ERICA Comptoniana 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores ramos terminant 
plerumque in umbellis 3—6. Calyx adpressus. Corolla 
urceolata, erecto-patens, rubro-purpurea : ' oris laciniis 
aequalibus, patentibus. Folia ternata, curvata, subulata, 
acuta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis et ultra. Rami et ra¬ 
muli filiformes, adscendentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. The flowers ter¬ 
minate the branches in umbels of 3 to 6. Empalement 
pressed to the blossom. Blossom pitcher-shaped, erect 
and spreading, of a red purple colour : segments of the 
border equal, and spreading. Leaves by threes, curved, 
awl-shaped, and sharp*pointed. Stem shrubby, a foot 
or more high. The small and large branches are thread¬ 
shaped and ascending. 
Native of the C&pe of Good Hope, 
In bloom from March till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
