Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Stamina et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 2. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 3. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with tips two-horned at their base, just without the blossom; flowers nearly terminal, wrinkly, and red: leaves linear: branches many.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high: branches grow by threes, in whorls.

Leaves in irregular whorls, of 3 to 5 linear, slightly curved, and spreading; footstalks long.

Flowers nearly terminal: blossom nearly tubular, spreading, wrinkly, and of a deep red colour; segments of the border spreading: footstalks long and coloured.

Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, red at the base, with honey-bearing nectaries, villose on the upper part.