1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal spread. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA hirta; _Var. viridiflora_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, patente-cernui. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla cylindracea, pollicaris, viridis: limbi laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, recta, obtusa, hirta, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, villosus. Ramuli terni, verticillati. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches mostly by threes, between spreading and hanging down. Footstalks very short. Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, and green. The segments of the border are obtuse, and upright. Leaves by threes and fours, linear, straight, blunt, and hairy, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem upright, a foot and a half high, and hairy. The small branches grow by threes, in whorls. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till January. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement. 3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Hyacinthoides. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, conferti, terminales, fere pedunculati. Corolla ventricosa, incarnata, ore arctata; laciniis sub-cordatis, undulatis, expansis, maximis. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra, crassiuscula, nitida. Caulis fruticosus, spithameus, erectus, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers sit close in upright bunches by fours, on the ends of the branches with scarcely any footstalks. Blossom swelled out, flesh-coloured, and narrowed at the mouth; the segments are nearly heart-shaped, waved, spreading, and very large. Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, thickish, and shining. Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and branching. The smaller branches are numerous, and between erect and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till August. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA incarnata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, in racemum densum coalescentes. Pedunculi longi, purpurei. Corolla sub-ovata, cernua, carnea; ore contracto, lævissime quadrifido, laciniis erectis. Folia quaterna, obtusa, linearia, glabra. Caulis sub-erectus, pedalis, ramosissimus; rami et ramuli flexuosi, divaricatopatentes. DESCRIPTION.