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AOTUS ERICOIDES. 
(erica or heath-like AOTUS.) i 
CLASS. ORDER. 
DECAiNDRIA. MOXOGYNIA, 
NATURAL ORDER. 
LEGUMINOS^. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-cleft, bilabiate, bractless at the base. Petals and stamens deciduous. 
Ovary two-seeded. Style filiform. Legume two-valved. Seeds witliout a strophiola. 
Specific Character. — Leaves linear, very acute, hairy. Floivers solitary, axillary, appearing in 
axillary racemose spikes along the branches. Branches clothed with cinereous^ spreading hairs. 
Don's System of Gar d. and Botany . 
Synonyme Actus villosa. Bot. Mag. 949. 
There is not, we conceive, a more interesting class of plants to the general 
cultivator, than that usually denominated "greenhouse plants among which we 
find objects of the most varied habits, and the most extensive diversity of form, 
colour, and beauty ; but, amidst the almost innumerable species now cultivated in 
our collections, many beautiful and ornamental plants are discarded merely because 
they are old^ or, in other words, because they have been known in this country for 
many years. 
Of this description is the plant now before us, which, when in flower, has an 
exceedingly pretty appearance in the greenhouse, as its neat yellow blossoms form 
a very pleasing contrast to the slender heath-like foliage, and is certainly worthy 
of a place in any collection. 
This plant may be cultivated successfully accordingly to the common treatment 
given to greenhouse plants ; but, like the numerous species of the genus Erica, to 
which its foliage bears such a striking resemblance, great care is necessary with 
regard to the operations of potting and watering. In potting plants of this 
description, we cannot too frequently urge upon our readers the importance of 
allowing a sufficient quantity of drainage, and of mingling small pieces of grit-stone 
with the soil ; for, unless these })oints are duly and properly attended to, it is 
