Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores subterminales in umbellis. Corolla cylindracea, ad basin inflata, apice arctata, incarnata: oris laciniis, plerumque sexfidis, albis. Foliis quaternis, lanceolatis, acutis, pilosis, patentibus. Caulis pedalis et ultra, fruticosus. Rami et ramuli numerosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers nearly terminal, in umbels. Blossoms cylindrical, inflated at the base, narrowed at the end, and of a flesh colour: segments of the border mostly six, divided and white. Leaves by fours, lance-shaped, pointed, hairy, and spreading. Stem a foot or more high, shrubby, with numerous large and small branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till August. REFERENCE. 1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Flower of a variety. [Illustration] ERICA suaveolens. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores racemosi, subterminales. Corolla cylindrica, pallide purpurea, odorata: oris laciniis recurvatis. Folia quina vel sena linearia, numerosa, plerumque adscendentia. Caulis sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli erecti, flexuosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow in clusters, nearly terminal. Blossom cylindrical, of a pale purple colour, and sweet-scented; segments of the border recurved. Leaves by fives or sixes, linear, numerous, and mostly ascending. Stem a foot and a half high. The large and smaller branches upright and flexuose. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement. 2. Blossom of a darker variety. 3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Templea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in umbellis terminalibus, cernui. Corolla tubulato-ventricosa, pollicaris, læte rubra, ad basin exalbida, sub apice pilosa; oris laciniis magnis, revolutis. Folia plerumque quina, glauca, supra convexa, subtus sulco-exarata, marginibus pilosis. Caulis pedalis. Rami pauci, flexibiles. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow in terminal umbels, nodding. Blossom of an inflated tubular form, an inch long, of a bright red colour, whitish at the base, hairy near the end: segments of the border large, and rolled back. Leaves mostly by fives, glaucous, rounded above, and deeply furrowed beneath, with hairy edges. Stem a foot high. Branches few and flexible. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from November till March. REFERENCE. 1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA tenuiflora _carnea_. DESCRIPTIO.