1. A leaf magnified. 2. Chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Linnæa _superba_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, racemum formantes longum et densissimum. Corolla clavata, uncialis, pilosa, ore alba, ad basin purpurea: laciniis obtusis, erecto-patentibus. Folia quaterna, linearia, villosa, adscendentia. Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus, erectus. Ramuli numerosi, breves, pilosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches, making a long close bunch. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, hairy, white at the mouth, and purple towards the base: segments of the border obtuse, between erect and spreading. Leaves by fours, linear, villose, and ascending. Stem a foot and a half high, shrubby, and upright. The smaller branches are numerous, short, and hairy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom during the Summer months. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement. 2. A chive, tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA metulæflora discolor. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ ad basin bicornes, inclusæ. Flores in umbellis terminalibus. Corolla tubulosa, oblonga, ad basin rosea; oris laciniis cordatis, acutis, albis. Folia quaterna, linearia. Caulis pedalis, fruticosus; ramis et ramulis numerosis. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. Flowers grow in terminal umbels. Blossom tubular, oblong, rose-coloured at the base: segments of the border heart-shaped, pointed, and white. Leaves by fours, linear. Stem a foot high and shrubby, with numerous large and small branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till October. REFERENCE. 1. A chive, tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA minutæflora. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ: stylo exserto: summitate magnâ, concavâ. Flores in summis ramulorum, paniculati, plerumque duo, axillares. Corolla campanulata, purpurea, minuta. Folia quaterna, linearia, longa, obtusa, glauca, et patentia. Caulis pedalis, erectus, flexuosus. Ramuli verticillati, adscendentes, filiformes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, nearly within the blossom: shaft without: summit large and concave. Flowers grow in loose spikes, mostly by twos, from the axillæ of the leaves. Blossom bell-shaped, purple, and very small. Leaves by fours, linear, long, obtuse, glaucous, and spreading. Stem a foot high, upright, flexuose. Small branches grow in whorls, ascending, and thread-shaped. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom during the Autumnal months. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement magnified. 2. A flower magnified. 3. chives and pointal. 4. A chive magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.