Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, conferti, racemosi. Pedunculi breves. Corolla urceolata, alba. Folia terna, trigona, glabra, obtusa, adpressa. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli filiformes. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches, clustered together, and forming long bunches. Footstalks short. Blossom pitcher-shaped and white. Leaves by threes, three-sided, smooth, blunt, and pressed to the stem. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from January till March. REFERENCE. 1. A blossom with its empalement. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA lutea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Corolla lutea, ovato-acuminata, ore arctata. Flores plures, conglomerati. Folia opposita, linearia, adpressa, triquetra, nitida. Caulis laxus, filiformis, gracilis, ad basin ramosus. Ramuli conferti. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom, which is yellow, of a pointed oval shape, and compressed at the mouth. The flowers are numerous, and close together. The leaves grow opposite in pairs, are linear, three-sided, pressed to the stem, and shining. Stem flexible, thread-shaped, slender, branching to the bottom. The branches crowded together. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from September till May. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves. 2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Melastoma. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, penicillatæ, exsertæ, longitudine corollæ, attenuatæ in filamenta plana. Flores flavi, conici, parum curvati, laciniis longissimis adpressis, nigris. Folia quaterna, linearia, sub-scabrida, rigida. Caulis laxus, erectus, bipedalis. Ramuli brevissimi, foliosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, pencil-like, and without the blossom, tapering into threads, which are flat. Flowers yellow, conical, slightly curved, the segments of the border very long, pressed to the chives, and black. Leaves by fours, linear, roughish, and stiff. Stem weak, upright, grows two feet high. The small branches very short, and covered with leaves. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. A flower divested of its empalement. 3. The chives detached from the pointal. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA nigrita. DESCRIPTIO.