Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-acuminatis, coloratis, concavis, patentibus.

Corolla subglobosa, inflata, alba, glabra, magnitudine pisi majoris, laciniis subimbricatis, ovatis, ad basin gibbis, erectis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen subcylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus subinclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum. 2. Flos. 3. Calyx, auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Stamina, aucta. 6. Pistillum, Stigma diductum, et auctum. 7. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with crested tips, within the blossoms, which are nearly globular, swelled out, smooth and white; segments of the border hunched at the base on both fides, slightly lapped and upright; leaflets of the cup spreading; leaves grow by threes, tapered, and bent back.