FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches in whorls, from the axillæ of the leaves, in a horizontal direction; peduncles short, and furnished with three floral leaves; blossom club-shaped, long, and slightly curved, red at the base, and yellow at the end; the leaflets of the cup are nearly ovate, and pressed to the blossom. SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from the month of July till October. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement. 2. A Chive with a tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 4. Flower of a slight variety. 5. Flower of a dull-coloured variety. 6. Flower of a dirty-coloured variety. THE versatility that pervades this genus is particularly prominent in this species, which appears allied to the E. formosa, grandiflora, exsurgens, pinea, and also resembles in its general appearance many of that beautiful section of the Erica family well known by the specific appellation of vestita. Our figure was drawn, in the summer of 1807, from plants in the nursery of Mr. Rollinson. The flowers given with the dissections are mere florescent variations, no distinction being observable in the plants when out of bloom; we have therefore deemed it sufficient to represent only a flower of each of them. [Illustration] ERICA glomerata. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: flores ramos terminant in capitibus aggregatis: foliis ternatis: ramis virgatis. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS humilis: rami et ramuli filiformes, flexuosi. FOLIA ternata, subulata, erecta, cauli adpressa. FLORES terminales, capitibus aggregatis: corolla urceolata, incarnata: calycis foliola magna, ovata, acuminata, colorata, erecta. GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, viride. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mense Martii in Julium. REFERENTIA. 1. Folium auctum. 2. Flos. 3. Calyx. 4. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum. 7. Involucrum. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossoms: flowers terminate the branches in crowded heads: leaves by threes: branches twiggy. DESCRIPTION. STEM low: the small and large branches are thread-shaped, and flexuose. LEAVES by threes, awl-shaped, upright, and pressed to the stem. FLOWERS terminal, in crowded heads: blossom pitcher-shaped and flesh-coloured: the leaflets of the empalement are large, egg-shaped, pointed, coloured, and upright. SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and green. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from May till July. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. A Flower. 3. The Empalement. 4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified. 7. The Involucrum.