Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA aspera. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni vel seni, cernui. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus hispidis adpressis. Corolla tubulato-ventricosa, setis densissime circumsessa, lutea, pollicaris, ore obsolete quadrifida. Folia quaterna, lanceolata, aculeata, subtus sulco exarata. Caulis erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci; ramuli numerosi, simplices. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels of from three to six, nodding. Peduncles very short, and furnished with three hispid floral leaves pressed to the cup. Blossom of an inflated tubular form, closely beset with bristles, yellow, an inch long; the mouth is slightly divided into four segments. Leaves by fours, lance-shaped, prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath. Stem upright, two feet high. Branches few; the smaller branches numerous and simple. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till February. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The under side of a leaf magnified. 3. The empalement magnified. 4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Banksia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis, plerumque terni, cernui. Pedunculi brevissimi. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; late ovatum, rigidum, carinatum, acuminatum. Corolla cylindrica, viride-lutea; oris laciniis revolutis. Folia terna, subulata, trigona, acuminata. Caulis decumbens, rigidus, scaber, sub-spithamæus, ramosissimus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers grow at the ends of the small branches, mostly by threes, nodding. Footstalks short. Cup double; the outer one three-leaved, the inner one four-leaved; broadly egg-shaped, harsh, keeled, and sharp-pointed. Blossom cylindrical, of a greenish yellow. Segments of the border rolled back. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, three-sided, and sharp-pointed. Stem drooping, harsh, rough, scarce a span high, and very much branched. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives detached from the pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Banksia, _purpurea_. DESCRIPTIO.