Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in axillis foliorum, plerumque terni, erecti, conferti, cum odore cucumis. Corolla urceolata, lutea, tetragona, concava, ore arctata; laciniis æqualibus, acuminatis, patentibus, et reflexis. Folia terna, trigona, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, virgatus, sub-pedalis, ramosus, gracilis. Rami filiformes et patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, mostly by threes, upright, crowded together, and smell like a cucumber. Blossom pitcher-shaped, yellow, four-sided, and concave, narrowed towards the mouth, the segments of which are equal, sharp-pointed, spreading, and reflexed. Leaves by threes, three-sided, linear and smooth. Stem shrubby, twiggy, and nearly a foot high, branching and slender. The branches are thread-shaped and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till September. REFERENCE. 1. An umbel of flowers. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A blossom magnified. 4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA vestita, _fulgida_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores supra medium ramorum, conferti, numerosi; pedunculis brevibus. Corolla uncialis et ultra, clavata, læte et saturate rubra. Folia plerumque sena, linearia, deorsum in petiolos capillares attenuata, et inde tremula. Caulis fruticosus, tripedalis, ramosus; ramis plerumque erectis, sub-simplicibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers above the middle of the branches, crowded and numerous. The footstalks are short. Blossoms above an inch long, club-shaped, and of a deep bright red colour. Leaves mostly by sixes, linear, attenuated downwards into capillary footstalks, and thence tremulous. Stem shrubby, three feet high, branching. The branches are mostly upright, and simple. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA vestita, _incarnata_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores aggregatim verticillati, supra medium ramulorum. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus foliiformibus instructi. Corolla clavata, uncialis, basin versus albicans, superne læte rosea. Folia sena, septena, vel octona, erecta, aggregata, linearia, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata, et inde pereleganter tremulosa. Caulis erectus, bipedalis; ramis simplicibus. DESCRIPTION.