The following account is extracted from his Dictionary. "This plant grows naturally in the Island of Madagascar, from whence the seeds were brought to the Royal Garden at Paris, where the plants were first raised, and produced their flowers the following summer; from these plants good seeds were obtained, which were sent me by Mr. RICHARD, gardener to the King at Versailles and Trianon. It rises to the height of three or four feet; the branches which when young are succulent become ligneous by age: these flowers which appear early in the summer produce ripe seeds in the autumn. "This sort is propagated by seeds or cuttings in the usual way; unless the summer proves warm these plants should not be placed abroad, for they will not thrive if they are exposed to cold or wet, therefore during the summer they should be placed in an airy glass-case, and in winter they must be removed into the stove, where the air is kept to a temperate heat, without which they will not live through the winter in England. _Mill. Dict._ There is a variety of this plant having white blossoms with a purple eye. The flowers do not always grow in pairs. [Illustration: _No 249_] [249] CINERARIA AMELLOIDES. BLUE-FLOWERED CINERARIA or CAPE ASTER. _Class and Order._ SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLOA. _Generic Character._ _Recept._ nullum. _Pappus_ simplex. _Cal._ simplex polyphyllus aequalis. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ CINERARIA _Amelloides_ pedunculis unifloris, foliis oppositis ovatis nudis, caule suffruticoso. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 765._ _Ait Kew. v. 3. p. 219._ ASTER africanus frutescens ramosus, floribus caeruleis, foliis oppositis minimis, caulibus et ramulis in pedunculos nudos exeuntibus. _Raii Suppl. 158._ ASTER caule ramoso scabro perenni, foliis ovatis sessilibus, pedunculis nudis unifloris. _Mill. Icon. 76. f. 2._ The _Cineraria Amelloides_ a plant common in every green-house, was introduced by Mr. PHILIP MILLER as long since as the year 1753, being raised by him from Cape seeds; it forms a bushy shrub, of the height of two, or three feet, produces numerous blossoms, which stand singly on long footstalks, are of a pale blue colour; they make some amends for their want of brilliancy by flowering during most of the year. The plant is easily propagated either by seeds or cuttings. [250] MYRTUS TOMENTOSA. WOOLLY-LEAVED MYRTLE. _Class and Order._ ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. _Generic Character._ _Cal._ 5-fidus, superus. _Petala_ 5. _Bacca_ 2. s. 3 sperma. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ MYRTUS _tomentosa_ pedunculis unifloris, foliis triplinervii, subtus tomentosis. _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 159._ ARBOR sinensis canellae folio minore, trinervi, prona parte villoso, fructu caryophylli aromatici majoris villis similiter obducto. _Pluk. Amalth. 21. t. 372. f. 1._