In bloom from May till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf magnified.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. The chives detached, one tip magnified.
4. The pointal magnified.
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ERICA barbata minor.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, subexsertæ. Flores terminales, umbellati, cernui. Corolla urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa, calyce spathulato, glanduloso-piloso. Pedanculi colorati. Folia quaterna, barbata, ovata, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis. Rami filiformes, laxi, patentes.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, just without the blossom. Flowers terminate 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.