Antheræ basi bicornutæ, exertæ. Flores terminales, umbellati, pedunculis longissimis. Corolla purpurea, sub-turbinata, costata, fauce parum arctata; laciniis revolutis. Folia terna, lato-linearia, obtusa, margine pilis longissimis obsita, subtus sulcata, patentia. Suffrutex pygmæus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli divaricati, patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned at the base, without the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels, with very long footstalks. Blossom purple, nearly top-shaped, ribbed, a little contracted at the mouth; the segments rolled back. Leaves by threes, broadly linear, blunt, and beset with long hairs at the edges, furrowed beneath, and spreading. It is a dwarf shrub, and very branching. The large and small branches are straggling and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till June. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf shown from the underside magnified. 2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA palustris. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, in ramulis lateralibus, plerumque terni, numerosi. Corolla sub-cylindrica, seu potius angustissime campanulata, pubescens, incarnata; laciniis patulis, albidis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, et pubescentia. Caulis tenuis. Rami tenues et divaricati, ramulis numerosis brevibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, on the small lateral branches, mostly by threes, numerous. Blossom nearly cylindrical, or rather very narrowly bell-shaped, downy, and flesh-coloured; the segments of the border are spreading, and white. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, and downy. Stem slender. Branches slender and divaricating, with numerous short branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till October. REFERENCE. 1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Petiveriana. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores, bini vel terni, terminant ramulos in medio ramorum. Pedunculi brevissimi. Bracteæ calyciformes. Corolla clavata, curvata, lutea, ad basin grossa quadrifida. Oris laciniæ incurvæ, adpressæ. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa. Caulis strictissimus, ramulis brevibus frequentissimis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers terminate the small branches about the middle of the large ones, by twos and threes. Foot-stalks very short. The floral leaves seem to form part of the cup. Blossom club-shaped, curved, yellow, swelled and quadrified at the base. The segments of the mouth are bent inwards, and pressed to the filaments. Leaves by threes, linear, and blunt. Stem very upright, with numerous short branches. * * * * *