1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA monadelphia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ, attenuatæ in filamenta plana, compressa. Flores in ramulis, bini vel terni, terminales, cernui, in medio ramorum racemum formantes speciosissimum. Calyx duplex, coloratus; exterior triphyllus, foliolis late-ovatis, interior tetraphyllus, major. Corolla conica, sub-pollicaris, glabra, læte rubra; oris laciniis adpressis. Folia terna, obtusa, sub-tomentosa. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, and tapering into filaments which are flat, and pressed together. Flowers grow by twos and threes at the ends of the smaller branches, hanging down, forming a beautiful spike near the middle of the larger branches. Empalement double, and coloured, the outer one is three-leaved; the leaflets are broadly egg-shaped; the inner one is four-leaved, and larger than the outer. Blossom cone-shaped, near an inch long, smooth, and of a bright red colour; segments of the border are pressed to the threads. Leaves by threes, obtuse, and rather downy. Stem upright, a foot and a half high. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. The same spread open, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Muscari. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores luteoli, suaviter olentes, sæpius quaterni, cruciformes, terminales. Corolla oblongo-ovata, summa parte arctata; laciniis æqualibus, revolutis. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, glabra, nitida. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, ramosissimus. DESCRIPTION. Tips, beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers yellowish, and sweet-scented, mostly four together, cross-shaped, and terminating the branches. Blossom oblong-egg-shaped, narrowed at the top; with the segments equal, and rolled back. Leaves by fours, linear, pointed, smooth, and shining. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, and very branching. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA nitida. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni vel quini, cernui. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus calyciformibus adpressis. Corolla ovata, inflata, crystallino-alba, nitida, magnitudine pisi; laciniis revolutis. Folia terna, obtusa, linearia, erecto-patentia. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis; ramulis numerosis. DESCRIPTION.