Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis.

Corolla parva, tetragona, luteo-albida, laciniis patentibus rotundatis.

Stamina octo, capillaria, prælonga, extra flores plus minusve pendula; antheræ muticæ.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, lanuginosum; stylus filiformis.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla. 4. Calyx cum bracteis lente auctus. 5. Corolla varietatis albæ. 6. Stamina et Pistillum, lente aucta. 7. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 8. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, and chives divaricately cernuous from the solitary flowers, leaves in threes, and branches whorled.