Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta. 2. Calyx et Corolla. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Stamen diductum et lente auctum. 6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips two-horned and within the blossom, blossoms axillary solitary and pitcher-shaped, and leaves in threes, heart-egg-shaped and ciliated.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubbyish, a span high, bushy, very much bent, with the branchlets thread-shaped, expanded and decumbent; more numerous upwards.

Leaves in threes, heart-egg-shaped, ciliated, glaucous beneath.

Flowers axillary, and solitary, with the peduncles furnished with two floral leaves at the base.

Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped and ciliated.

Blossom small, pitcher-shaped, deep rose colour, with the segments expanded, and concave beneath.