Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers small, chiefly in threes, in terminal and lateral branches. Footstalks very short. Empalement double, coloured, and tiled. Blossom pitcher-shaped, rose-coloured above, with slightly spreading segments. Leaves in threes, upright, blunt, minutely ciliated, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, branching. Branches obscurely whorled, slender, and flexuose, with a rusty brown bark. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from September till February. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A blossom. 4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Leea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores supra medium ramorum, verticillati. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus, ad basin calycis, instructi. Corolla quadrata, costata, luteo-aurantia. Folia terna vel sena, rigida, obtusa, subtus sulcata, linearia, crassa. Caulis erectus, scaber, quatuor-vel quinque-pedalis. Rami laxi, simplices, longi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers grow just above the middle of the branches, in whorls. The footstalks are short, with three floral leaves close to the cup. Blossom four-sided, ribbed, and of a yellowish orange colour. Leaves from three to six, harsh and blunt, furrowed beneath, linear and thick. Stem upright, rough, four or five feet high. Branches are loose, simple, and long. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till January. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Linnæa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, racemum formantes longum, densissimum. Corolla clavata, alba, diaphana, pilosa, ad basin purpurea; laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna, linearia, villosa, obtusa. Caulis fruticosus, erectus. Ramuli numerosi, brevissimi, pilosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches, making a long close bunch. Blossom club-shaped, white, transparent, and hairy, of a purple colour at the base; the segments of the mouth are blunt, and upright. Leaves by threes, linear, and villose. Stem shrubby, upright. Small branches numerous, very short, and hairy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till June. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. The same spread open, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Nivenia. DESCRIPTIO.