Erithalis
(from Erithales, a plant mentioned by Pliny; the Greek word means very luxuriant). ORD. Rubiaceae. A genus of about five species of stove evergreen shrubs, natives of Florida and the West Indian Islands. They thrive in sandy fibrous loam, to which a little peat may be added. Cuttings of ripened side shoots will root in sandy soil, during the spring or summer, if placed under a hand glass, in heat.
E. fruticosa (shrubby). fl. white, small, sweet-scented; peduncles axillary, panicled. July. l. petiolate, obovate, or spathulate-lanceolate; stipules broad, short, mucronate, sheathing, permanent. h. 10ft. to 15ft. Jamaica, 1793.