Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Leaves by threes, three-sided, linear, sharp and smooth, slightly furrowed beneath, and between erect and spreading.

Flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, mostly by threes, upright, crowded together, and smell like a cucumber.

Empalement four-leaved; the leaflets are lance-shaped and fringed, with three linear floral leaves.

Blossom pitcher-shaped, yellow, four-sided and concave, narrowed towards the mouth, the segments of which are equal, sharp-pointed, spreading, and reflexed.

Chives eight, capillary; tips beardless, and within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud conical and smooth. Shaft linear, just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July till September.

REFERENCE.

1. An Umbel of Flowers. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal. 5. A Chive magnified. [Pg 140]6. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. Seed-bud magnified.