Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ: flores ramos terminant in umbellis: corolla sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, miniata: folia quina vel sena, obtusa, erecta, conferta: caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra: ramis verticillatis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just within the blossom: flowers terminate the branches in umbels: blossoms nearly cylindrical, an inch long, of a reddish colour: leaves by fives and sixes, obtuse, upright, and crowded together: stem shrubby, upright, a foot or more high: the branches grow in whorls. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till October. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. The chives liberated from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA taxifolia, _major_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis erectis. Corolla urceolata, carnea, calyce colorato fere tecta. Folia terna, rigida, trigona, mucronata, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis. DESCRIPTION. Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the branches in upright umbels. Blossom pitcher-shaped, flesh-coloured, and almost covered by a coloured cup. Leaves by threes, harsh, three-sided, and mucronated, flat on their upper surface, and channelled beneath. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till December. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA Thunbergia. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores prope apices ramulorum, pedunculis longissimis: corollis campanulatis: laciniis cordatis, læte coccineis, ad basin globosis, luteis. Folia ternata, linearia, erecta, obtusa. Caulis sesquipedalis, erectus, ramis filiformibus virgatis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow near the ends of the branches. Footstalks very long. Blossoms bell-shaped. Segments of the border are heart-shaped, and of a bright scarlet, globular beneath, and yellow. Leaves by threes, linear, upright, and blunt-ended. Stem a foot and a half high, upright. Branches thread-shaped and twiggy. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from February till June. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. A blossom. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal. [Illustration] ERICA triflora. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, terni, cernui. Calycis foliola ovata, carinata, adpressa. Corolla alba, globosa. Folia terna, sub-trigona, acuta, patentia. Caulis sesquipedalis, erectus, ramosus. DESCRIPTION.