[Illustration] ERICA pellucida. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, plerumque quaterni, cernui. Pedunculi longi, glandulosi, bracteis tribus lanceolatis, glandulosis, instructi. Corolla tubulato-ventricosa, pilosa, costata, alba, et pellucida; limbi laciniis semi-orbicularibus, sub-erectis. Folia quaterna, lanceolata, lucida, aculeata, sulco exarata. Caulis gracilis, sesquipedalis, hirsutus. Rami et ramuli hirsuti, flexuosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches mostly by fours, nodding. Footstalks long, glandular, and furnished with three lance-shaped, glandular floral leaves. Blossom of an inflated tubular form, hairy, ribbed, white, and transparent. The segments of the border are half round, and nearly upright. Leaves by fours, lance-shaped, shining, prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath. Stem slender, a foot and a half high, harshly haired. The large and small branches are hirsute and flexuose. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from November till June. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA pinifolia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sub apices ramorum verticillatim conferti, horizontaliter siti. Pedunculi colorati. Corolla clavata, pollicaris, alba, pilis tomentosis densissime circumsessa: oris laciniis revolutis, obsolete crenulatis. Folia sena vel octona, linearia, tremula, glabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petiolos capillares. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, parum ramosus. Ramuli simplices, foliis tecti. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers grow near the ends of the branches in crowded whorls, and in an horizontal direction. Footstalks coloured. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, white, and closely beset with downy hairs: the segments of the border rolled back, and slightly notched. Leaves by sixes or eights, linear, tremulous, and smooth, furrowed beneath, and tapering into hair-like footstalks. Stem upright, a foot and a half high, branching but little. The small branches are simple, and covered with leaves. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA planifolia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ exsertæ, basi bicornes. Flores sub apices ramorum, simplices, axillares. Pedunculi longi, colorati, glanduloso-pilosi. Corolla urceolata, purpurea: oris laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna, spathulata, supra plana, subtus carinata: marginibus glandulosis, revolutis. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, erecto-patentes. DESCRIPTION.