Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, sub-terminales, verticillati, viscosi. Pedunculi longi. Corolla basi inflata, apice attenuata; ima parte carnea, summa saturate purpurea, ore arctata. Folia quaterna, retorta, seta terminali aristata, margine ciliata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, erectus, ramosus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers are numerous, nearly terminal, in whorls, and clammy. Footstalks long. The blossom is swelled at the base, and tapers to the point; the lower part is of a flesh-colour, the upper of a deep purple, and straitened at the mouth. Leaves by fours, rolled back, and terminating with an awn-like bristle, fringed at the edge. Stem shrubby, a foot high, upright, and branching. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf. 2. The empalement magnified, 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA rupestris. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, plerumque ternati, cernui. Pedunculi rubri. Corolla campanulata, alba; laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque. Folia quaterna, conferta, patula, linearia, crassa, obtusa, lucida. Caulis humilis, humi fusus inter rupes. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, chiefly in threes, nodding. Footstalks red. Blossom bell-shaped, white; with the segments half round and spreading. Leaves by fours, crowded, spreading, linear, thick, blunt, and shining. The stem is low, and spread about upon the ground amongst rocks. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till November. REFERENCE. 1. The under side of a leaf. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA tenuiflora. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis quaterni, patentes; pedunculis brevissimis. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis; interius tetraphyllum, longius. Corolla tubæformis, tenuissima, lutea; oris laciniis acuminatis, patentibus. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, erecta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, debilis. Rami et ramuli virgati. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow by fours, at the ends of the small branches, spreading. Footstalks very short. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; the leaflets lance-shaped; the inner one is four-leaved, and longer than the outer. Blossom trumpet-shaped, very slender and yellow; segments of the border sharp-pointed, and spreading. Leaves by threes and fours, linear, and upright. Stem shrubby, a foot high, and weak; the large and small branches are twiggy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June. REFERENCE.