ERICA barbata, inajor. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
ANTHERiE cristatas^ inclusae. Flores in ultimis ramulis 
terminales^ umbellati^ cernui. Pedunculi longi^ pilosi. 
Corolla urceolata, alba^ pilosa^ viscosa. Perianthium 
tetraphyllum^ foliolis spathulatis^ barbatis, glanduloso- 
pilosis. Folia quaterna, ciliata, barbata, ovata. Caulis 
fruticosus, pedalis. Hamuli villosiusculi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, -within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the small branches in umbels, nodding. The pe¬ 
duncles are long and hairy. Blossom pitcher-shaped, 
white, hairy and viscous. Cup four-leaved : leaflets 
spathula-shaped, bearded and glandularly hairy. Leaves 
by fours, fringed, bearded, and oval. Stem shrubby, 
a foot high. The smaller branches a little hairy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
9. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 
4. The pointal magnified. 
