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SEMPERVIVUM CALICIFORME. 
Class, ; Order. 
DODECANDRIA DODECAGYNIA. 
This is a native of Madeira, whence it was 
introduced by Mr. C. Smith. 
Before flowering the leaves grow close, 
in the form of E, which form they lose 
when shooting up into flower: the stems are 
about a foot in height; the flowers come 
out in May. 
It must be kept in a dry greenhouse in 
winter, and in summer may be put out of 
doors: it will increase by cuttings, and 
should be potted in sandy loam. - 
