Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Julio, in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, lente auctus. 2. Stamina, et Pistillum. 3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta. 4. Pistillum, Stigma lente auctum. 5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom; shaft without, twisted at the end; flowers grow in spikes, very large, downy, orange coloured; leaves grow by fours, often by fives; with the stem approaching in size to a tree.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem upright, grows six feet high or more, branching but little; small branches many, short and downy.

Leaves grow by fours, often by fives, spreading, smooth, roundish, obtuse; with the foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

Flowers grow at the ends of the branches solitary, forming a spike; foot-stalks short, having three spatula-shaped floral leaves.