Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressis, inferne lanceolato-ovatis, superne longissime acuminatis.

Corolla per-rosea, uncialis et ultra, basin versus magis attenuata, et sub apicem magis inflata, quam in aliis varietatibus hujus speciei.

Stamina octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, sub-exsertæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, superne sericeum, basi glandulis melliferis instructum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julio ad Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium. 2. Calyx et Corolla. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina diducta et expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips rather without the blossom; blossoms club-shaped, an inch long, and rosy; leaves in eights, and attenuated downwards into capillary foot-stalks.