Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, concavis, viridibus, glabris, obtusis.

Corolla subovata, glabra, cærulea-purpurea, ore arctata, laciniis minutis, reflexis.

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

Pistillum. Germen subrotundum, costatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat in Lusitania.

Floret ab Augusto in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum. 2. Flos. 3. Calyx, lente auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 6. Stamen unum, auctum. 7. Pistillum, stigma auctum. 8. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with crested tips within the blossom, shaft without; blossom nearly egg-shaped, narrowed at the mouth, purple; flowers grow in umbels at the end of the branches; leaves grow by fours, horizontal, blunt, and smooth.