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ERICA -ardens. 
Sealing-wax Heath. 
. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. } 
Nat. ord. Ericm (nuperids Ericex.) Jussieu gen. 159. 
Dio. [.  Germen superum. 
ERICA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 6. 
Dic. V, Breviflore. Corolle longitudine quartam uncia partem su- 
perantes, nec. semuncia longiores; Tubus calyce longior. Dryander 
in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 390. : 
Subdiv. 4. Corolle tubus subglobosus. Anthere cristate in omnibus 
‘ praeter odoratam. Id. loc. cit. ek 
E. ardens, bracteis dyuabus calyci proximis; tertia remota, 
loc. cit. 
Erica ardens. Andrews’s heaths. vol. 2. j 
Fruticulus dumosus humilis elastico-rigens. Folia terna, decussato-sex- 
JSaria, confertiuscula, nec densa, seniora saturaté viridia divaricato-recurva, 
juniora pruinato-opaca imbricato-erecta, cuncta petiolata, crassa, ' rigida, 
+ partem uncie longa, lanceolato-linearia, a supino planiuscula, subcanalicu~ 
lata, glabra, marginata cartilagine tenuissima subtilitér serrulata, ord exind& 
reflexa introrsim declivt discum argenteo-candicantem dorsi circumsepiente + 
petiolus erectus, ligulatus, firmus, basi gibbosus, 3-4-nlo brevior. Flores 
terminales ramulorum brevium lateralium ramos inferits ambientium, subterno« 
ageregali, cernul, miniato-coccinet, visco tenaci splendente inuncti: pedunculi 
1-flori, corolla subsesquilongiores v. magis, Jiliformes, firmi; reflexi, rubi- 
cundi, pruinost: bractex foliis subconformes sed .colorati & minores. Cal. 
aia brevior corolla, coloratus, foliolis subbracteeformi-ovatis. Cor. 
cernua, urceolato-ovata, brevi collo parim arctata, ore ampliusculo aperta ; 
limbus brevis, erectus, laciniis rotundatis, transverstm latioribus. Stam. in- 
clusa ; fil. ligulato-linearia, attenuata, complanata, alba, intra ventrem corolla 
repressa cum flexura anfractuosd; anth. ferruginea, cristate.. Germ. oblato- 
rotundum, depressum, virens, ears 8-torosum, basi annulo glanduloso 
viridi 8-punctato cinctum. Stylus basi bulbosus, teres, robustus, erectus, albi- 
dus, cequans corollam: stigma nigricans, obtusum, obsolete 4-fidum. 
Dryander 
A eae tee ee ay nap ay 
A species now pretty common in the collections round 
London, where it blossoms towards the end of March. Its 
source, as well as of the’ far greater part of its numerous 
ornamental congeners, is the Cape of Good Hope. Intro- 
duced by Mr. William Rolliston in 1800. 
A dwarf bushy elastic shrub. Leaves in threes, decus- 
sated, six-ranked, near, not close, older ones of a dark 
deep green colour, outstretched and recurved, younger ones 
-imbricated, frosted; the whole petioled, hard, somewhat 
