No. 381. 
HALLIA IMBRICATA. 
Class, Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
We raised this plant about the year 1810, 
from seeds received from the Cape of Good 
Hope, its native place. It is a low straggling 
shrub, flowering near the tops of the shoots, 
in the months of July and August. The 
blossoms are seated in the bosom of the 
leaves, which while young are half shut 
together, but when older, become nearly 
flat, their whole upper surface, as well as 
the midrib and edges of the under, are 
clothed with long whitish hairs. It is easily 
cultivated, requires the common greenhouse 
protection, and increases by cuttings. The 
soil should be sandy peat. 
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