1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified, 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA bicolor. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, in fasciculis trifloris. Corolla uncialis, inferne rubra, purpurea, superne viridis. Folia ternata, obtuse subulata, paululum incurvata, villosa. Caulis bipedalis, flexuoso-erectus, ramis paucioribus, ramulis numerosis erectis pubescentibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in three-flowered bunches. Blossom an inch long, the lower part red purple, the upper part green. Leaves in threes, obtusely awl-shaped, a little incurved, and covered with soft hairs. Stem two feet high, flexuosely upright, with few large branches, and numerous erect downy small ones. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till April. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA campanulata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, sub-solitarii, cernui. Corolla globosa, campanulata, lutea. Folia quaterna, linearia, angusta, glabra, erecta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati, glabri. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow nearly solitary at the end of the small branches, hanging down. Blossom globularly bell-shaped, and yellow. Leaves by fours, linear, narrow, smooth and upright. Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching. The large and small branches are thread-shaped, twiggy, and smooth. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till August. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA capitata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, bini vel terni. Calyx hirtus, adpressus, luteo-viridis. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla sub-globosa, alba, lanata, in sinu calycis fere recondita. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, pilosa. Caulis erectus. Rami filiformes, villosi; ramuli numerosi, tomentosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, nearly within the blossom. Flowers grow at the extremity of the small branches, by twos or threes. Cup harshly haired, pressed to the blossom, and of a yellow-green colour. Footstalks very short. Blossom nearly globular, white, and woolly, almost hid within the cup. Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, and hairy. Stem upright. Branches thread-shaped and hairy; small branches numerous, and downy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE.