Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, ovatum, membranaceum, adpressum, imbricatum; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.

Corolla clavata, incurvata, saturate coccinea, sulcata; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo, linearia; antheræ muticæ, exertæ, penicillatæ, longissimæ, lineares, attenuatæ in filamenta.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, basi glandulis melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo brevior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Septembri ad Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long. Blossom club-shaped, and turned inwards, furrowed, and of a deep scarlet-colour. Flowers grow mostly by threes, terminating the branches, crowded together, and forming a long spike. Stem simple, and lengthened out.