Coloured engravings of heaths; vol. 4

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Stamina et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 2. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 3. Flos varietatis albæ. 4. Flos varietatis striatæ.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Heath, with beardless tips within the blossoms: shaft just without: flowers terminal: leaves by threes: branches numerous.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, a foot high, between erect and spreading: branches long.

Leaves by threes, three-sided, pointed and curved, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.

Flowers terminate the branches in threes or sixes: blossoms red, an inch and a half long, the upper part cylindrical, swelled at the base, and contracted at the mouth: segments spreading and pointed: footstalks long and coloured.