Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers terminal, crowded very close together at the ends of the small branches in heads, numerous, often twelve. The footstalks are short. Blossom globular, smooth, and white. Leaves by fours, awl-shaped, and sharp-pointed; the old ones appearing broken back, the younger ones upright. Stem upright, simple, and stout, two feet high. Branches short, horizontal, and growing in whorls. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till February. REFERENCE. 1. A blossom. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified. [Illustration] ERICA cylindrica. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores fasciculati, terminales, in ramulis lateralibus, terni et quaterni. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla cylindrica, uncialis, læte fusco-aurantia. Folia quaterna, erecta, linearia. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ramulis sub-simplicibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers bundled in the lateral branches by threes and fours. Footstalks very short. Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, of a bright brown orange colour. Leaves by fours, upright, and linear. Stem shrubby, upright, and two feet high; the small branches nearly simple. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Eriocephala. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores, in ramulorum apice, umbellati, seu capitati, copiosi. Corolla urceolata, alba, tenuissime alba lana tecta, foliolis calycis vestita, lanugine albicante densissime obsitis. Folia terna, pubescentia, obtusa. Caulis erectus, spithameus. Rami et ramuli numerosissimi, pilosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the small branches in umbels or heads, very abundant. Blossom pitcher-shaped and white, slightly covered with white wool, clothed with the leaflets of the cup, which are thickly covered with a whitish wool. Leaves by threes, covered with soft hair, and obtuse. Stem upright, a span high. The large and small branches are very numerous, and hairy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till August. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA fastigiata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, quaterni, fastigiati, subsessiles. Calyx duplex; exterior triphyllus, adpressus, marginibus membranaceis, serrulatis. Corolla alba, pellucida, ad basin inflata. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus; ramulis numerosis. DESCRIPTION.