches hoary. E.) 
Curt. —(E. Bot. 1015. E.)— FI. Dan. 38— Walc.—Clus. i. 43. 2— Lob. Obs. 
620. 1—Ger. Em. 1382. 7—Park. 1483. S—Ger. 1198. 7. 
( Stems bushy, a foot high or more, woody. Leaves fleshy, strap-spear¬ 
shaped, flat above, with a dorsal furrow. Blossoms bluish purple, in 
long, clustered, drooping racemes, membranous and enduring. Style 
crimson. The crest-like appendage to the anthers would alone distin¬ 
guish this species. E.) 
(As others of its family, occasionally found with white blossoms; in War¬ 
wickshire. Purton. E.) 
Fine-leaved Heath. (Welsh: Grug lledlwyd. Gaelic: Fraoch-badain. 
E.) Dry heaths and groves. Heaths near Yarmouth. Mr. Woodward. 
In Staffordshire and the north of Worcestershire. Stokes. (Childwall 
and Woolton Commons, and Knot’s-hole, near Liverpool, as common as 
E. vulgaris. Dr. Bostock. Pentland Hills. Greville. E.) 
S. June—Aug.t 
* (A handsome hardy little plant, flowering twice in the year, and worthy of rock cul¬ 
ture. £.) 
'j' (Used for various purposes as the former species. Grouse and ptarmigan feed on the 
tops. E.) 
