Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in extremis ramulis terminates, quaterni, adpressi, cernuo-patentes; pedunculis brevissimis. Calyx duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis ovatis, concavis, incurvatis, lanâ densâ tectis, adpressis. Corolla sub-globosa, albida, lanata, in sinu calycis fere recondita. Folia terna, cuneata, marginibus revolutis, lanata. Caulis laxus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, laxi, tomentosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers terminate the extremity of the branches by fours, pressed together, are nodding, and spreading; with very short footstalks. Empalement double; the outer three-leaved, the inner one four-leaved: the leaflets are ovate, concave, turned inwards, covered by a thick wool, and pressed to the flowers. Blossom nearly globular, whitish, woolly, and nearly hid within the cup. Leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, rolled back at the edges, and woolly. Stem weak, a foot and a half high. The large and small branches are numerous, weak, and downy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till December. REFERENCE. 1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The empalement magnified. 4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA lanuginosa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores axillares, sæpe solitarii, subsessiles. Corolla ovata, ad basin inflata, apice acuta, tomentosa, albido-lutescens, basi fusco-purpurascens. Folia terna, linearia, lanata, ciliata, patentes. Caulis humilis, robustus, sub-pedalis, fruticosus; ramis numerosis, plerumque simplicibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers axillary, often solitary, nearly sessile. Blossom egg-shaped, swelled at the base, and pointed at the end, downy, of a dingey yellow white, and of a purply brown at the base. Leaves by threes, linear, with woolly hair, and spreading. Stem low, stout, scarce a foot high, shrubby. The branches are numerous, and mostly simple. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till January. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The same spread open. 4. The chives and pointal. 5. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Linnæoides. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, sub-quaterni, horizontales; pedunculis fere nullis. Corolla sub-cylindracea, tumida, pilosa, ad basin purpurea, et superne alba. Folia quaterna, linearia, pilosa. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, et patens. Ramuli numerosi, pilosi. DESCRIPTION.