ERICA comosa, rubra 
DESCRIPTIO. 
ANTHERiE muticae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termr« 
nales. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla ventricosa, car¬ 
nea, basi inflata, apice arctata. Folia quaterna, obtusa, 
parva, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. 
Fami erecti, virgati, numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the small branches. Foot-stalks very short. Blos¬ 
som bellied, flesh-coloured, swelled at the base, and 
narrowed at the mouth. Leaves by fours, blunt, small, 
and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching. 
The branches are numerous, upright, and twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December, 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
