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Erica Physodes. Sticky-Flowered Heath.
Class and Order.
Octandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inserta. Antheræ apice bifidæ pertusæ. Caps. 4-locularis, 4-valvis, polysperma.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ERICA physodes antheris cristatis, corollis ovatis inflatis, stylo incluso, foliis quaternis, floribus subsolitariis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. Murr. p. 366. Berg. Cup. 108.
ERICA physodes cristata, foliis quaternis linearibus, floribus umbellatis viscosis, calyce ovato brevi. Thunb. Prodr. p. 74.
The Erica physodes is a native of the Cape, and another of those species which have been introduced since the publication of the Hort. Kew. of Mr. Aiton.