Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Stamina octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ muticæ, exertæ, fuscæ.

Pistillum. Germen ovato-oblongum, sulcatum; stylus filiformis, corollâ duplo longior, antherasque longe superans; stigma tetragonum, rubrofuscum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx cum pedunculo lente aucto. 2. Stamina et Pistillum, a corollâ diducta, lente aucta. 3. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips without the blossom, blossoms umbellated globose-conic, with erect segments, leaves in threes and short.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, flexuose-erect, with the branches thread-shaped and a little spreading.