820 
the calyx; corolla glabrous, 10-11 lines long, with a curved cylin- 
drical tube, and an erect or spreadingly reflexed limb; style ex- 
serted. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
curviflora, Lin. diss. no. 41. a. Andr. heath. 1. t. 52. Lodd. 
bot. cab. 1668. Wendl. eric. fasc. 3. no. 3. p. 3. with a figure. 
Erica fastudsa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 359. Flowers orange- 
yellow. Fruit broadly turbinate. 
Var. B, rùbra (Andr. heath. 3. t. 61.) corolla orange-red, 
cylindrically trumpet-shaped. h. G. Erica simpliciflora, 
Hortul. 
Curved-flowered Syringodea. 
Shrub tall. 
28 S. SIMPLICIFLO`RA ; leaves trigonal, erectly spreading, gla- 
brous ; flowers terminating the small branches, solitary, erect ; 
bracteas remote from the calyx; calycine segments lanceolate, 
adpressed; corolla tubular, constricted in the middle, with a 
spreading limb; genitals exserted. h. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Erica simpliciflora, Willd. spec. 2. p. 402. 
Wendl. eric. 17. p. 69. with a figure. Erica curviflora, Lin. 
syst. ed. 13. p. 305. but not of his diss. Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
p- 358. Flowers rufous or reddish-orange. Pedicels downy. 
Corolla 9 lines Jong, downy ; interstices of the limb lanceolate. 
Calycine segments ovate, acuminated. 
Simple-flowered Syringodea. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1774. 
Shrub. 
29 S. TUBIFLORA ; leaves linear, obtuse, downy, erect ; 
flowers usually solitary, terminating the small branches ; brac- 
teas almost close to the calyx ; corolla downy, cylindrical, 9-10 
lines long, a little curved, with a revolute limb; calycine seg- 
ments oblong; style exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica tubifldra, Lin. diss. no. 40. spec. ed. 2. p. 
505. Andr. heath. 1. t. 52. Wendl. eric. 4. p. 7. with a figure. 
Icon. hort. kew. 28. Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 357. Flowers 
purplish-red. Pedicels glabrous. 
Var. (3, coccinea (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 357.) flowers deeper 
red. h.G. Erica coccinea, Lin. diss. no. 42. with a figure 
of the flower. 
Tube-flowered Syringodea. FI. 
Shrub. 
30 S. 1cnx’scens ; leaves linear, glabrous, spreading ; flowers 
solitary, terminating the small branches, drooping ; calycine seg- 
ments ovate, acuminated, a little ciliated ; bracteas ovate, ribbed, 
close to the calyx, or rather remote ; corolla cylindrical, rather 
pilose at top, with a revolute limb; style exserted. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica ignéscens, Andr. 
heath. 2. t. 47. Corollas reddish-orange. Calycine segments 
ovate, acuminated. 
Fiery Syringodea. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1792. Shrub. 
31 S. sórDIDA; branches scattered, hairy; leaves linear, 
obtuse, woolly, spreading; flowers usually solitary, terminating 
the small branches, drooping ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 
calyxes adpressed, convex outside at the base; corolla 12 lines 
long, cylindrical, curved, villous, with a revolute limb; genitals 
inclosed. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
sórdida, Andr. heath, 1. t. 55. Lodd. bot. cab. 1973. Erica 
laniflora, Wendl. eric. fasc. 19, no. 4. with a figure. Erica floc- 
cosa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 360. Flowers dirty orange- 
red. Style exserted. 
Dirty-flowered Syringodea, 
Shrub. 
32 S. pracuia'Lis; leaves linear, hairy; flowers terminal; 
corolla 6-8 lines long, hairy both inside and outside, with a 
curved pyramidal tube; anthers mutic, very long. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica brachialis, Sal. in 
Lin. trans. 6. p. $67. 
Branched Syringodea. 
Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1774. 
April, Aug. Clt. 1775. 
Fl. Aug. Dec. Cit. 1790. 
Fl, March, July. Clt. 1792. Shrub. 
ERICACEHR. XV. Syrincopga. 
33 S. SERRATIFOLIA ; leaves linear, acute, spreading, with 
plumose margins; flowers aggregate, terminal; bracteas close 
to the calyx; calyxes foliaceous, glandularly ciliated, a little 
recurved; corolla 9 lines long, glabrous, cylindrical, with a 
spreading limb; anthers a little exserted; style exserted. kh. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica serratifdlia, 
Andr. heath. 1. t. 48. Lodd. bot. cab. 1703. Erica cylindri- 
ciflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 356. Erica plumosa, Wendl. 
eric. no. 12. p. 5. Corolla greenish-yellow at top, and orange- 
red at base. Leaves 4-6 in a whorl. i 
Sam - leaved Syringodea. Fl. Aug. Dec. Cit. 1790. 
Shrub. 
34 S. Masso'nīir; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, linear, serrulated, 
hairy, imbricately spreading ; flowers axillary, crowded, droop- 
ing, disposed in a verticillate crown ; bracteas imbricate ; corolla 
10-12 lines long, viscid, swollen at top ; style exserted ; peri- 
carp clavate, stipitate. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica Massonii, Lin. suppl. 219. Curt. bot. mag. t. 
356. Pl. kew. t. 20. Lodd. bot. cab. 1069. Erica Massonia, 
Andr. heath. 1. t. 51. Erica lycopodifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
p. 361. Corolla with a scarlet or reddish-purple tube, and a 
greenish-yellow constricted mouth. 
Var. a, minor (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 14.) corolla smaller, with 
an inflated clavate tube. h.G. 
Masson’s Syringodea. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1787. Shrub. 
35 S. proce'ra ; leaves linear, erect, downy ; flowers solitary, 
terminating the small branches, erectish; corolla constricted in 
the middle, with a spreading limb; style exserted. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica procéra, Wendl. eric. 
with a figure. Corollas white. ? 
Lofty Syringodea. FI. April, June. Clt.1791. Shrub. 
36 S. consri’cua; leaves linear, oblong, glabrous, spread- 
ing; flowers terminal, rather aggregate, drooping; bracteas 
near the calyx, spatulate; calycine segments ovate, obtuse, con~ 
cave at the base outside; pedicels pubescent; corolla 15 lines 
long, with a clavate tube, and a retuse limb; genitals exserted a 
little. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica con- 
spicua, Sol. in hort. kew. 2. p. 373. Willd. spec. 2. p. 404. Pl. 
kew. t.12. Andr. heath. 1. t. 30. Wendl. eric. 4. p. 9. with a 
figure. Corollas orange-yellow. 
Conspicuous Syringodea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1774. Shrub. 
87 S. GLANDULO'sA ; leaves linear, acute, beset with glandular 
hairs, spreading ; flowers nearly terminal, crowded, disposed in 
a verticillate crown ; bracteas close to the calyx, and are as well 
as it ciliated with glandular hairs ; corolla glabrous, with a cla- 
vate tube; style exserted. h. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica glandulésa, Thunb. prod. p. 71. diss. no. 
32. Corollas orange-red. ? 
Glandular Syringodea. FI. May, June. Clt. 1801. Shrub. 
38 S. GEMMÍFERA; leaves oblong, adpressed, ciliated, aristate, 
4-5 ina whorl ; branches thickened at top ; bracteas remote from 
and approximating the calyx; flowers drooping, crowded, dis- 
posed in a verticillate crown ; corolla villous, cylindrical, inflated ; 
genitals inclosed. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica gemmifera, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2266. Lodd. bot. cab. 457. 
Erica Massonii minor, Hortul. Corollas reddish-purple or 
scarlet, with a green apex. 
Gem-bearing Syringodea. FI. 
Shrub. 
39 S. LITUIFLO'RA; leaves linear, nearly smooth; flowers 
solitary or by threes, terminating the branches; bracteas close to 
the calyx; corolla 6-8 lines long, downy or villous, with the 
tube clavate ; filaments bearded on the back at the apex. k. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica lituiflora, Sal. 
in Lin. trans. 6. p. 356. Erica perspicua, Wendl. eric. fasc. 1. 
P- 7. with a figure. Corolla white, tinged with red. 
May, July. Clt. 1802. 
