Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till September.

REFERENCE.

1. Empalement.
2. A blossom.
3. A chive, magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal.

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ERICA Comptoniana.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant plerumque in umbellis 3-6. Calyx adpressus. Corolla urceolata, erecto-patens, rubro-purpurea: oris laciniis æqualibus, patentibus. Folia ternata, curvata, subulata, acuta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis et ultra. Rami et ramuli filiformes, adscendentes.

DESCRIPTION.