Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis subulatis, carinatis, adpressis.

Corolla sub-cylindrica, incarnata, læviter tomentosa, laciniis æqualibus, erectis.

Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ exertæ, basi bicornes.

Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus exertus. Stigma emarginatum, concavum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprilis in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx. 2. Idem lente auctus. 3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, and without the blossom; flowers terminal in crowded bunches; blossom nearly cylindrical, and flesh-coloured; leaves by sixes, obtuse, crowded, and curved.