Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 1

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, bipartitæ.

Pistillum. Germen turbinatum. Stylus filiformis, filamentis longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Julii ad Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx et Bractea lente aucta.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

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

5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossoms; which grow in whorls, are tubular, gradually widening from an incurved base; leaves growing mostly by sixes.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, upright, grows two feet high, downy, quite intire at the base, then throws out a number of whorled, simple, ascending branches.