ERICA pyramidalis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores in apicibus ramu¬ 
lorum umbellati, sub-quaterni. Corolla campanulato- 
Infundibuliformis, carnea : laciniis limbi acutis, semi- 
ovatis, maximis. Folia sub-quaterna, linearia, pilosa, 
tenuia. Caulis fruticosus, ramosus, flexilis. Famuli 
frequentissimi, verticil lati, sub-quaterni, breves, ceriiuL 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow 
at the ends of the small branches in bunches, mostly of 
four. Blossom between bell- and funnel-shaped, flesh- 
coloured : the segments of the border pointed, half-egg-¬ 
shaped, and very large. Leaves mostly by fours, linear, 
hairy, and thin. Stem shrubby, branching, and flexible. 
Small branches numerous, whorled, mostly in fours, 
short, and hanging down. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from September till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A blossom. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. 
