ERICA barbata major , 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica antheris criftatis, inclufis; ftylo fub- 
exferto; corollis urceolatis, albis, pilofis; pedun- 
culis longiffimis, bradteis diftantibus; floribus 
umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, ovatis, 
barbatis, patentibus, fubtus concavis. 
Heath with crefted tips, within the bloffiom, 
fhaft juft without; bloffoms pitcher-fhaped, white, 
hairy; foot-ftalks very long, floral leaves diftant 
from the bloffiom; flowers grow in umbels at the 
end of the branches; leaves grow by fours, egg- 
fhaped, bearded, fpreading, concave beneath. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, pedalis, flexuofus; rami 
filiformes, laxi, pauci; ramuli villofiufculi, pa- 
tenti. 
Stem ffirubby, grows a foot high and zig- 
zaged; branches are thread-fhaped, 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; with foot-ftalks preffed to the Item. 
Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbel- 
lati, cernui, pedunculi pilis obfiti, foliis longiores^ 
bracfteis diftantibus. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches in um¬ 
bels, nodding; foot-ftalks covered with hairs, 
longer than the leaves, leaflets diftant from the 
bloffiom. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis, 
fpathulatis 3 barbatis, glandulofo-pilofis adpreffis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets 
fpathula fhaped, bearded, glandularly-hairy and 
preffed to the bloffiom. 
Corolla urceolata, alba, pilofa, vifcofa, oris 
laciniis erectis. 
Blossom pitcher-fhaped, white, hairy, vifcous, 
fegments of the mouth upright. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria. An- 
therae criflatae, inclufas. 
Chives. Eight hair like threads. Tipscrefted 
and within the bloffiom. 
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, fulcatum, pi- 
lofum. Stylus filiformis, fubexfertus. Stigma 
obfolete tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fhaped, furrowed, 
hairy. Shaft thread-fhaped, juft without the blof- 
fom. Summit bluntly four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Flope. 
Floret a Maio, in Auguflum. 
Flowers from May, till Auguft. 
REFERENTI A. 
REFERENCE. 
2. Folium unum, lente auctum. 
1. A Leaf, magnified. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
2. The Cup, magnified. 
3. Corolla, magnitudine naturali. 
3. The Bloffiom, natural fize. 
4. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. Stamina a Piftillo didudta. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 
d. Stamen unum, lente audtum. 
6. A Chive, magnified. 
7. Piftillum, lente audtum. 
7. The Pointal, magnified. 
