Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

1. Calyx. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamina et Pistullum. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with beardless tips within the blossom: leaves by fours, crowded: flowers sessile, terminating the branches in bunches: a dwarf shrub.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem low, shrubby: smaller branches are numerous and crowded together at the end of the larger branches.

Leaves mostly grow by fours, linear, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers sessile, in terminal bunches: blossom bellied and red, the segments of the border are heart-shaped, spreading, and white; of a bright red on the under side.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July till September.