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| _Clafs and Order. 
TeETRANDRIA Monocynia. 
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Generic Charaéer. 
Cor. 1-petala, infundibuliformis. Capfula 2-locularis, 2-fperma, 
fupera, : a 
Specific Charadter and Synonyms, 
HOUSTONIA cerulea foliis radicalibus ovatis, caule com- 
Roos pofito, pedunculis primis bifloris. Linn. Sy. 
Vegetab, ed. 14. Marr. p- 149. Aut. Kew. 
: Ve EDs 34h. Se ee 
RUBIA parva foliolis ad geniculum unumquodquc_ binis, 
_ flore ceruleo fiftulofo. Bani. Virg. 1927. 
HOUSTONIA primo vere ubique florens, floribus infundi- 
-’ buliformibus dilute czruleis, foliis parvis ad- 
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To this genus of plants Gronovivs gave the name of Hoaf> 
tonta, in honour of Dr. Witttam Houston » a name that 
mutt be familiar to 
of Mr. Partie M1 
book in which the 
is under to his mu 
Of this genus, two {pecies only have been difcovered, both 
natives of Virginia, the cerulea and purpurea ;. the former is _ 
the only one that has been intr : 
by Mr. Arcuipatp Menzies, in 1785*. 
in the cultivation than this our little favourite ; 
of the warmer parts of North-America, it bears our ordinary 
winters uninjured, is of ready growth, and, if paid the leat 
attention to, flowers perpetually, {pring, fummer, and autumn; 
- fucceeds beftin a pot, and loves moifture; foil and firuati 
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* Ait, Kew, 
