F i lina 
No, 319. 
ERICA PYRAMIDALIS. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nothing can surpass this plant in the 
richness, beauty, and profusion of blos- 
soms with which it is literally covered. 
Autumn is the season of its flowering, being 
in perfection from October till the end of 
the year. We well recollect when this fine 
species was first introduced about the year 
1793. The number of Ericas in this 
handsomest of them all, and excited gene- 
ral admiration: since which time it has 
been much neglected, and is at this day 
seen in but few ollections. Yet the plant 
has not degenerated, but on the contrary 
was never more beautiful than when our 
drawing was made, November 1816. It is 
anative of the Cape, requiring the same 
eulture as the other heaths, and is rea- 
dily increased by cuttings. 
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