Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 1

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi. Februarii, in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium unum, lente auctum.

2. Calyx, et Corolla.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

6. Stamen unum, auctum.

7. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom, the shaft very long and without; flowers grow in long bunches, terminating the small branches by threes; blossoms pitcher-shaped, pale and small; leaves grow by threes, with harsh hair on them; stem weak and thread-shaped.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped, grow zig-zag, are a little rough and hairy.

Leaves grow by threes, are linear, bowed, blunt, roughish on the upper side, bristly and rolled back at the edge; the foot-stalks very short.

Flowers grow mostly by threes at the extremity of the smaller branches, forming a spike; the foot-stalks the length of the flowers, having three floral leaves at the base.