Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, concavis, lanugine albicante densissimè obsitis.

Corolla urceolata, alba, tenuissime alba-lanata, foliolis calycis vestita; laciniis obtusis, erectis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ.

Pistillum. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, longissimè exsertus. Stigma capitatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum. 2. Calyx, lente auctus. 3. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 4. Stamina, et Pistillum. 5. Stamen unum, lente auctum. 6. Pistillum, Stigma auctum. 7. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with beardless tips, without the blossom, which is pitcher-shaped, white and covered by a woolly cup; flowers grow in heads, woolly and numerous; leaves grow by threes, linear, hairy, blunt, and upright.