1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA exurgens, _longifolia_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ. Flores ramorum verticillat, recti, verticillis alter alteri exsurgentibus. Corolla clavato-cylindracea, saturate aurantia, uncialis. Folia sena, linearia, glabra, apice mucronata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami erecti, simplices. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls straight out, the whorls rising out of each other in succession. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, of a deep orange colour, an inch long. Leaves by sixes, linear, smooth, and sharp at the point. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The branches are upright and simple. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till October. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA exudans. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores plerumque quaterni, cernui, terminales: Corollis cylindraceis, costatis, luteolo-rubris, sub-uncialibus, arcuatis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glandulosa, viscosa, erecto-patentia. Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus, ramulis numerosis erectis. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers grow mostly by fours, nodding, and terminal. Blossoms cylindrical, ribbed, of a yellowish red, near an inch long, and slightly bowed. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt-ended, glandular, and between erect and spreading. Stem a foot and a half high, shrubby, with numerous small upright branches. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till November. REFERENCE. 1. A leaf magnified. 2. Empalement magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA formosa, _bicolor_. DESCRIPTIO. Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores sub apicibus ramorum, verticillati, axillares, et horizontales. Corolla clavata, longa, parum curvata, ad basin rubra, apice flava. Folia sub-sena, linearia, obtusa, patentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. Rami pauci. DESCRIPTION. Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers grow near the ends of the branches, in whorls, from the axillæ of the leaves, in a horizontal direction. Blossom club-shaped, long, and slightly curved, red at the base, and yellow at the end. Leaves nearly by sixes, linear, blunt, and spreading. Stem upright, a foot and a half high. Branches few. * * * * * Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October. REFERENCE. 1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA infundibuliformis. DESCRIPTIO.