Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom in spring, and again late in autumn. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement. 3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA aurea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores horizontaliter verticillati, prope ramorum summitatem. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus instructi. Corolla cylindracea, glabra, aurantia: laciniis oris parum reflexis. Folia sena, linearia, glabra, apice incurvata, patentia. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, pedalis. Rami verticillati, patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers grow horizontally in whorls near the summit of the branches. Footstalks very short, and furnished with three floral leaves. Blossom cylinder-shaped, smooth, and of a gold colour: segments of the mouth a little reflexed. Leaves by sixes, linear, and smooth, turned inward at the point, and spreading. Stem upright, shrubby, a foot high. The branches grow in whorls, and are spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till September. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Blandfordia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, sessiles, et horizontaliter siti, ramulos plerumque binatim terminantes: sub apicibus ramorum conferti in ramulos brevissimos, spicam formantes. Corolla urceolata, glabra, lutea, ore arctata: laciniis reflexis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers numerous, sessile, in a horizontal direction, and terminate the smaller branches mostly in twos: near the upper part of the larger branches they are crowded together upon very short branches, and form a spike. Blossom jar-shaped, smooth and yellow, narrowed at the mouth, with the segments reflexed. Leaves by fours, linear, obtuse, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, and upright. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till June. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The seed-bud, chives, and pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA calycina, _major_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati. Pedunculi carnei. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, acuminatis, carneis, ad basin virescentibus, corolla longioribus. Corolla urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida; oris laciniis patentibus, acuminatis. Folia terna, lanceolata, trigona, acuminata, adpressa. Caulis virgatus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli flexuosissimi. DESCRIPTION.