1. The empalement. 2. A blossom spread open. 3. Seed-bud and pointal. This new species of Veronica was communicated to us by A. B. Lambert, esq. It is a native of Botany Bay on the banks of the Derwent, and was sent over by one of the settlers. The abundance and agreeable fragrance of its flowers render it deserving a place in any collection. [Illustration] PLATE DXXXII. PROTEA HUMIFLORA. _Low-flowering Protea._ CLASS IV. ORDER I. _TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria. BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. PROTEA foliis lanceolatis: ramis plurimis adscendentibus: floribus confertis, procumbentibus. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. PROTEA with lance-shaped leaves, with many ascending branches. Flowers crowded together, and lying on the ground. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower complete. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. Of this perfectly new species of Protea we have represented the entire plant, just as we found it growing in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq., where it has flowered for the first time in this country. In the flowers it resembles the P. cordata, in its foliage the P. canaliculata, allied to each and yet removed from both. The procumbent situation of its crowded blossoms gives a singularity to its appearance, and altogether it is certainly a very interesting species. It should be planted in a light loamy soil, and kept in an airy part of the green-house. [Illustration] PLATE DXXXIII. CACTUS COCCINELLIFER. _Cochineal Torch Thistle._ CLASS XII. ORDER I. _ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ About twenty Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX monophyllus, superus, imbricatus. Corolla multiplex. Bacca monolocularis, polysperma. EMPALEMENT one-leafed, above, tiled. Blossom of many folds. Berry of one loculament, many-seeded. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. CACTUS prolifero-articulatus: articulis ovato-oblongis, sub-inermibus. Habitat in Mexico. Tuna cochenillifera.--_Dill. Elth. tab. 297._ CEREUS proliferous-jointed. Joints are of an ovate and oblong form, and nearly unarmed. Native of Mexico. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower cut open. 2. The same shown from the outer side. 3. A longitudinal section of the seed-bud. 4. The cochineal insect as retailed in the shops. 5. The same shown from the under side. 6. A larger and darker sort. 7. The same shown from the under side and magnified.