Tips crested, and just within the blossom. The flowers grow at the ends of the smaller branches, forming a close bunch. Footstalks are long, and purple. Blossom nearly egg-shaped, bending down, and flesh-coloured; the mouth contracted, and slightly cut into four upright segments. Leaves by fours, obtuse, linear, and smooth. Stem nearly upright, a foot high, and very much branched; the large and smaller branches are flexuose, and spread outwards. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA incurva. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ: stylo sub-exerto. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni. Pedunculi aculeati. Folia terna, farinose viridia, arcuata, incurva, aculeata, subtus exarata. Corolla urceolata, purpurea, odorata: oris laciniis rotundatis, sub-erectis. Caulis fruticosus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli hirsuti, erecto-patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, and just within the blossom. Shaft just without. Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels by threes. Footstalks prickly. Leaves by threes, of a mealy green, bowed, turned inwards, prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath. Blossom pitcher-shaped, purple, and sweet-scented: the segments of the border are roundish, and nearly upright. Stem shrubby, and branching. The large and small branches are roughly haired, and between erect and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till May. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. A flower and leaf of a small variety. [Illustration] ERICA lachnæa, _purpurea_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terni, in apice ramulorum, cernui. Perianthium duplex; pedunculis brevissimis. Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, purpureo-pulverulenta; laciniis limbi obtusis, sub-erectis. Folia terna, obtusa, conferta, tomentosa, farinaria, viridia. Caulis erectus, pedalis, fruticosus. Rami numerosi, ramulis brevissimis tecti. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow by threes, at the ends of the small branches, nodding. Cup double; footstalks very short. Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, and of a powdery purple; segments of the border are obtuse, and nearly upright. Leaves by threes, blunt, crowded, downy, and of a mealy green. Stem upright, a foot high, and shrubby. Branches numerous, and covered by very short smaller ones. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified.