No. 260. 
CLIFFORTIA ARACHNOIDEA. 
ES Order, 
DIOECTA POLYANDRIA. 
This genus was named in honour of Mr. 
Clifford, of Amsterdam, who was a friend 
and patron of Linnæus in his early years: 
he had an extensive collection of plants, 
magnificent account of which by Linnæus, 
under the title of Hortus Cliffortianus was 
printed in 1737. 
All the species of Critortia are natives 
distant resemblance to the ruscifolia, but 
the young plants are covered with a sort of 
film or cobweb. Some of the leaves have 
two teeth, some one, and some are quite 
entire. | 
Although the flowers are not showy, the 
highly desirable in a collection. It re- 
quires the greenhouse, and is easily multi- 
plied by cuttings, and preserved in a mode- 
rate sized pot with loamy soil. 
