herefore
during the summer they should be placed in an airy glass-case, and in
winter they must be removed into the stove, where the air is kept to a
temperate heat, without which they will not live through the winter in
England. _Mill. Dict._

There is a variety of this plant having white blossoms with a purple
eye.

The flowers do not always grow in pairs.

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CINERARIA AMELLOIDES. BLUE-FLOWERED CINERARIA or CAPE ASTER.

_Class and Order._

SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLOA.

_Generic Character._

_Recept._ nullum. _Pappus_ simplex. _Cal._ simplex polyphyllus aequalis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CINERARIA _Amelloides_ pedunculis unifloris, foliis oppositis ovatis
nudis, caule suffruticoso. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p.
765._ _Ait Kew. v. 3. p. 219._

ASTER africanus frutescens ramosus, floribus caeruleis, foliis oppositis
minimis, caulibus et ramulis in pedunculos nudos exeuntibus. _Raii
Suppl. 158._

ASTER caule ramoso scabro perenni, foliis ovatis sessilibus, pedunculis
nudis unifloris. _Mill. Icon. 76. f. 2._

The _Cineraria Amelloides_ a plant common in every green-house, was
introduced by Mr. PHILIP MILLER as long since as the year 1753, being
raised by him from Cape seeds; it forms a bushy shrub, of the height of
two, or three feet, produces numerous blossoms, which stand singly on
long footstalks, are of a pale blue colour; they make some amends for
their want of brilliancy by flowering during most of the year.

The plant is easily propagated either by seeds or cuttings.

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MYRTUS TOMENTOSA. WOOLLY-LEAVED MYRTLE.

_Class and Order._

ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 5-fidus, superus. _Petala_ 5. _Bacca_ 2. s. 3 sperma.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

MYRTUS _tomentosa_ pedunculis unifloris, foliis triplinervii, subtus
tomentosis. _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 159._

ARBOR sinensis canellae folio minore, trinervi, prona parte villoso,
fructu caryophylli aromatici majoris villis similiter obducto.
_Pluk. Amalth. 21. t. 372. f. 1._

In the third edition of the _Species Plant._ of LINNAEUS, published in
1764, thirteen Myrtles are described; in the 13th edition of the _Syst.
Natur._ published by GMELIN in 91, forty-one are enumerated; thus in
twenty-seven years this genus has gained an accession of twenty-eight
species: most of these are natives of warm climates, a