ERICACEÆ. XV. Syrincopea. 
rolla reddish-purple, with an inflated ribbed tube. Calycine 
segments linear -subulate. 
Pellucid-flowered Syringodea. Fl. Nov. June. Clt. 1800. 
Shrub. 
14 S. Beprorpia‘na; leaves linear, ciliated ; flowers ter- 
minal, pedicellate, drooping ; bracteas remote from and approxi- 
mating the calyx ; corolla cylindrical, curved ; style subexserted. 
k. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. ‘Erica pellicida 
rubra, Andr. heath. vol. 4. with a figure. Erica pellucidoides, 
Bedf. eric. wob. p. 18. Corollas reddish-purple. 
Duke of Bedford’s Syringodea. Fl. Aug. Nov. 
Shrub. 
15 S$. Exvu‘pans; leaves linear, obtuse, spreading, clammy 
from glands ; flowers terminal, subaggregate, drooping; brac- 
teas spatulate, close to the calyx; corolla oblong, curved, rib- 
bed; style exserted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica exùdans, Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a figure. 
Erica exsiidans, Lodd. bot. cab. 287. Erica rosa sòlis, Hortul. 
Corollas reddish-purple. Bracteas awned. 
Sweating Syringodea. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 
_16 S. surenu‘rea ; leaves linear, obtuse, villous ; flowers fas- 
ciculate, axillary and terminal, nearly sessile, horizontal ; bracteas 
close to the calyx : corolla cylindrical, trumpet-shaped, villous ; 
style exserted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
sulphirea, Andr. heath. vol. 4. with a figure. Sims, bot. mag. 
1984. Lodd. bot. cab. 1762. Corollas pale yellow or sulphur- 
coloured. 
Sulphur-coloured-flowered Syringodea. FI. June, Oct. Clt. 
1805. Shrub. 
17 S.? rra‘va; leaves 3 in a whorl, filiform, glabrous, short, 
erect; flowers horizontal, axillary, crowded; calyx bracteate ; 
corolla urceolately tubular, short; style exserted. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica flava, Lodd. bot. cab. 
882. Andr. heath. vol. 2. t.38. Flowers yellow. 
Yellow-flowered Syringodea. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1795. Shrub. 
_18 S. ervse’scens; leaves linear-lanceolate, with revolute 
ciliated margins; floriferous branches pendulous ; bracteas 
awned, close to the calyx, and are as well as the calycine seg- 
ments dentately fringed; corollas cylindrical, inflated, beset 
with glandular hairs both inside and outside, with a revolute 
limb ; style exserted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
ope. Erica erubéscens, Andr. heath. 3. t. 56. Lodd. bot. 
cab. 1826. Erìca elongàta, Hortul. Corolla from pale purplish- 
red to white. Calycine segments ovate, roundish. 
artak- omened Syringodea. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1800. 
rub, 
19 S. exa'ra; leaves filiform, bluntish ; branches spreading ; 
flowers axillary or terminating small branches, crowded in the 
manner of a spike; bracteas remote from and approximating 
the calyx; corolla curved, trumpet-shaped, villous, with a 
rather revolute limb; genitals exserted. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica elata, Andr. heath, 2. t. 18. Lodd. 
bot. cab. 1788. Erica longifléra, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 359. 
Corolla orange-red, 18-20 lines long, downy, with an obtuse 
limb. Herb powdery. Pedicels glabrous. Calyx recurvedly 
Spreading, convex on the outside at the base. 
Tall Syringodea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1790. Shrub. _ 
20 S.? Linx; leaves spreading, beset with a few hairs ; 
flowers terminal, umbellate; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 
calycine segments ovate, white; anthers mutic, subexserted. 
k.S.? Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica protridens, 
Link. enum. 1. p. 372. Corolla 2-3 lines long, white-—Proba- 
ly a species of Gypsocállis. 
Link’s Syringodea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1805. Shrub. 
21 S. sracna'tis; leaves linear, hairy; flowers terminal ; 
pedicels glabrous; corolla 10-11 lines long, hairy; anthers 
Clt. 1808. 
819 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
straight, papillose, mutic. 
Erica 
Hope. Erica stagnalis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 359. 
tubiflora, Roxb. mss. 
Stagnant Syringodea. FI. March, June. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 
22 S. FLA'MMEA ; leaves filiform, erectish, glabrous ; flowers 
subsolitary, terminating the small branches, spike-like, horizon- 
tal; bracteas close to the calyx; calycine segments subulate, 
imbricated, unequal; corolla 8 lines long, downy, with a clavate 
tube, and the segments of the limb imbricated at the base; geni- 
tals a little exserted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica flammea, Andr. heath. 2. t. 53. Erica bibax, 
Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 358. Erica curviflora, Thunb. diss. no. 
30. Corollas pale yellow. 
Flame-coloured-flowered Syringodea. 
1793. Shrub. 
23 S. LINNÆOT DES; leaves linear-lanceolate, pilose, spread- 
ing; flowers almost sessile, terminating small branches ; brac- 
teas close to the calyx; calycine segments lanceolate; corolla 
villous, cylindrical, swollen at top; style subexserted. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica linnzoides, Andr. 
heath. 2. t. 42. Erica Linnzana, Ait. hort. kew, 2. p. 375. Lodd. 
bot. cab. 102. Corollas with a purplish-red base, and a white top. 
Linnea-like Syringodea. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 
24 S. rapia‘ta; leaves filiform, spreading ; flowers ter- 
minal, umbellately verticillate ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 
calyx adpressed ; corolla 9-10 lines long, glabrous, with a cylin- 
drical tube, and recurved limb; style exserted ; fruit glabrous, 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica radiata, 
Andr. heath. 1. t. 46. Erica calamiformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
p. 880. Flowers reddish-purple. 
Ray-flowered Syringodea. 
Shrub. 
25 S. spu'r1A; leaves linear, subciliated, erectly spreading ; 
flowers aggregate, terminating the small branches ; bracteas re~- 
mote from the calyx; calycine segments ovate, acuminated ; 
corolla 7-8 lines long, downy, with a cylindrical tube, and a 
spreading border; genitals inclosed; pericarp obpyramidal. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica spuria, 
Andr. heath. 1. t. 54. Erica culciteeflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
p- 357. Corolla red. 
Var. B, translicens ; corolla purplish-red, rather ventricose at 
the base.—Erica translicens, Andr. heath. vol. 4. with a figure. 
Spurious Syringodea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1796. Shrub. 
26 S. exsu’RceNns; leaves filiform, spreadingly recurved ; 
flowers axillary, verticillate, horizontal, crowded ; bracteas re- 
mote from and approximate to the calyx: corolla cylindrically 
clavate, 13-15 lines long, viscid, with ovate cuneated segments ; 
filaments exserted ; pericarp 4-furrowed. h}. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erìca exsúrgens, Andr. heath, 1. 
t. 57. Lodd. bot. cab. 835. Erica grandiflora breviflora, 
Wendl. eric. 7. p. 7. with a figure. Erica pharetreeformis, 
Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 961. Corollas orange-red. This 
species differs from all others in the corolline segments being 
attenuated at the apex, and bifid. There are several varieties of 
the species in the gardens, besides those mentioned below, differ- 
ing in the colour of the flowers. ; i 
Var. B, grandiflora (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 7.) leaves 6-7 in a 
whorl; anthers a little exserted; style exserted ; corolla long, 
cylindrical, trumpet-shaped, with an orange-red tube, and orange- 
yellow segments. ; 
Var. y, rútila (Sal. i 
Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 
Fl. Aug. Nov. Cit. 1798. 
n Lin. trans. 6. p. $61.) corolla golden- 
llow. .G. Erica abietina, Roxb. mss. ex Sal. 
yf eli Syringodea. Fl. March, Oct. Clt. 1792. 
Shrub. 
27 S.curvirtoRA; leaves linear, spreading, glabrous; flowers 
usually solitary, terminating small branches ; bracteas close to 
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