Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant, plerumque terni. Corolla cylindracea, pubescens, ad basin pallide purpurea, ore alba: laciniis reflexis. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, marginibus minute ciliatis. Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus. Rami numerosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches mostly by threes. Blossom cylindrical, downy, of a pale purple at the base, and white at the mouth. Segments reflexed. Leaves by fours, linear, and pointed, with minutely ciliated margins. Stem a foot and a half high, shrubby. Branches numerous. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till August. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA prægnans. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores terminales, numerosi, erecti, fasciculati. Pedunculi purpurei, basi bracteis binis parvis oppositis instructi. Corolla magna, inflata, ovata, apice arctata, albens, glabra, nitida: limbo æquali, patente, carneo, in centro saturate rubro. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, ciliata, nitida. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, teres, dumosus. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned at their base, and within the blossom. Flowers terminal, numerous, upright, and in large bunches. The footstalks are purple, and furnished with two small opposite floral leaves at their base. Blossom large, of an inflated ovate form, and narrowed towards the end, whitish, smooth, and shining: segments of the border equal, spreading, flesh-coloured, and of a deep red in the centre. Leaves by fours, linear, sharp-pointed, with a recurved base and an ascending point, ciliated, and shining. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, round, and bushy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till August. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA præstans. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis quaternis vel octonis. Pedunculi breves. Corolla urceolata, alba, laciniis magnis expansis. Folia quaterna, linearia, erecta, obtusa. Caulis pedalis, erectus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli graciles. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of from four to eight. Footstalks short. Blossom pitcher-shaped and white; segments of the border large and spreading. Leaves by fours, linear, upright, and blunt-ended. Stem a foot high, upright, shrubby. Large and small branches slender. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till November. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal. 3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.