_Cal._ 4-phyllus. _Cor._ 4-fida. _Filamenta_ receptaculo inserta. _Antheræ_ apice bifidæ, pertusæ. _Caps._ 4-locularis, 4-valvis, polysperma.
ERICA _albens_ antheris muticis inclusis, corollis ovatis oblongis acutis, foliis ternis, racemis secundis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. Murr. ed. 14. p. 367._ _Mant. 233._
ERICA _albens_ mutica, foliis ternis trigonis pilosis, floribus lateralibus, calyce villoso. _Thunb. Prodr. p. 70._
This species, a native of the Cape, has been introduced since the publication of the _Hort. Kew._ and is now to be found in most green-house collections near town.
In its habit, its foliage, and its flowers, it is very distinct from all our other heaths; flowers from April to June, is readily increased by cuttings, and easily kept with the common treatment.
_Cor._ tubulosa, irregularis, recurvata. _Caps._ infera.
ANTHOLYZA _Merianella_ corollis infundibuliformibus, foliis linearibus. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 87._ _Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 67._
WATSONIA _humilis_ foliis lineari-ensiformibus, tubo floris longissimo. _Mill. ic. 198. t. 297. f. 2._
This very rare species is perfectly distinct from the _Meriana_, of more humble growth, the flowering stem seldom rising to more than a foot in height, and producing from four to six flowers, which are proportionably longer, more closed, and of a deeper red colour than those of _Meriana_.
Was introduced from the Cape by Capt. Hutchinson, in 1754. _Ait. Kew._
Is readily increased by offsets, and requires the same treatment as the _Anthol. Meriana_ already figured.
Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered with Mr. Fairbairn, at the Apothecaries Garden, Chelsea, May 2, 1798.
_Cal._ 2-labiatus 2/3. _Vexillum_ oblongum, a pistillo staminibusque deorsum reflexum.
GENISTA _linifolia_ foliis ternatis sessilibus linearibus subtus sericeis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 645._ _Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 14._
CYTISUS _argenteus_ linifolius insularum stæchadum. _Tourn. Inst. 648._
The _Genista linifolia_ is a native of Spain, and was introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Sir Francis Drake, in the year 1786. _Ait. Kew._
The bright yellow flowers, which are abundantly produced on this plant during May and June, joined to the silky appearance of its foliage, has rendered it worthy the notice of most lovers of plants, in whose collections it is now generally found.