07 - 08.pdf - University of Georgia
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ClSTUS FORMOSUS. BEAUTIFUL ClSTUS.<br />
Cor. 5-petala.<br />
Capfula.<br />
Oafs and Order.<br />
POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.<br />
Generic Character.<br />
Cal. 5-phyllus, foliolis duobus minoribui<br />
Mr. LEE, Nurferyman <strong>of</strong> Hammerfmith, informs me, that<br />
in the year 1780, he raifed the Ciftus here figured from feeds,<br />
the produce <strong>of</strong> Portugal, and as its flowers were uncommonly<br />
beautiful, he was induced to name itform<strong>of</strong>us.<br />
It approaches fo near to the Ciftus halimifolius in<br />
habit, in the form and colour <strong>of</strong> its leaves and flowers, that<br />
we are inclined rather to regard it as a variety <strong>of</strong> that plant,<br />
than as a diftinft fpecies ; at the fame time it muft be allowed<br />
to be a very Unking variety, the flowers being at leaft thrice<br />
as large as th<strong>of</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the halimifotiits ufually are, and the whole<br />
plant more hairy : as an ornamental fhrub, it is highly de-<br />
ferving a place in all curious collections.<br />
It will grow very well in the open border in warm flickered<br />
fituations, it may be kept alfo in a pot, by which means it<br />
may more readily be flickered during the winter, either in<br />
the greenhoule or under a frame.<br />
It flowers early in May, and may be increafed by cuttings.<br />
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by liTdurtii A?G-eo: Cufvnt May
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