Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, bini, terni, vel plures, copiosi. Corolla ovata, obtusa, villosa, purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, ramosus, pilosus. Ramuli pilosi, filiformes, virgati. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of two, three, or more, and are very abundant. Blossom egg-shaped, blunt, covered with soft hairs, and purple. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy, turned inwards, and bowed. Stem shrubby, a foot and half high, branching, and hairy. The branches are hairy, thread-shaped, and twiggy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till February. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA pubescens, _minor_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, numerosi. Corolla ovata, obtusa, villosa; laciniis minutis, erectis. Folia quaterna, obtusa, hirta, erecta. Caulis sesquipedalis, ramosus, pilosus. Rami et ramuli pilosi, virgati, erecti. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in numerous umbels. Blossom egg-shaped, obtuse, covered with soft hairs; segments of the border very small and upright. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy and upright. Stem a foot and a half high, branching and hairy. The large and small branches are hairy, twiggy, and upright. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till March. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA pubescens, _minima_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui. Corolla minuta, urceolata, purpurea, villosa. Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, pilosus. Ramuli pilosi, virgati, filiformes. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding. Blossom very small, pitcher-shaped, purple, and hairy. Leaves by fours, blunt, covered with soft hairs, turned inwards, and bowed. Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching, and hairy. The branches are hairy, twiggy, and thread-shaped. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from November till April. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom magnified. 3. The chives and pointal magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA pulchella. DESCRIPTIO.