Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. Limbus 5-fidus æqualis. Caps. 2-locularis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ERINUS alpinus floribus racemosis, foliis spathulatis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 570. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 357.
AGERATUM serratum alpinum. Bauh. pin. 221.
The Erinus alpinus is a native of Switzerland, Germany, and France; inhabiting the more mountainous parts of those countries.
It is a very desirable little plant for the decoration of rock work, growing in close tufts, and producing numerous flowers of a lively purple colour during most of the summer months.
Is increased without difficulty by parting its roots in Autumn, or from seed; in the winter some plants of it should be kept in pots under a frame or hand-glass, as it is liable to be injured by wet and frost.
Was cultivated here by Mr. Miller in 1759.