Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis spatulatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus, ad basin late ovatis.

Corolla campanula, alba, laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque.

Stamina octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, albicans. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, concavum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maii in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Anthera unica lente aucta. 6. Germen et pistillum, Stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; blossoms terminate the branches by threes, are bell-shaped, and white; leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, footstalks very long.