[Illustration] ERICA Lambertia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in medio ramulorum, solitarii, vel terni, cernui. Pedunculi et calyx colorati. Corolla sub-globosa, inflata, alba, glabra, magnitudine pisi magni; laciniis ovatis, ad basin gibbis, erectis. Folia quaterna, acuminata, glabra; juniora erecto-patentia, seniora reflexa. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, ramosissimus. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow in the middle of the small branches, solitary, or by threes, nodding. The footstalks and empalement coloured. Blossom nearly globular, swelled out, white, smooth, and of the size of a large pea; the segments egg-shaped, bunched at the base, and upright. Leaves by fours, sharp-pointed, and smooth; the younger ones erect and spreading, the older ones reflexed. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, and very much branched. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA lucida. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores terminates, in umbellis trifloris. Pedunculi breves. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, acutis, ciliatisque. Corolla breviter campanulata, laciniis patulis, pallide carneis et lucidis. Folia ternata, subulata, erecta, lucida. Caulis fruticosus, strictus, gracilis, bipedalis. Rami plerumque ternati, erecto-patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, just within the blossom. Flowers terminal, in three-flowered umbels. Footstalks short. Cup four-leaved: leaflets broadly egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and ciliated. Blossom shortly bell-shaped, with spreading segments of a pale shining flesh-colour. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, upright, and shining. Stem shrubby, upright, slender, and two feet high. Branches mostly by threes, between erect and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Monsoniana. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusae. Flores in ramulorum apice terni, nutantes, spicam quasi formantes prope caulis summitatem. Pedunculi fere nulli. Corolla tubulosa, fauce arctata, candidissima; laciniis sub-erectis. Folia terna, nitida, linearia, erecto-patentia. Caulis tripedalis, teres, erectus. DESCRIPTION.