Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ, bifidæ.

Pistillum. Germen subrotundum, sulcatum, apice concavum, basi glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, erectus, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Januario in Martium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla. 2. Calyx, lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum, lente auctum. 4. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with crested tips, within the blossom; flowers grow in small heads, crowded together, terminating the branches; blossoms pitcher-shaped and whitish; leaves grow by threes, upright, pressed to the stem, the length of the intervals; branches thread-shaped.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a foot high, the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped and hair-like.