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ERICA filamentosa. 
Long-peduncled Heath. 
©CTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
ERICA. 
1. (Germ. superum.) Cai. 4-partitus, interdim duplicatus. 
Cor, (persistens) campanulata, swpé ventricosa, 4-fida. Anth, bicornes 
aut emarginate, exsertm aut latentes (anté anthesin per foramina 2 an- 
nexe. Dr.) Stig. sub-4-lobum. Caps. 4-(8-) loc., 4-(8-) valv., calyce 
cincta, 
Suffrutices : 
fol. minuta, opposita aut verticillata aut sparsa; flores 
aut axillares aut terminales, varie dispositi. Jussieu. gen. 160. 
a re ET 
Div. V. Breviflorz, Corolle longitudine quartam unciz partem su- 
perantes, nec semuncid longiores: Tubus calyce longior. ' Dryander. 
mm Hort. Kew. ed. 9. 9. 390. eeihe 
Subdio. V.D. Corolle cylindric, vel superné dilatate. Id. loc. cit. 
396. 
E. Jilamentosa, floribus axillaribus, foliolis cal 
Hore longioribus. Iuem oc. cit. 398. 
“rica filamentosa. Andyews’s heaths. vol. 2. 
Caulis remot? prolifer: vami_divaricato-assurgentes, Joliis capillati densis, 
arrectis, Jiliformibus, acutis, villosutis, alba lined in dorso = petiolis mem- 
ranaceis sesquilinearibus elasticis. Inflor. numerosa, pedunculata, verticillaté 
axillaris in foliis aliquantim apicis inferioribus : pedunc. flore 4-lineari lon- 
bores, rubri, flexiles, filiformes, instructi bracteis 2 oppositis a calyce re- 
motis, cum alterd infertore. Cal, herbaceus, corolla duplo brevior, Segmentis 
subulatis, rubro-ciliatis. Cor. cyathoudi-cylindrica, roseo-pallescens, lacinulis 
revibus, rotundatis, patulis. Stam. ab und tertia parte inclusa: fil. alba 
aniculo inflexo, brunneo + anth. mutice, brunnee, conniventes. Germ. latd 
turbinatum, striatum, areola plana hirsuta ampliori coronatum : stig. inclu- 
sum, quadrangulo-capitatum. 
The arrangement of this perplexing and extensive genus 
by Mr. Dryander, in the late edition of the Hortus Kewensis, 
appears to us a display of as much acute discrimination 
and distinct definition as has been ever made within equal 
Scope. It is a model, and we suspect will not soon be 
equalled. 
ycinis subulatis, pedunculis 
The specimens we have seen of Extca Jilamentosa have 
not exceeded two feet; with branches in two distant whorls, 
Converging into a kind of corymb. Its slender capillary 
foliage standing on narrow membraneous petioles, is set 
simultaneously into a very peculiar vibratory motion by the 
slightest impulse. The plant flowers in all seasons of the 
year, Introduced from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr, 
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