Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

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

Pistillum. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, auctum. 2. Calyx, auctus. 3. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 4. Corolla. 5. Stamina et Pistillum, auctum. 6. Pistillum et Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with crested tips, within the blossom; flowers grow by threes; leaflets of the cup fringed, with bristles at the ends; blossoms pitcher-shaped and purple; leaves awl-shaped, upright, sharp-pointed and growing by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem upright, a foot high, slender; branches few, thread-shaped, upright; small branches many, short, upright.