Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

1. Folium, lente auctum. 2. Calyx, lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamen unum, lente auctum. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers terminal; blossom bell-shaped; leaves by threes; stem shrubby.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem low, shrubby, the large and smaller branches flexuose.

Leaves by threes, oblong, roundish, short, fleshy, glaucous, spreading, and ascending.

Flowers nearly terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes; blossom bell-shaped, rose-coloured; segments of the border heart-shaped, and reflexed.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of April till July.