No, 851. 
ERYTHRINA HERBACEA. 
Class. Order. 
DIADELPHIA  DECANDRIA. 
A native of South Carolina: it was 
cultivated in the Eltham garden, and 
figured by Dillenius in 1732, from a plant 
which he informs us had flowered several 
succeeding years during the month of May, 
and was raised from seeds which were 
brought from the Missisippi. 
It has a very thick fleshy root, which 
throws up several stems : these grow some- 
times to two or three feet in height, and 
die off every year. The flower shoots 
commonly proceed immediately from the 
root without any leaves: they come out in 
the spring months, and are very splendid. 
It requires the stove, and may be increased 
by cuttings or by seeds, which are some- 
times sent to this country. The soil should 
be loam and peat. 
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