Indian-pipe, Monotropa, and the snow plant, Sarcodes

ericaceous (er-i-kā'shius), a. [NL. eric ace us, erical (e-ri'kal), a . [ Erica + -al .] Pertaining to or including the Ericacea . Ericeæ (e-ris'ē-ē), n . pl . [NL., Erica + -eæ.] A group of the natural order Ericaceæ , containing the true heaths. ericetal (er-i-se'tal), a. [L. as if * ericetum , a heath ( erice , heath), + -al.] Composed of heaths; pertaining to species of the genus Erica . The botany of the high-lands east of Macclesfield is nearly ericetal in its nature. Encyc. Brit ., V. 589. Lake Erie or its shores. The term Erian is used as synonymous with Devonian, and probably should be preferred to it, as pointing to the best development of this formation known, which is on the shores of Lake Erie. Princeton Rev. , March, 1879, p. 280. On the islands and coasts of this sea was introduced the Sir William Dawson , Pop. Sci. Mo. Erian flora. Erianthus (er-i-an'thus), n. [NL., ἔριον , wool, + ἄνθος , flower: so called from the densely villous pedicels of the flowers.] A genus of coarse gra es, chiefly American. E. Ravennæ, of the Mediterranean region, grows to a height of 8 or 10 feet, with large handsome plumes, and is cultivated for ornament and winter decoration. eric, erick (er'ik), n. [Formerly also eriach , of the murdered person. The malefactor shall give unto them [the friends], or to the child or wife of him that is slain, a recompence, which they call an eriach. Spenser, State of Ireland. According to this [the Brehon] Code, murder was not punishable by death, but only by fine levied on the relatives of the murderer, and called an Erick . Hence bloodshed was frequent; and no Irish man's life was safe.