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ERJCA CERINTHOIDES. HONEYWORT?,
FL.,OWER'D HEATH.
0/j and Order.
Generic Character.
4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta reqeptaculo infertq.
Anthers bifidae. 'Caff. 4-locularis.
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Specific Character. and Synonyms.
£RIpA cerinthoides antheris muticis inclufis, corollis clavatis
groffis, ftigmate inclufo cruciate, foliis quaternis.
Linn. Syfl. 'Vegetal, ed. 14. Murr. p. 368. Ait. Kew,
V. 2 - _p. 22.
The Erica cerinthoides is one of the moft magnificent and
ftewy of the genus, grows wild at the Cape, from whence it
was introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Mr. MASSON,
in 1774; it is the more valuable, as it flowers during moft
of the year: its bloflbms are found to vary from a deep to
a very pale red. It is a hardy green-houfe plant, and ufually
propagated by cuttings.
To have this beautiful tribe of plants in perfection, they
muft be kept in pots proportioned to their fize, rilled with
that kind of bog earth in which our Britifh heaths grow fpon-
taneoufly, finely fifted; to which it may be neceflary fome-
times to add a third part of the mould of rotten leaves, or
choice loam, partaking more of a clayey than a fandy nature :
we muft be careful not to let them fuffer for want of water
in dry hot weather, as fuch an omiflion, even for one day,
may be fatal; and to give them as much air as poffible at all
times when the weather is mild. f'ul.ly W. Curbs .'- (frv (ryi,-nf M-"- >.
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