they have acquired a considerable size. The smallest pots that can be procured, are the best for the first transplanting; in which they should remain, till the pots are quite filled with roots. The earth in which all Heaths thrive most is a soft, loose, sandy peat. That nothing may be wanting, which we can contribute, to the illustration of the Genus; a list is subjoined, communicated by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of all those species cultivated by them at their nursery, Hammersmith; unquestionably, the most extensive collection, of living plants, of every denomination, now in Europe. ERICA coccinea. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis, stylus exsertus; flores in sumitate ramorem, verticillati, clavati, curvati, coccinei; foliola calycis acuta; foliis senis, incurvis. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS erectus, cinereo-fuscus, pedalis; rami verticillati, erecto-patentes, raro ramulosi. FOLIA sena, incurvata, acuta, glabra, sub-glauca; petiolis adpressis. FLORES in summite ramorum verticillati, conserti, brevissime pedunculati, bracteæ calyciformes. CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, marginibus membranaceis, acutis, carinatis. COROLLA curvata, elevata, pubescens, sanguinea; oris laciniis erectis. STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine tubi. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mensi Augusti, in Decembrem. REFERENTIA. 1. Calyx, et Corolla. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina, et Pistillum. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. 5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. HEATH, with beardless tips, just within the blossom, shaft without; the flowers grow at the end of branches in whorls, club-shaped, curved, and of a scarlet colour; the leaves of the cup are sharp-pointed; the leaves grow by sixes, and are turned inwards. DESCRIPTION. STEM upright, of a brownish ash-colour, growing a foot high; branches grow in whorls, upright, and spreading, seldom branching. LEAVES grow by sixes, turned inwards, sharp-pointed, smooth, and of a bluish green; the leaf-stems pressed to the branches. FLOWERS grow in close whorls at the top of the branches; the foot-stalks very short, the floral leaves appearing like a second cup. EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, skinny at the edges, sharp-pointed, and keel-shaped. BLOSSOM curved, club-shaped, downy, and of a blood colour; the segments of the mouth are upright. CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of the tube. Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from August, till December. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement, and Blossom. 2. The Empalement magnified.