Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow by threes, and terminate the smaller branches. The footstalks are flesh-coloured, and furnished with three small coloured floral leaves. Cup four-leaved. Leaflets spathula-shaped, and longer than the blossom. Blossom very small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, and pale at the base: the segments of the border spreading. Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, of a shining green, and pressed to the branches. Stem thread-shaped, a span high, erect, spreading, and very much branched. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives and pointal. 4. A chive magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA coronata. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, terminales, simpliciter verticillati, conferti, viscosi. Pedunculi longi, curvati. Corolla cylindrico-clavata, pollicaris, nitida, ima parte profunde carnea, apice viridi, ore arctata; laciniis rectis. Folia octona, linearia, obtusa, supra scabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petiolos longos capillares. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, tripedalis. Rami simplices, longi. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. The flowers are numerous, terminating the branches in simple whorls, crowded together, and clammy. The footstalks are long, and curved. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, an inch long, and shining; the lower part of a strong flesh colour, the end green; compressed at the mouth, whose segments are straight. Leaves grow by eights, linear, blunt-ended, rough on the upper surface, furrowed beneath, and tapering into long hair-like footstalks. Stem shrubby, upright, three feet high. Branches simple and long. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till April. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA cruenta. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis brevissimis terminales, prope caulis summitatem, quasi formantes cuspidem longum. Corolla clavato-cylindrica, glabra, nitida, cruenta, pollicaris; oris laciniis rectis, obtusis. Pedunculi longi. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, glabra, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus. Rami erecti, ramulis numerosis. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, and within the blossom. The flowers terminate the very short branches near the summit of the stem, forming as it were a long bunch or spike. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, smooth, shining, of a blood colour, and an inch long. The segments of the border are obtuse, and straight out. Footstalks long. Leaves by threes or fours, linear, smooth, and spreading. Stem shrubby, two feet high, and upright. The branches are upright, with numerous small branches.