Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 2

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Stamina octo capillaria, brevia; antheræ bicornes, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, purpureum, ad basin nectariferum; stylus filiformis, flexuosus, inclusus, purpurascens; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Februarii in Maium; et iterum ab Augusto ad Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 2. Calyx et Corolla. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum Corollâ diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base included within the blossom, blossoms nearly in fours somewhat globose and terminal, leaves linear erect and likewise in fours.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, nearly erect, thread-shaped, very slender, and numerous.