Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem subtus. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Flos et Folium varietatis minoris. 5. Stamina diducta; antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with bearded tips, just within the blossom; shaft just without; blossoms pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and purple; leaves by threes, turned inwards, and prickly; stem roughish.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, branching. Large and small branches are roughly haired, and between erect and spreading.

Leaves by threes, of a mealy green, bowed, turned inwards, prickly, and deeply furrowed; footstalks pressed to the branches.

Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, mostly by threes; footstalks prickly, and furnished with three prickly floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, prickly, and of a pale green.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, purple and sweet-scented; the segments of the border are roundish and nearly upright.