Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Junii in Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem ab infera parte depictum, dissectum, et lente auctum. 3. Calyx et bracteæ. 4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom: shaft just without: flowers terminal: peduncles very long: blossoms white, flask-shaped, and clammy: leaves by threes, three-sided, and awl-shaped.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem a foot high, upright: branches long, and nearly simple.

Leaves by threes, three-sided, awl-shaped, and straight, with a mucronated point flat on the upper surface, and keeled beneath.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of five to ten flowers, with very long red footstalks, spreading or nodding.