Antheræ aristatæ, tortæ, inclusæ. Flores conferti, fasciculati, terminales: pedunculis longissimis, rubris: bracteis duabus distantibus. Corolla urceolata, saturate carnea, oris laciniis patentibus. Folia sparsa, longa, linearia: petiolis longis. Caulis sub-pedalis, fruticosus: ramis longis, adscendentibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded and twisted, within the blossom. Flowers crowded together in bunches at the ends of the branches: footstalks very long and red, with two floral set at a distance on them. Blossom pitcher-shaped, and of a deep flesh colour: segments of the border spreading. Leaves scattered, long and linear: footstalks long. Stem near a foot high, and shrubby: branches long and ascending. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till August. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA nivalis. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque terni, subcernui. Corolla globosa, alba, pilis pubescentibus tecta. Folia ternata, linearia, obtusa, parva, glabra, recta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, erectus, ramosus. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches mostly by threes, and are nearly drooping. Blossom globular, white, and covered with soft hairs. Leaves by threes, linear, obtuse, small, smooth, and straight. Stem shrubby, a foot or more high, upright, and bushy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement magnified. 2. A Chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA peltata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ. Flores axillares, terminales. Pedunculi longi: bracteis tribus calyci adpressis. Corolla campanulata, parva, carnea, subcernua: stylo filiformi, longo: stigmate peltato, magno. Folia terna, erecto-patentia, linearia, recta, obtusa. Caulis subpedalis. Ramuli numerosi, filiformes, adscendentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, and terminate the branches. Peduncles long, with three floral leaves pressed to the cup. Blossom bell-shaped, small, flesh-coloured, and nearly nodding: shaft thread-shaped and long: summit shield-shaped, and large. Leaves by threes, between erect and spreading, linear, straight, and obtuse. Stem nearly a foot high. Smaller branches numerous, thread-shaped, ascending. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE. 1. Empalement magnified. 2. A blossom magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA pellucida, _rubra_. DESCRIPTIO.