Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, viscosis, adpressis.

Corolla inflato-tubulosa, ore arctata, saturate purpurea, pollicaria, lucida, laciniis rotundatis, expansis, albicantibus.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheris inclusis, basi bicornibus.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum, sulcatum. Stylus exertus, albus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Novembris in Januarium, iterumque ineunte æstate.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Folii inferior pars lente aucta. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, within the blossoms; flowers grow in umbels, nearly flask-shaped, shining, clammy, and striped; leaves by fours and fives, rolled back, shining, and bearded; stem low.