Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA staminea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ. Filamenta capillaria, prælonga, extra flores pendula. Flores solitarii, terminales, in ramulis pernumerosis lateralibus ternatis. Corolla parva, luteo-albida: laciniis patentibus, rotundatis. Folia ternata, erecta, parva, carnosa, lucida. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis: ramis numerosis, verticillatis, patulis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless. Threads hair-like, very long, and hanging out of the flower. Flowers solitary, and terminal, on very numerous lateral ternate branches. Blossom small, of a yellow white colour, with segments spreading and rounded. Leaves by threes, erect, small, fleshy, and shining. Stem shrubby, two feet high, with numerous whorled branches slightly spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. Blossom of a white variety. 4. The chives and pointal, magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA tenuiflora, _alba_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ad apices ramulorum quaterni, pedunculis brevibus. Corolla tubæformis, tenuissima: oris laciniis acuminatis, patentibus, albicantibus: tubo pellucido. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glabra, erecto-patentia. Caulis fruticosus, debilis, pedalis et ultra. Rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow by fours at the ends of the small branches. Footstalks short. Blossom trumpet-shaped, and very slender. The segments of the border are sharp-pointed, spreading, and very white. The tube is of a transparent white. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, smooth, and between erect and spreading. Stem shrubby, weak, a foot or more high. The large and small branches are thread-shaped, and twiggy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. Chives and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA thymifolia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ basi bicornes, sub-inclusæ. Flores axillares, solitarii; pedunculis basi bracteis duabus instructis. Corolla parva, urceolata, saturate rosea; laciniis expansis, subtus concavis. Folia ternata, cordata, ciliata, subtus glauca. Caulis fruticosus, spithamæus, dumosus, perflexus; ramulis filiformibus, expansis, decumbentibus. DESCRIPTION.