Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 1

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Julii, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

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, just without the blossoms, which are curved, cylindrically club-shaped, downy, terminating the branches, and of a yellow gold colour; the leaves grow by fours, are linear, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, grows two feet high, weak, and hairy at the top; branches weak and numerous; the smaller branches are very short, numerous, and scattered.

Leaves grow by fours, are linear, blunt, smooth, and furrowed underneath.

Flowers terminate the smaller branches, spreading out, and forming a long spike; foot-stalks very short, with three small leaves pressed to the cup.