Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx. 2. Corolla expansa. 3. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom: flowers terminate the branches in umbels: leaves by threes: branches twiggy.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem low: the large and small branches numerous and thread-shaped: the larger branches are long, spreading, and decumbent.

Leaves by threes, smooth, curved, spreading, and sharp-pointed.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels: in the smaller branches mostly by threes: footstalks long, coloured, and hairy: blossoms bell-shaped, hairy, and of a deep purple colour.

Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.