Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Caulis bipedalis, erectus, ramosus: ramis subsimplicibus.

Folia plerumque quaterna, linearia, patentia, undulata, acuminata.

Flores in ramulorum sub apicibus verticillati, horizontaliter siti: corolla subcylindracea: oris laciniis recurvatis, cordatis, albis.

Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret per menses autumnales.

REFERENTIA.

1. Varietas Ericæ metulæflora discolor. 2. Calyx. 3. Stamen et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers grow in whorls: stem shrubby and upright.