Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: shaft just without: flowers globular, and bell-shaped: leaves by threes.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem a foot and half high, upright: branches thread-shaped and twiggy.

Leaves by threes, linear, upright, and blunt-ended.

Flowers grow near the ends of the branches, in umbels: footstalks very long; blossom with a round tube of a yellow colour: mouth of the flower bell-shaped: segments heart-shaped, large, and of a bright scarlet.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement. 2. A Blossom. 3. Chives and Pointal. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal. 5. One tip magnified. 6. A double or monstrous Flower. 7. The same spread open.