Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, sub-exsertæ.

Pistillum. Germen ovatum, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum. 2. Flos. 3. Calyx, lente auctus. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. 5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum. 6. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with crested tips, just without the blossom, shaft without; blossoms pitcher-shaped, white, hairy; foot-stalks very long, floral leaves distant from the blossom; flowers grow in umbels at the end of the branches; leaves grow by fours, egg-shaped, bearded, spreading, and glandularly fringed.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, grows a foot high, and zig-zagged; branches are thread-shaped, limber, and few; small branches are a little hairy, and grow spreading.