Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Floret per menses vernales, iterumque mensibus autumnalibus.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx. 2. Stamen unum, anthera lente aucta. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with crested tips within the blossom: flowers grow in the middle of the large branches: leaves by threes: stem upright.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem a foot or more high: branches mostly by threes.

Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers grow in the middle of the large branches, and terminate the small branches mostly by threes, nodding: blossom nearly globular, of a fiery colour, very glutinous, and shining: border of a deep green: segments equal and upright.

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