Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 3

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Leaves in sixes, obtuse, thick and crowded, smooth on their upper and furrowed on their under surface.

Flowers are numerous, in single whorls, near the summits of the branches. The foot-stalks are long, coloured, and furnished with three green floral leaves.

Empalement four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, thick, and pressed to the blossom.

Blossom nearly cylindrical, curved, slightly furrowed, shining and viscous, of a deep bright red, but towards the apex green, with the upper part of the segments spreading.

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

Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July till September.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement magnified. 2. The Chives detached, one tip and the summit magnified. [Pg 60]3. The Seed-bud magnified. 4. A Blossom of a smaller variety.