ERICA barbata minor. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae^ subexsertae. Flores terminales^ um- 
bellatij cernui. Corollaurceolata^ alba^ pilosa^viscosa^, ca¬ 
lyce spatliulato, glanduloso-piloso. Pedunculi colorati. 
Folia quaterna^ barbata^ ovata^ patentia. Caulis frutico- 
suSj bipedalis. Rami filiformes^ laxq patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, just without the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the branches in umbels, nodding. Blossom pitcher- 
shaped, white, hairy and viscous, with the cup spathula¬ 
shaped, and glandularly hairy. Footstalks coloured. Leaves 
by fours, bearded, ovate and spreading. Stem shrubby, two 
feet high. Branches thread-shaped, limber and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till March. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
S. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 
4. The seed-bud magnified. 
