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In Scotland only two exist; Erica cinerea and Erica tetralix . In spite of Linnaeus' epithet (`ashy'), the former is called bell heather by all Scots and fine-leaved heath by many botanists; the latter is often called bell heather , too, by noncritical observers (since the flowers are very bell-like), but is known as the cross-leaved heath by those who pay more attention to the strongly two-ranked arrangement of the tiny needlelike leaves.
It's as if the light has had to pass through layer upon layer of dust and fog, so that only the faded yellows, oranges, and the occasional green of some wallpaper register amid the ashy grays.