1. The empalement and blossom. 2. A blossom. 3. The empalement magnified. 4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. [Illustration] ERICA coccinea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in summitate ramorum verticillati, conferti. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis calyciformibus. Corolla clavata, curvata, sanguinea. Folia sena, acuta, sub-glauca. Caulis erectus, pedalis. Rami verticillati, erecto-patentes, raro ramulosi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers grow in close whorls at the top of the branches. The footstalks are very short, the floral leaves appearing like a second cup. Blossom club-shaped, curved, and of a blood colour. Leaves by sixes, sharp-pointed, and of a blueish green. Stem upright, a foot high. The branches grow in whorls, upright and spreading, seldom branching. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. The shaft and its summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA concinna. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in medio ramorum fasciculati, terminales, umbellati, umbellis 3--10-floris. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla sub-cylindrica, carnea, pubescens. Folia sub-sena, glabra, linearia, patentia. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, tripedalis, pyramidatus, glaber. Rami pauci, erecti. Ramuli verticillati, sub-simplices, erecto-patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow bundled about the middle of the branches, terminal, in umbels of 3 to 10 flowers in each umbel. Footstalks very short. Blossom nearly cylindrical, flesh-coloured, and downy. Leaves mostly by sixes, smooth, linear, and spreading. Stem upright, shrubby, three feet high, pyramidical, smooth. Branches few, erect. Small branches whorled, nearly simple, and between upright and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA conferta. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores terminales in apice ramulorum, confertissimi, capitati, plurimi, sæpe duodecim. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla globosa, alba. Folia quaterna, subulata, mucronata; seniora retrofracta; juniora erecta. Caulis erectus, simplex, robustus, bipedalis. Ramuli breves, horizontales, verticillati. DESCRIPTION.