Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 1

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Stamina. Filamenta octo linearia, plana. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ, lineares, attenuata in filamenta.

Pistillum. Germen ovale, apice truncatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx auctus.

2. Flos.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

5. Anthera una, lente aucta.

6. Stigma, auctum.

7. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; blossom club-shaped, turned inwards and orange coloured; segments blunt, turned inwards; flowers grow by threes at the ends of the branches; cup double, tiled; leaves grow by threes, are curved, and reflexed; the branches are quite covered with little branches.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem sturdy, upright, grows a foot high; branches few, covered by little branches which are crowded together.