Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx. 2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips within the blossom, and two-horned at their base: flowers terminal in bunches: blossoms pitcher-shaped, and swelled: leaves by fours, and linear: stem bushy.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a foot or more high, round and bushy.