Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Ramus parvæ varietatis. 2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossom: leaves by threes: flowers grow by threes, globular, and white: empalement large.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem a foot and a half high, upright and branching, with numerous small branches, mostly by threes.

Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, pointed, shining, and spreading: footstalks long, and pressed to the stem.