SEVERAL species of the Ericæ are fragrant in the flowers; but not any that we know of possess a scented foliage, except the one now figured, whose leaves emit a delicate odour resembling musk; and very few references to scent will, we think, be found so unequivocal; if the ends of the branches are gently rubbed, or lightly passed through the hands, the fragrance is stronger. First raised at the Clapham Gardens in 1805, and at present, we believe, in few collections; but will doubtless soon find a place in many, as its flowers are handsome, fragrant, and remain during the summer months; and the perfume of its leaves lasts all the year. [Illustration] ERICA mundula. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis quaternis: floribus sessilibus, fastigiatis, terminalibus: frutex pygmæus. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS fruticosus, spithamæus, erectus, ramosus: ramuli numerosi, adscendentes. FOLIA quaterna, subulata, lucida, supra plana, subtus sulcata. FLORES sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, terminales: corollis tubulosis, pellucidis, ore arctato, quod ornatum est in modum Primulæ: laciniis cordatis, expansis, albis, subtus læte rubris. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem. REFERENTIA. 1. Calyx. 2. Anthera lente aucta. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: leaves by fours: flowers sessile, fastigiate, and terminal: a dwarf shrub. DESCRIPTION. STEM shrubby, a span high, upright, and bushy: small branches numerous and ascending. LEAVES by fours, awl-shaped, shining, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. FLOWERS sessile, upright, fastigiate, and terminating the branches by fours: blossoms tubular, pellucid, narrowed at the mouth, which is ornamented like a Cowslip: the segments of the border are heart-shaped, spreading, and white, of a bright red on the under side. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from the month of June till September. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement. 2. A Chive magnified. 3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. THE Erica mundula is a small neat shrub resembling the E. primuloides in its flowers, but different in the leaves, which are by fours instead of fives; it is also a looser-growing plant, and seems to be a connecting link between that species, the E. infundibuliformis, E. tenuiflora, and E. Coventrya, but very distinct from either of them. The flowers in the early bud state have a very rich appearance, from the deep bright red colour beneath the segments of the border, contrasted with the dark shining green leaves. Our drawing represents an entire plant, from the Hammersmith collection. [Illustration] ERICA nivalis. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis ternatis: floribus albis, terminalibus. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, erectus, ramosus.