[Illustration] ERICA mirabilis. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sub-sessiles, terminales, fastigiati, quaterni. Corolla ventricosa, imprimis alba, denique rosacea; ore arctata; laciniis sub-cordatis, undulatis, expansis, maximis. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Ramuli numerosi, erecto-patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers nearly sessile, terminal, in bunches of four together. Blossom swelled out, white at first, but dying off of a rose colour; narrowed at the mouth; segments of the border nearly heart-shaped, waved, spreading, and very large. Leaves by fours, linear, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot high. Smaller branches numerous, between erect and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA mollis. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in umbellis axillares. Corolla globosa, purpurea, pilosa: laciniis rotundatis, patentibus, æqualibus. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, pilosa, patentia, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis pedalis, fruticosus, erectus, ramulis adscendentibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow in umbels from the axillæ of the leaves. Blossom globular, purple, and hairy: segments of the border rounded, spreading, and equal. Leaves by fours, linear, obtuse, hairy, and spreading, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem a foot high, shrubby and upright: branches ascending. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till September. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement magnified. 2. A Chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA mundula. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores quaterni, terminales, fastigiati: corolla tubulosa, pellucida, ore arctata, quod ornatum est in modum Primulæ: laciniis cordatis, expansis, albis, subtus læte rubris. Folia quaterna, subulata, glabra, laxa, erecto-patentia. Frutex pygmæus. Caulis fruticosus: ramis numerosis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow by fours, fastigiate, and terminal: blossom tubular and shining, narrowed at the mouth, which is ornamented like a Cowslip: segments of the border heart-shaped, spreading, and white, of a bright red colour beneath. Leaves by fours, awl-shaped, smooth, loose, and between erect and spreading. A dwarf shrub. Stem shrubby: branches numerous. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Ollula. DESCRIPTIO.