Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant, terni vel quaterni, plerumque adscendentes. Corolla tubæformis, tenuissima, incarnata: laciniis oris æqualibus, cordatis, acutis, patentibus. Folia plerumque quaterna, leviter tomentosa, linearia, brevia, acuta, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis pedalis et ultra, fruticosus flexuosus, filiformis, virgatus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches by threes and fours, mostly ascending. Blossom trumpet-shaped, very slender, and flesh-coloured: segments of the border are equal, heart-shaped, pointed, and spreading. Leaves mostly by fours, slightly downy, linear, short and pointed, flat on the upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem a foot or more high, shrubby, flexuose, thread-shaped, and twiggy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom during the summer months. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA translucens. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ. Flores ramos terminant, plerumque terni, adscendentes, et patentes. Corolla cylindracea, rosacea, tomentosa, pellucida: laciniis æqualibus, revolutis. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, brevia, læviter incurvata, trigona, acuta, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami numerosi, flexuosi, virgati, filiformes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches, mostly by threes, ascending, and spreading. Blossom cylindrical, rose-coloured, downy, and pellucid: segments of the border equal, and rolled back. Leaves by threes and fours, linear and short, slightly incurved, three-sided, pointed, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high. Branches numerous, flexuose, twiggy, and thread-shaped. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till August. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement. 2. A chive, tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA transparens. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores plerumque terni, cernui, ad ramorum extremitates. Calyx duplex, ramis adpressus: exterior trifoliatus. Corolla cylindrico-clavata, purpurea: oris laciniis viridi-albicantibus. Folia ternata, linearia, nitida, erecto-patentia: majoribus flexuosis. Caulis bipedalis, fruticosus, erectus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow mostly by threes, drooping, from the ends of the branches. Empalement double, and prest to the branches: the outer one three-leaved. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, and purple: segments of the border of a greenish white colour. Leaves by threes, linear, shining, between erect and spreading: the older ones flexuose. Stem two feet high, shrubby, erect. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till April.