they continue to lengthen as the capsule is coming to 

 perfection, until they are from 5 to 8 lines in length ; 

 more or less tinged with brown, as is the calyx. Calyx 

 tubular, 5-parted: segments very unequal, the three in- 

 ner ones more than double the size of the other two, and 

 obtuse, the two outer ones very narrow, and acute. Pe- 

 tals 5, distinctly spreading, of a bright but pale yellow, 

 obovately ovate. Stamens from 9 to 15, spreading when 

 the flower first expands, afterwards closing round the 

 style : filaments unequal in length, smooth, pale yellow, 

 about the length of the style : anthers small, 2-lobed, 

 the lobes distant and distinct, opening longitudinally : 

 pollen golden yellow. Germen downy. Style erect, or 

 slightly bent, smooth. Stigma simple, very small. 



This elegant little plant is at present very scarce in 

 our collections, owing to its being supposed to be very 

 difficult of cultivation ; but our present subject thrives 

 very well, and grows quite luxuriant in a pot of sandy 

 peat soil ; and would, we expect, still grow more lux- 

 uriant, if planted out in a bed of sandy peat, in rather 

 a shady situation, as it is said to cover large tracts of 

 ground in America, in the sandy Pine woods, in the same 

 manner as the common heath in England. 



H. ericoides of Nuttall, is, as M. Decandolle ob- 

 serves, most probably quite a different species from the 

 present plant, as he describes the flowers as growing in 

 fascicles, and the present only produces them singly. 

 Young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in sandy 

 peat soil in the open air, in August or September, will 

 strike root, if the glasses are occasionally taken off to 

 dry them, that they may not damp. 



Our drawing was taken from a plant, procured for us 

 in flower by Mr. G. Charlwood, in July last. 



