The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Cristaria

(from crista, a crest; in reference to the carpels having two crest-like rings in the centre of each). ORD. Malvaceae. A genus of about twenty species of generally prostrate, tomentose herbs, all natives of extra-tropical South America. Probably there are none in cultivation in this country, although most of the species are well worth growing.

C. coccinea. See Malvastrum coccineum.

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