REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA turbinata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ ad basin bicornes, exsertæ. Flores ramulos terminant, terni, cernui. Pedunculi nulli. Calyx duplex. Corolla turbinata, incarnata; laciniis erectis. Folia terna, obtusa, brevia, adscendentia. Caulis debilis. Rami et ramuli virgati, flexuosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned at the base, without the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches, by threes, nodding. Footstalks none. Empalement double. Blossom top-shaped, and flesh-coloured: segments upright. Leaves by threes, obtuse, short, and ascending. Stem weak. The small and larger branches twiggy and flexuose. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf. 2. Empalement, magnified. 3. A blossom. 4. A chive, magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud, magnified. [Illustration] ERICA viridiflora. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ minute bicornutæ, subexsertæ. Flores terni, in apicibus ramulorum, dependentes. Pedunculi nulli. Perianthium duplex, exteriori triphyllo. Corolla viridis, viscosa, mætulæflora: laciniis limbi erectis. Folia terna, glabra, subtrigona, curvata, acuta. Caulis humilis, fruticosus. Ramuli plerumque terni. DESCRIPTION. Tips minutely two-horned, just without the blossom. Flowers grow by threes, at the ends of the smaller branches, hanging down. Footstalks none. Cup double, the outer one three-leaved. Blossom green, clammy and skittle-shaped: segments of the border upright. Leaves by threes, smooth, nearly three-sided, curved and pointed. Stem low and shrubby. Smaller branches mostly by threes. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till August. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement. 2. A chive, tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA vernex rubra. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos ternatim plerumque terminant in medio ramorum, cernui. Corolla sub-globosa, ignea, glutinosissima, lucida; limbo saturate viridi; laciniis æqualibus, erectis. Folia ternata, subulata, supra plana, subtus sulco exarata. Caulis pedalis et ultra. Rami plerumque terni. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches mostly by threes, out of the middle of the large branches, nodding. Blossom nearly globular, of a fiery colour, very glutinous, and shining; border of a deep green; segments equal, and upright. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, the upper side level, the under carved with a furrow. Stem a foot high or more. Large branches mostly by threes. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom in Spring, and again in Autumn. REFERENCE.