Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, terni, quaterni, vel quini, erecti vel patentes. Corolla bicolorata, supra alba, infra incarnata, tubulosa, quadrata, quatuor valvis vel suturis: oris laciniis revolutis. Folia numerosa, sparsa, ensiformia, curvata, adscendentia et patentia, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus, erectus: ramis et ramulis longis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches in threes, fours, or fives, erect or spreading. Blossom two-coloured, white above and flesh-coloured beneath, tubular, squared, with four valves or seams: segments of the border rolled back. Leaves numerous, scattered, sword-shaped, curved, ascending and spreading, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem a foot and a half high, shrubby, upright, and branching: the large and small branches long. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement. 2. A Chive. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA radiata discolor. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulorum subapicibus verticillati, horizontaliter siti. Corolla subcylindracea, ad basin rosea; oris laciniis recurvatis, cordatis, albis. Folia plerumque quaterna, linearia, patentia, undulata, acuminata. Caulis bipedalis, erectus, ramosus. Rami subsimplices. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls near the ends of the branches, standing horizontally. Blossom nearly cylinder-shaped, rose-coloured at the base: segments of the border recurved, heartshaped, and white. Leaves mostly by fours, linear, spreading, undulate, and pointed. Stem two feet high, upright, and branching. Branches nearly simple. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom during the Autumnal months. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA recurvata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ: stylo exerto, longissimo. Flores in umbellis, 6-9, dependentes: pedunculis brevissimis; corolla oblonga, albicante, oris laciniis rectis, atro-ferrugineis. Folia numerosa, sparsa, obtusa, flexuosa: ramulis numerosis, confertis, apice recurvatis. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, pedalis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without, and very long. Flowers grow in umbles of 6 to 9, hanging down: footstalks very short. Blossom oblong, of a whitish colour: segments of the border straight, and of a dark rusty colour. Leaves numerous, scattered, obtuse, and flexuose: the small branches numerous, crowded together, and recurved at the end. Stem upright, shrubby, a foot high. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till June. REFERENCE.