Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii in Januarium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips without the blossom, and very long; blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, and of a deep orange colour; flowers terminate the branches; cup double; leaves by threes, and crowded; stem short and shrubby.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem upright, sturdy, low, and very branching; the smaller branches are whorled.

Leaves by threes, linear, bowed, and crowded together; nearly three-sided, smooth, and sharp-pointed.

Flowers grow by twos at the ends of the small branches, hanging down; the footstalks are short and naked.