REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA setacea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, sub-terni, spicati. Corolla urceolata, glabra, sub-albida, parva. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, supra sub-scabrida, margine setacea, revoluta. Caulis, rami, et ramuli, filiformes, flexuosi, tenuissime scabri, villosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. Flowers grow mostly by threes at the extremity of the small branches, forming a spike. Blossom pitcher-shaped, smooth, whitish, and small. Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, roughish on the upper side, bristly, and rolled back at the edge. Stem, branches and small branches thread-shaped, bending, slightly rough and hairy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till April. REFERENCE. 1. The underside of a leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal. 4. A chive magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA sexfaria. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ basi bicornutæ, exertæ, atro-purpureæ. Flores in ramulorum apice terni, sessiles, nitidi. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum. Corolla ovata, glabra, membranacea, alba. Folia terna, trigona, obtusa, patentiuscula, sexfaria. Caulis erectus, sub-pedalis. Ramuli simplices, sub-verticillati. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned at the base, without the blossom, and of a dark purple. Flowers grow in threes at the ends of the small branches, sitting close, and shining. Cup double, the outer one three-leaved. Blossom egg-shaped, smooth, skinny, and white. Leaves by threes, three-sided, blunt, rather spreading, and forming six angles. Stem upright, near a foot high. The small branches are simple, and grow nearly in whorls. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Solandra. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, capitatim aggregati, parvuli. Corolla parva, obsolete campanulata, incarnata; calyce subulato, hispido. Folia quaterna, parva, obtusa, valde hispida, erecta; seniora patentia, et recurva. Caulis suffrutescens, semipedalis, flexuosus, valde ramosus. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, in crowded heads, and small. Blossom small, obscurely bell-shaped, and flesh-coloured. The cup is awl-shaped, and hispid. Leaves by fours, small, obtuse, very hispid, and upright. The older ones are spreading and bent back. Stem shrubbyish, half a foot high, flexuose, and very much branched. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom nearly all the year. REFERENCE.