Tips two-horned at the base, and just within the blossom. Flowers axillary and solitary, with the peduncles furnished with two floral leaves at the base. Blossom small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep rose colour, with the segments expanded, and concave beneath. Leaves in threes, heart-shaped, hairy, and glaucous beneath. Stem shrubby, a span high, bushy, very much bent; with the branches thread-shaped, expanded, and decumbent. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till July. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA tiaræflora. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, terni, cernui. Pedunculi longi. Corolla tiaræformis, apice incarnata, ad basin albida; laciniis minutis, obtusis, erectis. Folia terna, obtusa, linearia, rigida, erecto-patentia. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sub-sesquipedalis, ramosus. Rami terni, patentes, erecti. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and without the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches by threes, nodding. Footstalks long. Blossom turban-shaped, flesh-coloured at the ends, and whitish at the base; the segments of the border are very small, obtuse, and upright. Leaves by threes, blunt, linear, harsh, and between erect and spreading. Stem shrubby, upright, near a foot and a half high, and branching. Branches by threes, spreading, and upright. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement and blossom, magnified. 2. A blossom without its empalement, magnified. 3. A chive magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA ventricosa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores terminales, numerosi, fastigiati, erecti, fasciculati. Pedunculi purpurei, basi bracteis binis parvis oppositis instructi. Corolla oblongo-ovata, apice arctata, alba, glabra, nitida: limbo æquali, sub-reflexo, in centro rubro. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, ciliata, nitida. Caulis fruticosus, semi-pedalis, teres, dumosus. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned at their base, and within the blossom. Flowers terminal, numerous, level, upright, and in bunches. The footstalks are purple, and furnished with two small opposite floral leaves at their base. Blossom of an oblong ovate form, and narrowed towards the end, white, smooth, and shining: segments of the border equal, slightly reflexed, and red in the centre. Leaves by fours, linear, sharp-pointed, with a recurved base and an ascending point, ciliated, and shining. Stem shrubby, half a foot high, round, and bushy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till September. REFERENCE.