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Puytica Ericorpes, Heatu-Leay'p 
Puytica, 
Clafs and Order. : 
PenTANDRIA Monoecynta. 
Generic Charager, 
Perianthium §5-partitum, turbinatum. Pefalao, Squame hy 
{tamina munientes. Cap/. tricocca, infera. 
Specific Charader and Synonyms. 
PHYLICA ericoides foliis linearibus verticillatis. Linn. Sy, 
‘ | Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 235. Ait. Kew. Vi 1, 
a Se ee : 
ALATERNOIDES africana ericz foliis, floribusalbicantibus | 
et mufcofis. Comm. Hort. 2. Pp. 1.4.16 
Mr. Mitrer, who cultivated this plant in 1731, informs. 
us, that it grows wild about Lifbon, where it covers extenfive’ 
_traéts of ground, in the fame manner as the heath does in 
this country ; it feldom rifes above the height of three feet, 
and is much difpofed to become bufhy ; its flowers, which are 
flightly odoriferous, begin to appear in autumn, and continue 
during the winter and fpring; they grow in little heads on 
the fummits of the branches: their whitenefs, contrafted — 
with the dark colour of the foliage, forms a pleafing ap- 
pearance, and entitles this plant, though a common and 
long-eftablifhed inhabitant of the greenhoufe, to a place 
with fuch as may boaft more brilliancy of colour, 2 
Its leaves, which thickly cover the ftalks, do not well 
accord with Linn zus’s fpecific defcription. ; 
It is ufually propagated by cuttings, which ftrike readily, 
