Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Stamina. Filamenta capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen obovatum, quadratum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, arcuatus, purpureus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre, in Martium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum. 2. Corolla et Calyx. 3. Calyx, auctus. 4. Stamina, et Pistillum, lente auctum. 5. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just without; flowers terminate the branches in umbels; blossoms egg-shaped, downy and purple; leaves grow by fours, upright, blunt, and hairy.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem grows a foot and a half high, shrubby, branching and hairy; the larger and smaller branches are hairy, thread-shaped, twiggy, and upright.