Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

REFERENTIA.

1. Umbella florum. 2. Calyx, auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una aucta. 4. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with beardless tips, without the blossom, which is of a cylindrical pitcher shape and ribbed; flowers grow from the base of the leaves nearly terminal, with flower stems nearly thrice the length of the blossom, growing by threes; leaves grow by fours or fives, linear, spreading, obtuse and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, upright, branching; large and small branches harsh, upright.

Leaves grow by fours or fives, spreading, blunt, smooth, linear, and straight.

Flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, nearly terminal, almost spiked, ternate; foot-stalks hair-like, very long, thrice the length of the blossom, with three floral leaves on them.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, concave, coloured.

Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, ribbed, slightly flesh-coloured, segments small, reflexed.