Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, subcernui, umbellulati. Corolla urceolata, alba; laciniæ limbi obtusæ, erecto-patulæ. Folia quaterna, lineari-trigona, erecta, glabra. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi, erecti. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches, are a little bent downwards, and grow in small bunches. Blossom pitcher-shaped, and white. The segments of the border are blunt, upright, and spreading. Leaves by fours, linearly three-sided, upright, and smooth. Stem upright, a foot and a half high, branching; the small branches are numerous, and upright. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. [Illustration] ERICA marifolia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores terminales, umbellati, cernui. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, canaliculatis, ciliatis. Corolla albida, urceoliformis, oris laciniis sub-reflexis. Folia terna, patentia, late ovata, revoluta, subtus albida. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, pedalis, ramosissimus. Ramuli frequentissimi, verticillati. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, just within the blossom. The flowers terminate the branches in bunches, and nodding. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are spathula-shaped, channelled and lashed. Blossom white, pitcher-shaped; the segments of the border slightly bent back. Leaves by threes, spreading, of a broad egg-shape, rolled back at the edges, and whitish beneath. Stem upright, shrubby, a foot high, very branching. The smaller branches numerous, and in whorls. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Massonia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sub-terminales, verticillis simplicibus, cernuo-patentibus. Corolla sub-cylindracea, micans, viscosa, colore rubro, luteo, et viridi, quam speciosissime imbuta. Folia sub-quaterna, pilis longis vestita. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ad basin simplex, dein ramosus; rami sub-erecti, foliis omnino tecti. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers nearly terminal in simple whorls, bending down, and spreading. Blossom nearly cylindrical, shining, clammy, and most beautifully coloured with red, yellow, and green. Leaves mostly by fours, clothed with long hairs. Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high, simple at the base, then branching, the branches nearly upright, and quite covered by the leaves. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till August. REFERENCE.