4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. OUR drawing of this singular species of Erica was made from a plant at the Nursery of Messrs. Rollinson, in the summer of 1828, said to be raised from seed of the E. translucens. Its contort flowers suggested a specific title, by which, in bloom, it could not fail to be recognised; the undulations continue the same from the early bud state, to the decay of the full-grown flower. The only Heath we ever met with of a similar and rather more contort character, was E. rugosa, (figured in Vol. 3,) which never ripened seed nor would propagate by cuttings, thus indicating an abortive novelty on which Nature reluctantly conferred the power of vegetation. [Illustration] SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE LXXII ERICAS, OR HEATHS, CONTAINED IN VOL. IV. Taken from the shape of the tips, and the number of leaves which surround the stem in one whorl. ANTHERÆ ARISTATÆ. TIPS BEARDED. _Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._ E. Comptoniana Compton H. -- grandinosa Hail-like -- nivalis Snowy white -- pygmæa Dwarf -- regerminans Regerminating -- Sainsburyana Sainsbury _Foliis sparsis._ _Leaves scattered._ -- foliacea foliaceous -- ollula pot-shaped -- pedunculata pedunculated _Foliis quaternis._ _Leaves by fours._ -- Bauera Bauer -- mollis soft -- Solandroides Solander-like -- splendens splendid _Foliis senis._ _Leaves by sixes._ -- Imperialis Imperial ANTHERÆ CRISTATÆ. TIPS CRESTED. _Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._ -- Andromedæflora, _alba_ Andromedæflora, _white_ -- droseroides, _minor_ Sun-dew-leaved, _small_ -- flagelliformis Whip-shaped -- pumila Dwarfish -- reflexa Reflexed -- rupestris, _rubra_ Rock-growing, _red_ -- taxifolia, _major_ Yew-leaved, _large_ -- triflora Three-flowered α vernex, _longiflora_ α Varnished, _long-flowered_ β --, _rubra_ β --, _red_ ANTHERÆ BICORNUTÆ. TIPS TWO-HORNED. _Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._ -- cruciformis cross-growing -- Infundibuliformis Funnel-shaped -- magnifica Magnificent -- rugosa wrinkled -- Shannonea Shannon -- viridiflora green-flowered ANTHERÆ MUTICÆ. TIPS BEARDLESS. _Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._