REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA barbata, _major_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui. Pedunculi longi, pilosi. Corolla urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, barbatis, glanduloso-pilosis. Folia quaterna, ciliata, barbata, ovata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Ramuli villosiusculi. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding. The peduncles are long and hairy. Blossom pitcher-shaped, white, hairy and viscous. Cup four-leaved: leaflets spathula-shaped, bearded and glandularly hairy. Leaves by fours, fringed, bearded, and oval. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The smaller branches a little hairy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till August. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 4. The pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA barbata minor. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, subexsertæ. Flores terminales, umbellati, cernui. Corolla urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa, calyce spathulato, glanduloso-piloso. Pedanculi colorati. Folia quaterna, barbata, ovata, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis. Rami filiformes, laxi, patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, just without the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels, nodding. Blossom pitcher-shaped, white, hairy and viscous, with the cup spathula-shaped, and glandularly hairy. Footstalks coloured. Leaves by fours, bearded, ovate and spreading. Stem shrubby, two feet high. Branches thread-shaped, limber and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till March. REFERENCE. 1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Bruinades. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ. Flores urceolati, pubescentes, albi, in toto tecti calyce lanato; calycis foliolis ovatis, carneis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, margine pilis longis hirta. Caulis filiformis, flexuosus. Ramuli capillares, frequentes, tomentosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers pitcher-shaped, downy and white, and covered totally by a woolly cup; the leaflets of the cup are egg-shaped, and flesh-coloured. Leaves by threes, linear and blunt, the edges covered with long hairs. Stem thread-shaped, very flexible. The smaller branches hair-like, numerous and downy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till June. REFERENCE.