1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA cordata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Floras terminales, in apicibus ramulorum confertissimi, capitati, erecti. Pedunculi breves. Corolla globosa, glabra, albida; laciniis limbi rotundatis, patentibus. Folia terna, cordata, patentia, marginibus revolutis, supra villosa, subtus lanata. Caulis humilis, spithamæus. Rami et ramuli numerosi, conferti, flexuosi, patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers terminal, crowded very close together at the ends of the branches in upright heads. Footstalks short. Blossom globular, smooth, and white. Segments of the border round and spreading. Leaves by threes, heart-shaped, spreading, and rolled back at the edges, hairy on the upper surface, and woolly beneath. Stem low, a span high. The large and small branches are numerous, crowded together, flexuose, and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement and blossom. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA decora. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores spicati, laxi, in medio ramulorum, axillares, dependentes. Pedunculi longi, colorati. Corolla campanulata, costata, saturate carnea: oris laciniis reflexis. Folia sena, linearia, obtusa, arcuata, petiolis longis adpressis. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, sub-erectus, gracilis. Rami et ramuli verticillati. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers grow in large spikes, about the middle of the branches, from the footstalks of the leaves, and hang down. Flower-stalk long, and coloured. Blossom bell-shaped, ribbed, and of a deep flesh-colour: the segments of the border are reflexed. Leaves by sixes, linear, obtuse, and bowed, with long footstalks pressed to the branches. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, nearly upright, and slender. The small and large branches grow in whorls. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from November till February. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA discolor. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plerumque terni, sub-cernui, ramulis terminalibus. Calyx duplex. Corolla tubulosa, sub-cylindracea, ima parte carnea, summa flavo-albicante. Folia terna, linearia, nitida, erecto-patentia. Caulis fruticosus, tripedalis, erectus, ramosus. DESCRIPTION.