Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium. 2. Idem subtus lente auctum. 3. Calyx et Corolla. 4. Calyx lente auctus. 5. Stamina et Pistillum. 6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 7. Stamen unum lente auctum. 8. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 9. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips within the blossom, and two-horned at the base. Shaft without. Blossom globular, flesh-coloured, umbelled, and nodding. Footstalks very long. Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, spreading, and glandularly hairy.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high. The large and small branches are numerous, hairy, and between erect and spreading.

Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, keeled beneath, flat on the upper surface. The margins are glandular, and rolled back.

Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding. Footstalks very long, and glandularly hairy.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, keeled, and glandular.

Blossom globular, flesh-coloured. The segments of the border are obtuse, and turned inwards.