Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, concavis, coloratis, apicibus viridibus, adpressis.

Corolla sub-campanulata, purpurea; tubo brevissimo; limbo maximo; laciniis concavis, ovatis, expansis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine tubi. Antheræ bifidæ, acuminatæ, muticæ.

Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, purpureus, corolla longior. Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 2. Calyx, valde auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamina, aucta. 5. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali. 6. Idem, valde auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; shaft without; blossoms nearly bell-shaped, purple, segments of the border spreading, large, egg-shaped, concave; flowers nearly terminate the branches in umbels; leaves grow by fours, spreading, blunt and smooth.