Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. A blossom divested of its empalement. 3. The chives spread, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Petiveriana, _aurantia_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores subterni, ramulos terminantes, incurvati, penduli. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla clavata, aurantia; laciniis limbi ovatis, erectis, inflatis, incurvatis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, patentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. Rami tecti ramulis, terni. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers mostly by threes, terminating the small branches, turned inwards, and hanging down. Footstalks very short. Blossom club-shaped and orange-coloured. Segments of the border are egg-shaped, upright, swelled out, and incurved. Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, and spreading. Stem upright, a foot and a half high. Branches covered by smaller branches, and growing by threes. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till May. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Petiveriana, _hirsuta_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores terminales in ramulis lateralibus, sub-terni, penduli, incurvi, pedunculis brevibus. Corolla clavata, incurva, uncialis, læte et lucide rubra, basi tumida, quadrifida. Folia ternata, subulata, hirsuta. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, inferne ramulis numerosis instructus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers terminal on the small lateral branches, mostly by threes, pendulous, and incurved, with short footstalks. Blossom club-shaped, incurved, an inch long, of a bright shining red, swelled and quadrifid at the base. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, and hairy. Stem upright, a foot and a half high, and furnished downwards with numerous small branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from January till April. REFERENCE. 1. The under-side of a leaf magnified. 2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 3. A blossom detached from the empalement. 4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA purpurea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores verticillati, sub-terminales. Corolla tubulosa, purpurea, nitida, ad basin incurvata, apicem versus sensim dilatata. Folia sena, linearia, patentia, supra plana, subtus revoluta, acuta, rigida. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ad basin simplicissimus, dein verticillatim ramosus, ramis simplicibus, adscendentibus. DESCRIPTION.