Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Caulis sesquipedalis vel bipedalis, erectus; rami pauci.

Folia subsena, linearia, obtusa, patentia, parùm curvata; petiolis longis.

Flores sub apices ramorum verticillati, axillares, et horizontales; pedunculis brevibus bracteis tribus instructis; corolla clavata, longa, parùm curvata, ad basin rubra, ad apicem flava; calycis foliolis subovatis, adpressis.

Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx. 2. Stamen unum, cum antherâ lente auctâ. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Flos varietatis trivialis. 5. Flos varietatis obscurè coloratæ. 6. Flos varietatis sordidè coloratæ.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossom; flowers grow in whorls near the ends of the branches; blossom club-shaped, and two-coloured; leaves scattered.