Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium. 2. Idem lente auctum. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom; which is nearly cylindrical, and purple; flowers grow in umbels, nearly terminal; leaves by fours, rolled back, sharp-pointed, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a foot high, very branching, branches flexuose, and thread-shaped.

Leaves by fours, three-sided, rolled back, sharp-pointed, and shining, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath; footstalks long, and pressed to the branches.

Flowers grow in bunches, nearly terminal; footstalks short, and furnished with three awl-shaped floral leaves.