818 
Var. B, longiflora (Andr. heath. 3. t. 4.) flowers longer and 
more tubular, blood-red. 
Bloody-flowered Chona. Fl. year. Clt. 1799. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Lrica, p. 800. 
XV. SYRINGO'DEA (from oupryé, syrinx, a pipe; in refer- 
ence to the long tubular corollas). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 
17. p. 155.—Erica species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-leaved, gluma- 
ceous. Corolla long, tubular, usually rather dilated at top, 
rarely a little contracted ; limb short, 4-lobed. Stamens for 
the most part inclosed; filaments capillary ; anthers bipartite ; 
cells of anthers short, obtuse, mutic or aristate at the base, de- 
hiscing by an oblong foramen. Stigma simple or capitate, and 
in some species annulated, with an elevated disk. Capsule 4- 
celled, many-seeded. Seeds oval, compressed, smooth.—Erect 
shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves loose, 
acerose. Flowers large, showy, crowded at the tops of the 
branches on every side, disposed in something like spikes. 
§ 1. Anthers mutic at the base. 
Normal species. 
* Leaves 3 ina whorl. 
1 S. cosra'ra; leaves bluntish, downy, spreading; flowers 
terminal, by threes; bracteas close to the calyx; calycine seg- 
ments serrulated ; corolla glabrous, curved, ribbed ; style a little 
exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
costata, Andr, heath. 1.t. 40. Corolla pale red, with a greenish 
border. 
Var. B, supérba (Andr. heath. vol. 4.) corolla larger, reddish- 
purple, with a greenish-yellow mouth. 
Ribbed-flowered Syringodea. Fl. March, June. 
Shrub. 
2 S. pia’puana; leaves spreading, glabrous; flowers ter- 
minal, by threes, pendulous, glabrous ; bracteas foliaceous, close 
to the calyx; calyxes obtuse, foliaceous; corolla with a clavate 
inflated tube; style exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica transparens, Andr. heath. vol. 4. with a 
figure. Lodd. bot. cab. 177. _ Erica diaphana, Spreng. syst. 2. 
p. 178. Corollas deep reddish-purple. 
Diaphanods Syringodea. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1796. Shrub. 
3 S. cuava‘ta; leaves erect; flowers terminal, by threes, 
drooping ; bracteas close to the calyx, adpressed; genitals ex- 
serted a little. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica clavata, Andr. heath. 3. t. 40. Corolla green, cylindrically 
clavate. Anthers black. 
Clavate-tlowered Syringodea. 
Shrub. 
4 S. PAa'LLENS: leaves linear, hoary, spreading; flowers dis- 
posed in terminal racemés, horizontal; bracteas close to the 
Clit. 1795. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 
calyx. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
pallens, Andr. heath. 3. t. 45. Corolla sulphur-coloured. 
Pale-flowered Syringodea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. 
Shrub. 
5 S. pi’curus; Jeaves 3-4 in a whorl, villous; flowers ter- 
minal, by threes; bracteas close to the calyx; calyxes coloured, 
ciliated; corolla cylindrical; style exserted. h. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica dichrus, Spreng. syst. 2. 
p- 179. Erica bicolor, Andr. heath. 2. t. 39. Lodd. bot. cab. 
1001. but not of Thunb. nor Willd. Enrica dichromata, Lodd. 
bot. cab. 1813. Corolla purplish-red, with a greenish-yellow 
mouth. 
Two-coloured-flowered Syringodea. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1800. 
Shrub. 
6 S. Linnza‘na (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves ciliated, spreading ; 
ERICACEÆ. XV. SYRINGODEA. 
flowers axillary, numerous, nearly sessile, horizontal ; corollas 
clavate, downy or villous ; bracteas close to the calyx, and are 
as well as the calycine segments serrated ; style subexserted. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Linnæàna, 
Lodd. bot. cab. 102. Erica Linnz‘a, Andr. heath. 2. t. 34. 
Erica perspicua f, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 371. Corolla white, 
with a red base. Anthers bearded on the back at top. In 
this and ŞS. abietina the ovarium is 6-8-celled. 
Var. 3, supérba (Lodd. bot. cab. 1778.) flowers large, white 
tinged with red, erect. h.G. Erica Bedfordiana, G. Don, in 
Loud. hort. brit. p. 147. 
Linneus’s Syringodea. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 
7 S. versicotor ; leaves. glabrous, spreading ; flowers ter- 
minal, by threes ; calyxes coloured ; bracteas close to the calyx, 
denticulated, as well as the calycine segments; corolla nearly 
cylindrical; style exserted. h. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica versicolor, Andr. heath. 1. t. 89. Lodd. 
bot. cab. 208. Corolla purplish-red, with a greenish-yellow 
mouth. 
Var. B, major (Lodd. bot. cab. 1316.) flowers larger. 
Party-coloured-flowered Syringodea. Fl. April, Oct. 
1790. Shrub. 
8 S. TRIPHY'LLA ; leaves glabrous, spreading ; flowers termi- 
nal, 2-3 together, on short pedicels; bracteas approximating 
the calyx ; calyx foliaceous, spreading ; anthers inclosed ; style 
Cit. 
exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
triphylla, Link. enum. 1. p. 860. Corolla clammy, red, yellow 
at top. 
Three-leaved Syringodea. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1822. Shb. 
9 S. Broapieya'na; leaves linear, spreading; flowers axil- 
lary, on long pedicels, drooping; calycine segments narrow, 
foliaceous ; bracteas remote from the calyx; style exserted. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Broadleyana, 
Andr. heath. 3. t. 44. Corolla deep red, with a yellow mouth. 
Anthers mutic. 
Broadley’s Syringodea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
10 S. insu’tsa; leaves 3 in a whorl; flowers terminal ; brac- 
teas close to the calyx, foliaceous; corolla with a cylindrical 
incurved tube, and ciliated segments; style a little exserted; 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica insúlsa, 
Hortul. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 12. Lodd. cat. p. 25. Flowers 
yellowish-green. 
Dull Syringodea. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1810. Shrub. 
* * Leaves 4 in a whorl. 
11 S. reru’tcENs; leaves glabrous, spreading; flowers ter- 
minal, drooping, by fours; calyxes coloured, subulate, ad- 
pressed ; style exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
ope. Erica refúlgens, Andr. heath. vol. 4. with a figure. 
Corollas scarlet or deep purplish-red. 
Refulgent Syringodea. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
12 S. TRANSPA`RENS ; leaves ovate-cuneated, shortly pecti- 
nated ; calycine segments cuneated; corolla 6-7 lines long, 
bristly towards the apex outside; filaments spurred. R. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica transparens, Thunb. 
prod. p. 71. Erica cerinthoides y, Thunb. diss. no. 33. Erica 
strigilifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 367. Corollas white. ? 
Transparent Syringodea. Fl. May. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
13 S. PELLU`cIDA ; leaves linear, horizontal, ciliated ; flowers 
terminal, pedicellate, drooping; bracteas close to the calyx; 
corolla with an oblong inflated tube, subpellucid; style exserted. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica pellicida, 
Andr. heath. 3. t. 60. Lodd. bot. cab. 276. Corolla white. 
Calycine segments linear-subulate. 
Var. P, rùbra (Bedf, eric. wob. p: 18. but not of Andr.) co- 
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