Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx tetraphyllus; foliolis spathulatis, patentibus, viscosis, adpressis.

Corolla ovata, inflata, crystallina, alba, nitida, magnitudine pisi; laciniis revolutis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus sub-exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium auctum. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom, of a crystalline white, and shining; leaves by threes, linear, and obtuse.