Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls, nearly at the top of the branches. Blossom tubular, purple, and shining, incurved at the base, and gradually widening towards the mouth. Leaves by sixes, linear, and spreading, plain on their upper, and rolled back on their under surface, sharp-pointed, and rigid. Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high, quite entire at the base, then throws out a number of simple ascending branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA rosea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores 2-3-nati, fere laterales, nutantes. Corolla cylindrica, paululum curvata, uncialis, læte rosea; laciniis erectis. Folia plerumque quina vel sena, erecta, setacea, conferta. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis; ramis ramulisque erectis, et sæpe alternis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers grow in twos and threes, nearly lateral, and nodding. Blossom cylindrical, slightly curved, an inch long, and of a bright rose-colour: the segments are upright. Leaves chiefly in fives or sixes, upright, bristle-shaped, and crowded. Stem shrubby, two feet high. The branches and branchlets are upright, and often alternate. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till October. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Sebana, _aurantia_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores terni, in apice ramulorum, dependentes. Perianthium duplex, imbricatum, membranaceum. Corolla clavata, incurvata, aurea; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis. Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta. Caulis robustus, erectus, pedalis. Rami pauci, tecti ramulis confertis brevissimis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers by threes, at the ends of the small branches, hanging down. Cup double, tiled and skinny. Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, and orange-coloured; segments of the mouth are blunt, and turned inwards. Leaves by threes, linear, arched, and crowded together. Stem sturdy, upright, a foot high. Branches few, covered by little branches crowded together. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till November. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Sebana, _lutea_. DESCRIPTIO.