. Flowers of the field. Botany. HEATH FAMILY 307 small flowers : calyx of 4-coloured sepals, longer than the corolla ; corolla bell-shaped, 4-cleft, persistent, lilac; stamens 8; capsule 4-chambered, septicidal; seeds few in each chamber. (Name from the Greek kalh'ino, I cleanse, from the use of the twic's to make brooms.) I. C. vulgdns (,Ling, or Heather).âThe only species, The small leaves are more or less downy (sometimes even hoary), and, being arranged in opposite and decussating pairs, give the stem a 4-sided appearance. There are 4 small green bracts below each flower, and 4 rose-colour
. Flowers of the field. Botany. HEATH FAMILY 307 small flowers : calyx of 4-coloured sepals, longer than the corolla ; corolla bell-shaped, 4-cleft, persistent, lilac; stamens 8; capsule 4-chambered, septicidal; seeds few in each chamber. (Name from the Greek kalh'ino, I cleanse, from the use of the twic's to make brooms.) I. C. vulgdns (,Ling, or Heather).âThe only species, The small leaves are more or less downy (sometimes even hoary), and, being arranged in opposite and decussating pairs, give the stem a 4-sided appearance. There are 4 small green bracts below each flower, and 4 rose-coloured sepals concealipg the very small, bell-shaped, 4-cle(t corolla.â Heaths and moors; The flowers persist long after the fruit is ripe, often, indeed, until the next year's flowering. A beautiful double-flowered variety has been found in Cornwall, â Fl. JuneâAugust. â¢^:^4ft :>â " IP 5. (Heath),âWiry, much-branched uiider-shrubs with small, narrow, stiff, generally whorled leaves; bracteate flowers; sepals 4; corolla bell-shaped, tubular or urceolate ; stamens 8 ; capsule 4-chambered, 4-val\ ed, loculicidal, and septifragal. (Name from the Greek ereike.) 1. E. cilidiis (Ciliated Heath).âBy far the most beautiful of all the British species ; leaves 3 or 4 in a whorl, downy above, glaucous beneath ; flowers in terminal, interrupted, one- sided, spike-like racemes, ovoid, half-an-inch long, crimson, enclosing the stamens.âSandy heaths, Cornwall; near Corfe Castle, Dorset; and Galway.âFl. JuneâSeptember. Peren- nial. 2. E. Tetralix (Cross-leaved Heath.â^^',ell distinguished from all other English species by its narrow, fringed leaves being placed cross-wise, and by its terminal, one-sided lieads of drooping, rose-cploured flowers. The part of the flower nearest the stem is of a lig'hter colour than that which is exposed, where it deepens to a delicate blush, the whole flower appearing as if modelled in wax. If is sometimes found of
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