1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA vestita, _coccinea_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in ramulis mediis conferti, erecto-patentes. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla clavata, pollicaris, saturate coccinea; oris laciniis revolutis. Folia sena, conferta, linearia, tremula, glabra, attenuata in petiolos capillares. Caulis erectus, bipedalis, parum ramosus; ramuli simplices, foliis tecti. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers are clustered together about the middle of the branches, between erect and spreading. Footstalks very short. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, and of a deep scarlet colour; the segments of the mouth are rolled back. Leaves by sixes, crowded together, linear, tremulous, smooth, and tapering into hair-like footstalks. Stem upright, two feet high, seldom branching; the smaller branches are simple, and covered with leaves. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till November. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA vestita, _purpurea_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in ramulorum mediis verticillati, recti; corollis clavatis, rectis, pollicaribus, purpureis. Folia sena, linearia, tremulenta, acuta, glabra, attenuata in petiolos capillares semi-unguiculares. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, basi simplex, dein verticillatim ramosus, ramis simplicibus, adscendentibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls about the middle of the branches, straight out. Blossom club-shaped, straight out, an inch long, and purple. Leaves by sixes, linear, tremulous, sharp-pointed, smooth, and tapering into hair-like footstalks a quarter of an inch in length. Stem shrubby, two feet high, and upright, simple at the base, then branching out from a whorl into simple ascending branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till January. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA villosa. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, sub terni, penduli. Pedunculi longi, rubri. Perianthium lato-ovatum; margine calycis læte viridi. Corolla urceolata, villosa, alba; oris laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa; margine pilis longis hirta. Caulis fruticosus, flexuosus, purpurascens. Rami et ramuli filiformes, villosi. DESCRIPTION.