Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches mostly in pairs. Footstalks short, having two floral leaves. Cup large, oval, and sharp-pointed. Blossom pitcher-shaped, and red, having a slightly reflexed four-lobed border. Leaves grow opposite in pairs, three-sided, shining, and pressed to the stem. Stem half a foot high, thread-shaped, and slender, branching to the bottom. The branches crowded together, and flexuose. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till August. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. 6. A branch with the involucrum of the flowers. [Illustration] ERICA Patersonia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, axillares et in medio caulis, e foliis recte emergentes; pedunculis fere nullis. Perianthium duplex. Corolla cylindrica, sub-pollicaris, glabra, lutea, ore arctata; limbo reflexo. Folia quaterna, linearia, incurvata, acuta, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus; basi ramosus, dein simplicissime pyramidatus, ramulis brevissimis vestitus. DESCRIPTION. Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, growing close to and about the middle of the stem, peeping straight out from amongst the leaves, with scarce any footstalks. Cup double. Blossom cylindrical, near an inch long, smooth, yellow, and narrow at the mouth; border reflexed. Leaves by fours, linear, and incurved, sharp-pointed, and smooth. Stem shrubby, two feet high, and upright; branching at the base, then forming a simple pyramidal spike covered with very short branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till August. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. The shaft and its summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA pallens. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, in umbellis ternis vel senis, sub-sessiles. Corolla tubulosa, luteo-alba, horizontaliter sita: oris laciniis rotundatis, erecto-patentibus. Folia terna, subulata, tomentosa, albo-virescentia. Caulis humilis, fruticosus, semi-pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, patentes. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of from three to six, nearly sessile. Blossom tubular, of a yellowish white colour, and standing in a horizontal direction. Segments of the border roundish, and between erect and spreading. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, downy, and of a whitish green. Stem low, shrubby, half a foot high. The small and large branches are numerous, and spreading. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till July. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.