* * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA elegans. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores capitati, terminales, cernui. Pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus instructi etiam coloratis. Corolla deorsum ventricosa, superne arctata, basi carnea, ore viridi. Folia terna, trigona, linearia, glauca, parum incurvata, et patentes. Caulis robustus, fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus; ramulis patulis. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers headed, terminal, and nodding. Peduncles coloured, and furnished with three floral leaves also coloured. Blossom bellied below, contracted above, flesh-coloured at the base, with a green mouth. Leaves by threes, three-sided, linear, of a sea green colour, a little incurved, and spreading. Stem stout, shrubby, a foot high, branching; the branches spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from November till February. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. A branch with the involucrum of the flowers. [Illustration] ERICA elata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores in apicibus ramorum, solitarii, spicam formantes. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus spathulatis instructi. Corolla clavata, curvata, tomentosa, maxima, aurantia; oris laciniis revolutis. Folia quaterna, sæpe quina, glabra, teretiuscula, obtusa. Caulis erectus, sex-pedalis et ultra, parum ramosus. Ramuli plurimi, breves, tomentosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the branches, solitary, forming a spike. Footstalks short, having three spathula-shaped floral leaves. Blossom club-shaped, curved, downy, very large, and of an orange colour; the segments of the mouth rolled back. Leaves by fours, often by fives, smooth, roundish, and blunt. Stem upright, growing six feet high or more, rarely branched. Small branches numerous, short, and downy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till September. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA erubescens. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, quaterni, nutantes. Pedunculi brevissimi. Calyx duplex; foliolis late ovatis, sulcatis, squamosis, dentatis. Corolla cylindracea, pilis glandulosis sub-pollicaribus densissime circumsessa. Os intus pilosum, imprimis album, denique roseum. Folia quaterna, lanceolata, aculeata. Caulis erectus, sub-bipedalis. Rami pauci. Ramuli numerosi. DESCRIPTION.