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In Scotland only two exist; Erica cinerea and Erica tetralix . In spite of Linnaeus' epithet (`ashy'), the former is called bell heather by all Scots and fine-leaved heath by many botanists; the latter is often called bell heather , too, by noncritical observers (since the flowers are very bell-like), but is known as the cross-leaved heath by those who pay more attention to the strongly two-ranked arrangement of the tiny needlelike leaves.
Erica is ultimately from the Greek for `easily broken,' and Calluna is a Latin and Greek word for `sweep or broom,' heather twigs being superior to those of heath for this purpose, which indeed might leave as much mess as it cleared up.
' Heaths and heather are indeed finely leaved plants which in a sense are bristly, but their botanical name ( Erica for heath, Calluna for heather) reflect the properties of their stems.
The experiences of eighth graders Erica Taylor and Kimberly Smartt ought to subject hysteria about drugs to a little reality testing.
Erica was given a 10-day suspension, of which she served nine days before agreeing to attend a drug-screening and education program.