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GnaApPHALIUM Ericoipes. HErEaTH-LEAVED 
GNAPHALIUM, or EVERLASTING. 
_— JendeReeanics 
Clafs and Order. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
—— Generic Charatier. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus plumofus. Cal. imbricatus: oes 
: marginalibus rotundatis {cariofis coloratis. = | 
Be Charaller and ‘ais | 
CNAPHALIUM ericotdes fruticohin foliis feffilibus fiseari: 7 
bus, calycibus exterioribus rudibus, interi- 
_oribus incarnatis. Lian. Am. Acad. v. 6. p. 
gg. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p.746. Ail. 
| Hort. ee 174. 
In he 6th vol. of he amas Academica, Linnaus 
defcribes this fpecies of Gnaphalium, moft probably from dried 
fpecimens colleéted at the Cape, where it is a native; fo in- 
fignificant did the plant appear to him, that in his defcription, 
he calls it mifera; compared with the more magnificent fpecies, 
fuch a term might not perhaps be inapplicable: but, though — 
fmall, the plant poffeffes much beauty when cultivated, and 
hence i is generally kept in our green-houfes. 
It flowers from March to Augutft. ; 
Its branches, naturally weak and cradling, require to be 
carefully tied up; if this bufinefs be executed with tafte and _ 
judgment, the natural beauty of the plant may be confiderably 
heightened. a 
‘It is readily increafed by cuttings. 
Was introduced to the royal garden at — by Me Manet, 
in 1774. 2 ee 
