. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 656 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Spec. Char., S^c. Plant of a greyish hue. Leaves ciliated, 4 in a whorl. Flowers in terminal heads. Corolla ovate-globose, about 3 lines long, downy at the tip outside. Spurs of anthers lanceolate. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive evergreen bush. North
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 656 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Spec. Char., S^c. Plant of a greyish hue. Leaves ciliated, 4 in a whorl. Flowers in terminal heads. Corolla ovate-globose, about 3 lines long, downy at the tip outside. Spurs of anthers lanceolate. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive evergreen bush. North of Europe, in boggy ormoory ground ; plentiful in Britain. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers red; July to September. Vai-ietics. a. E. T. 1 rubra Hort. Eric. Woburn. p. 25. — Corolla pale red. n. E. T. 2 cdrnea Loudon's H. B. — Corolla of a flesh colour. n. E. T. 3 alba Hort. Eric. Woburn. p. 25. — Corolla white, n. E. T. 4 Mac/caiana. E. Mackaiana Bab. Fl. Hiber. p. 181. — It has the leaves and calyx of E. ciliaris, and the flowers of E. Tetralix ; probably a hybrid between the species. Ireland. The badge of the clan Macdonald, and the species most commonly used for making besoms. «. 2. E. ciNEREA L. The grey Heath. Identification. Lin. Sp., ei. 2. p. 601.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 795. Syrwnymes. E. mutabilis Salish. in Lin. Trans. 4. p. 369.; E. hilmilis Neck. Gall. 182.; E. tenui- fiJUa Ger. 1198.; E. cindrea riibra Bort. Eric. Woburn. p. 5.; Scopa, Ital. Curt. Fl. Loni, fasc. 1. t. 25.; EnRl. Bot., t. 1015.; and our ^. 1027 E. rftralii. 102S. E. cin^rea. Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves 3 in a whorl. Corolla ovate-urceo- late. Flowers verticiliate, on the naked stems. Crests of anthers ear-formed. Corolla 3 lines long, purple, changing to blue as it fades. This is easily distinguished from E. Tetralix by its glaucous deep green hue, and deep purple or sometimes white flowers. {Don's Mill.) A diminutive evergreen shrub. Europe, but not in the south, nor in the extreme north; p
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