1. A flower. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The involucrum. [Illustration] ERICA grandinosa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum sub-terni, cernui. Corolla campanulata, parva, albida, costata; laciniis oris revolutis. Pedunculi pallide carnei. Calyx duplex, exteriore trifoliato. Folia terna, subtrigona, obtusa, brevia. Caulis pedalis, virgatus, flexuosus, fruticosus. Ramuli patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow from the ends of the small branches mostly by threes, nodding. Blossom bell-shaped, small, white, and ribbed; segments of the border rolled back. Peduncles of a pale flesh-colour. Cup double; the outer one three-leaved. Leaves by threes, nearly three-cornered, blunt, short. Stem a foot high, twiggy, bending, and shrubby. The small branches spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In blossom from May till July. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. Empalement magnified. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Imperialis. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, terminales, simpliciter verticillati, pedunculis longis. Corolla cylindrico-clavata; ima parte profunde carnea, apice viridi, ore arctata, laciniis rectis. Folia tremula, conferta, linearia, obtusa, attenuata in petioles longos capillares. Caulis erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, simplices, longi. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, terminating the branches in simple whorls: footstalks long. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped; the lower part of a strong flesh colour, the end green, compressed at the mouth, whose segments are straight. Leaves tremulous, and crowded together, linear, blunt-ended, and tapering into long hair-like footstalks. Stem upright, two feet high. Branches few, simple, and long. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from December till March. REFERENCE. 1. The chives detached from the pointal, and one tip magnified. 2. The seed-bud and pointal. 3. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Lawsonia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in medio ramorum, sparsi, sub-sessiles. Corolla tubæformis, rubra: oris laciniis acutis, patentibus. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta. Caulis humilis, fruticosus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow about the middle of the branches, scattered, and nearly sessile. Blossom trumpet-shaped and red: segments of the border pointed and spreading. Leaves by fours, linear, and pointed. Stem low and shrubby. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till September. REFERENCE.