Antheræ bicornes, subexsertæ. Flores subterminales. Corolla clavata, patens, rugosa, saturate rubra: oris laciniis patentibus. Pedunculi longi. Folia irregulariter verticillata 3 vel 5, linearia, patentia, parum curvata: petiolis longis. Caulis erectus, sub-bipedalis, ramis verticillatis. DESCRIPTION. Tips two-horned, just without the blossom. Flowers nearly terminal. Blossom club-shaped, spreading, wrinkly, and of a deep red colour: segments of the border spreading. Footstalks long. Leaves in irregular whorls of 3 to 5, linear, spreading, and slightly curved. Footstalks long. Stem upright, near two feet high. Branches in whorls. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till August. REFERENCE. 1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA rupestris, _rubra_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ; flores ad apicem ramorum ramulorumque in umbellis irregularibus, cernuis; corolla campanulata, rubra; oriis laciniis patentibus; folia ternata, crassa, obtusa recta; caulis erectus sesquipedalis; ramis plerumque ternis, ad basin patentibus, superne adscendentibus. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, within the blossom; flowers grow at the ends of the larger and smaller branches, in irregular umbells, nodding all one way; blossom bell-shaped and red; segments of the border spreading; leaves by threes, thick, blunt and straight; stem upright, a foot and a half high; branches mostly by threes, hanging down at the base of the plant, in the middle spreading out, and ascending towards the top. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till November. REFERENCES. 1. The Empalement. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Savilea. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores numerosi, simplices, axillares, in medio ramulorum, et sæpe terminales: pedunculis longissimis, coloratis. Corolla urceolata, læte purpurea, glabra, lucida: laciniis æqualibus, rotundis, patentibus, sub-reflexis. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Frutex pygmæus, elegans, ramosissimus. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers are numerous, and grow singly from the axillæ of the leaves, about the middle of the smaller branches, and often terminate them. The footstalks are very long, and coloured. Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a bright purple colour, smooth, and shining: the segments of the border are equal, round, spreading, and nearly reflexed. Leaves by fours, linear and smooth, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. An elegant dwarf shrub, very branching. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till September. REFERENCE.