* * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till January. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA densa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores plures, e foliis porrigentes. Corolla cylindrica, oblonga, et lucida: limbo incarnato. Folia quaterna et quina, linearia, glabra: petiolis brevissimis. Caulis fruticosus, sub-bipedalis, erectus, basi ramosus, dein spicam simplicissimam pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevissimis vestitam. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned at the base, and within. Flowers many, standing straight out from amongst the leaves. Blossom cylindrical, oblong, and shining: border flesh-coloured. Leaves by fours and fives, linear, smooth, with very short footstalks. Stem shrubby, near two feet high, and upright, branching out at the base, then forming a simple pyramidal spike covered by short branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA dumosa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis. Corolla pendula, urceolata, purpurea. Pedunculi patentes, longi, tenues. Folia ternata, ovata, hispida, patentia, margine revoluta, subtus glauca. Caulis humilis, fruticosus. Rami numerosi, filiformes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels. Blossoms pendulous, pitcher-shaped, purple. Footstalks spreading, long, and slender. Leaves by threes, ovate, hispid, spreading, rolled back at the edges, and glaucous beneath. Stem low and shrubby. Branches numerous and thread-shaped. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till November. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. Chives and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA emarginata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque terni. Calyx emarginatus pilis nigris: corollis campanulatis, albis: limbo maximo, reflexo. Folia terna, trigona, crassa, reflexa, acuta, lucida, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. Caulis erectus, dumosus, sub-pedalis. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, and just within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes. The empalement is emarginated with black hairs. Blossom bell-shaped, and white: the border is large, and reflexed. Leaves by threes, three-sided, thick, reflexed, pointed, and shining, flat on their upper surface, and channelled beneath. Stem upright, bushy, and near a foot high. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till October. REFERENCE.