Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

1. Calyx. 2. Corolla. 3. Antheræ et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum. 6. Ramus varietatis parvæ. 7. Ramus varietatis minoris erectæ.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom: flowers terminate the branches in umbels: leaves by threes; branches twiggy.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem twiggy, a foot high; the large and smaller branches are thread-shaped, and very flexuose.

Leaves by threes, straight, thick, obtuse, and pressed to the stem.

Flowers terminate the branches in umbels; footstalks flesh-coloured: empalement four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, pointed, and flesh-coloured: blossom pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, but paler at the base: segments of the border spreading.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from June till August.