ERICA Comptoniana.
Reading edition
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.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. The flowers terminate 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 Cape 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.
