ERICA barbata, minor. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, anthevis criflatis, fub-exfertis, ftylo ex- 
ferto; corollis urceolatis, albis, pilofis; pedun- 
culis longiffimis; bradteis diftantibus; floribus 
umbellatis, terminalibus ; foliis quaternis, ovatis, 
barbatis, patentibus, glandulofo-ciliatis. 
Heath, with crefted tips, juft without the blof- 
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! fom, lliaft without; bloffoms pitcher-ffiaped, 
j white, hairy; foot-ftalks very long, floral leaves 
j diitant from the bloffom; flowers grow in um¬ 
bels at the end of the branches; leaves grow by 
fours, egg-fhaped, bearded, fpreading, and glan- 
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dularly fringed. 
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DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, pedalis, flexuoius; rami 
filiformes, laxi, pauci; ramuli, villofiufculi, 
patcnti. 
Stem fhrubby, grows a foot high, and zig¬ 
zagged ; branches arc thread-ffiaped, limber, and 
few; fmall branches are a little hairy, and grow 
fpreading. 
Folia quaterna, ciliata, ovata, parum curvata, 
patentia, fubtus concava, fupra glandulofa; pe- 
tiolis adpreffis. 
Leaves grow by fours, fringed, oval, rather 
curved, fpreading, concave beneath, glandular 
: above; foot-ftalks preffed to the ftem. 
Flores in ultimis ramulis, term inales, umbel- 
lati, cernui, pedunculi pilis obiiti, foliis longio- 
res, bradleis diftantibus. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches in um¬ 
bels, nodding; foot-ftalks covered with hairs, 
longer than the leaves, leaflets diftant from the 
bloffom. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, 
fpathulatis, barbatis, glandulofo-pilofis, adpreffis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets 
fpathula-ffiaped, bearded, glandularly hairy, and 
preffed to the bloffom. 
Corolla urceolata, alba, pilofa, vifcofa, oris 
laciniis patentibus. 
Blossom pitcher-ffiaped, white, hairy, vifcous, 
fegments of the mouth fpreading. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria. An- 
therse criftata?, fub-exfertae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips creft¬ 
ed, and juft without the bloffom. 
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, fulcatum, pi- 
lofum. Stylus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma te- 
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fhaped, furrowed, 
hairy. Shaft thread-fhaped, without the bloffom. 
tragonum. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret ab Augufto, in Novembrem. 
Flowers from Auguft, till November. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Folium, lente audtum. 
1. A Leaf, magnified. 
2 . Flos. 
2. A Flower. 
3. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudta, anthera una 
lente audta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. Piftillum, Stigma audtum. 
5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified. 
G. Germen, audlum. 
6. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
