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Erica CERINTHOIDES. HONEYWORT: — 
 FLOWER’D HEATH. 
2 : S: Claft and Order. — ® 
ef Ocran DRI a Monocynia, 
| Generic: Obaratter, 3 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. * Filamenta receptaculo inferta. | 
Anthere bifide. Cap/. 4-locularis. —— 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
ERICA cerintboides antheris muticis inclufis, corollis clavatis, 
groflis, fligmate inclufo cruciato, foliis guaternis. 
Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 368. dit. Kew. 
Vi 2. p. 22. : ee z 
* teeipnnilinns 
* 
The Erica cerinthoides is one of the moflymagnificent and 
fhewy of the genus, grows wild at the Caffe, from whence it 
was introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Mr. Masson, 
in 17743 it is the more valuable, as it flowers during moft . 
of the year: its bloffoms are found to vary from a decp to _ 
a very pale red. It is a hardy green-houfe plant, and ufually 
propagated by cuttings. .z : ag 
To have this beautiful tribe of plants in perfe&ion, they 
muft be kept in pots proportioned to their fize, filled with 
that kind of bog earth in which our Britifh heaths grow fpon- 
taneoully, finely fifted; to which it may be neceffary 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 omiffion, even for one day, — 
may be fatal; and to give them as much air as poffible at all — 
- times when the weather is mild. ~ (oe 
