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Erica PyRAMIDALIS. -PYRAMIDAL HEATH. 
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Clafs and Order. 
OctranvDrRIia Monocynia. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. a 4-fida. ‘Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
Anthere apice bifide, -pertufe. Cap/. 4-locularis, ‘4-valyis,— 
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Specific Charaéfer aid Synonyms. 
ERICA pyramidalis antheris muticis inclufis, corollis infundi- 
buliformibus quaternis, flylo fubexferto, follis qua-_ 
ternis pubefcentibus. Ait. Kew. v. 3-p. 491. Linn. 
Syft. Nat. ed. Gmel. Pig ae = — 
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We prefent to our readers another Heath, a native of the _ 
Cape, introduced by Mr. Masson, in 1787, and now to be a 
found in moft of the colle@tions of greenhoufe plants in the. 
neighbourhood of London, = a 
It is a very ornamental fpecies, bo rin regard to its mode _ 
of growth, as well as to the vaft profufion of flowers with 
_which its branches are covered; the form of thefe is very — 
charaéteriftic, and their colour, when air and fun are freely : 
admitted to them, fufficiently brilliant. a =a 
It continues to bloffom from» September to March or 
April ; in point of height, it is to be ranked among thofe of a 
middling fize. ro eee eee 
_ | When young it is more apt to go off than many others; 
is raifed from cuttings in the ufual WAY. os ee Pe 
