Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches in umbels. Footstalks flesh-coloured. Cup four-leaved. Leaflets spathula-shaped, sharp-pointed, flesh-coloured, greenish at the base, and longer than the flower. Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, pale at the base: segments of the border spreading, and sharp-pointed. Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, three-sided, sharp-pointed, and pressed to the branches. Stem twiggy, a foot high. The small and large branches are very flexuose. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. A blossom. 3. A chive magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA canaliculata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ, nigræ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, cernui. Pedunculi longi, colorati. Corolla campanulata, pallide purpurea; oris laciniis ovatis, acutis. Folia terna, erecta, obtusa, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, ferrugineus. Rami et ramuli verticillati, numerosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just without the blossom, and black. Flowers terminate the ends of the smaller branches, mostly by threes, hanging down. Footstalks long and coloured. Blossom bell-shaped, and of a pale purple: segments of the border are egg-shaped, and sharp-pointed. Leaves by threes, upright, and blunt, flat on the upper surface, and channelled beneath. Stem shrubby, two feet high, upright, and rusty. The large and smaller branches are whorled and numerous. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till May. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A blossom. 4. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 5. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA canaliculata, _minor_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, cernui. Pedunculi colorati. Calyx glandulosus. Corolla parva, campanulata, pallide purpurea: oris laciniis ovatis, acutis. Folia terna, erecta, obtusa, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus. Rami et ramuli verticillati, numerosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers terminate the ends of the smaller branches mostly by threes, hanging down. Footstalks coloured. Empalement glandular. Blossom small, bell-shaped, and of a pale purple: the segments are ovate, and sharp-pointed. Leaves by threes, upright and obtuse, flat on the upper surface, and channelled beneath. Stem shrubby, two feet high, and upright. The larger and smaller branches are whorled, and numerous. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till June. REFERENCE.