Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, apicibus parum reflexis, hispidis, viscosis.

Corolla tubuloso-clavata, pollicaris, villosa, rubro-purpurea, viscosa; laciniis erectis.

Stamina. Filamento octo, capillaria, apice incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen subovatum, octo-sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, lente auctus. 2 Flos, magnitudine naturali. 3 Stamina et Pistillum. 4 Pistillum, Stigma auctum. 5 Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with beardless tips, within the blossom, shaft without; flowers nearly terminate the branches in whorls; blossoms tubularly club-shaped, hairy, of a red-purple colour, and an inch long; leaves grow by sixes, harsh, and sawed at the edge as if fringed.