Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Februarii in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

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

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with crested tips within the blossom: flowers grow by threes, are three-coloured, clammy, and pitcher-shaped: leaves by threes.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high: the branches grow by threes in whorls.

Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath: footstalks long.

Flowers grow mostly by threes, nodding and showy: footstalks coloured, furnished with three coloured floral leaves: blossom pitcher-shaped, very glutinous, and shining, of a deep gold colour: segments of the border are upright, and of a deep green: the leaflets of the cup are ovate-pointed, and pressed to the blossom.