Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till November. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A blossom, natural size. 3. The same magnified. 4. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal magnified. [Illustration] ERICA lateralis. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ad apices ramorum ramulorumque umbellati, cernui, secundi, purpurei. Pedunculi longi, colorati. Corolla sub-campanulata, ad basin plana, purpurea: laciniis limbi obtusis, sub-erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, erecta. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli virgati. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow in umbels at the ends of the larger and smaller branches, nodding, all pointing one way, purple. The footstalks are long, and coloured. Blossom nearly bell-shaped, the lower part flat and purple. The segments of the border are obtuse, and nearly erect. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, and upright. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high, and branching. The smaller and larger branches are twiggy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. [Illustration] ERICA latifolia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores in medio ramorum, spicati, umbellati sub-terni ex axillis foliorum, cernui. Corolla sub-globosa, glabra, læte-rubra, ore arctata, limbo erecto, minuto. Folia terna, latissima, acuminate ovata, supra pilis vestita, subtus albida, margine revoluta. Caulis fruticosus, flexuosus, pedalis, ramosus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers in the middle of the branches, in spikes, from the insertion of the leaves in umbels of threes, hanging down. Blossom nearly globular, smooth, and of a bright red, mouth narrowed, border upright and small. Leaves by threes, very broad, pointedly egg-shaped, clothed on the upper surface with hairs, whitish beneath, and rolled back at the edge. Stem shrubby, flexuose, a foot high, and branching. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till August. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf shown from the underside. 2. Upper surface of the same, magnified. 3. The empalement magnified. 4. Seed-bud, chives and pointal, magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA laxa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores parvi, sæpius ternati, in fasciculis terminalibus et lateralibus. Pedunculi brevissimi. Calyx duplex, coloratus, imbricatus. Corolla urceolata, superne rosea, laciniis patulis. Folia ternata, erecta, obtusa, minutim ciliata, subtus sulcata. Caulis fraticosus, ramosus. Rami obsolete verticillati, graciles, flexuosi, cortice ferrugineo-fusco. DESCRIPTIONS.