Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Corolla ovata, inflata, glabra, viscosa, crystallina, alba, magnitudine pisi; laciniis acuminatis erectis. Folia quaterna, obtusa, margine glandulosa, viscosa, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, ramulosus. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossoms, which are egg-shaped, swelled out, smooth, clammy, like crystal, and white, the size of a pea; segments of the border tapering and upright. Leaves by fours, are blunt, the edges glandular, clammy, and spreading. Stem shrubby, grows two feet high, is upright, and has numerous little branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA pinea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Corolla tubuloso-clavata, sub-albida. Flores in medio ramorum verticillati, horizontales, pollicares. Folia sena, linearia, glabra, patentia, longissima. Caulis erectus, bipedalis, robustus. Rami verticillati, erecto-patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom, which is tubularly club-shaped, and nearly white. Flowers grow in whorls about the middle of the branches, horizontal, an inch in length. Leaves by sixes, linear, smooth, spreading outward, very long. Stem upright, two feet high, very stout. Branches in whorls, spreading, upright. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves. 2. The chives detached from the pointal, a tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA plumosa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores axillares, verticillati, sub-solitarii, cernui. Corolla urceolata, glabra, purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, patentia, linearia. Caulis fruticosus, flexuosus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli filiformes. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, whorled, mostly solitary, and nodding. Blossom pitcher-shaped, smooth, and purple. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy, linear, and spreading. Stem shrubby, and taking various directions, a foot high. The large and small branches are thread-shaped. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till July. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. The seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA pubescens. DESCRIPTIO.