Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 1

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, ovatis, acutis, albis, laxis, longitudine fere corollæ.

Corolla campanulata, albida; laciniis oris revolutis, majoribus.

Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antherae muticæ, exsertæ, atræ.

Pistillum. Germen sub-ovatum, leviter sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma peltatum, sub-tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Aprili, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, Anthera una lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and black; flowers grow mostly by threes, and white; blossom bell-shaped; segments rolled back, and very large; leaves grow by threes, shining, and spreading.