Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum. 2. Idem subtus lente auctum. 3. Calyx et Corolla. 4. Stamina et Pistillum. 5. Stamen lente auctum. 6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 7. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips just without the blossom; flowers terminal, in very crowded heads, and globular; a dwarf shrub; leaves by threes, heart-shaped, and hairy; branches numerous, and crowded.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem low, a span high; the large and small branches are numerous, crowded together, flexuose, and spreading.

Leaves by threes, heart-shaped, spreading, rolled back at the edges, hairy on the upper surface, and woolly beneath.

Flowers terminal, crowded very close together at the ends of the branches in upright heads; footstalks short, furnished with three floral leaves.