Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

1. Folium. 2. Calyx. 3. Stamen, antherâ lente auctâ. 4. Germen et pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers terminal: blossom flask-shaped: leaves by threes.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a foot high: shrubby branches, twiggy and flexuose.

Leaves by threes, linear, short and ascending, in irregular crowded whorles.

Flowers terminate the branches mostly by threes: blossom an inch long, flask-shaped, ribbed, waved, and red: segments of the border rolled back.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of May till July.