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51 S. av’rea; leaves linear, recurvedly spreading; flowers 
horizontal, crowded, verticillate, nearly terminal ; bracteas close 
to the calyx, aristate; corolla cylindrical, with reflexed seg- 
ments; style exserted; calycine segments ovate, acuminated. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica atirea, Andr. 
heath. 2. t.61. Corollas orange-yellow. 
Var. B, flore pállido (Andr. heath. 3. t. 71.) flowers pale red, 
with dark anthers. 
Golden-flowered Syringodea. 
Shrub. 
52 S. vírIīDIS ; leaves linear, spreading, subrecurved ; flowers 
crowded, verticillate, horizontal; bracteas one-half shorter than 
the calyx; corolla cylindrical, ribbed, dilated in the middle, with 
a revolute limb; style exserted. h. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica viridis, Andr. heath. 2. t. 59. Ait. hort. 
kew. 2. p. 376. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
Green-flowered Syringodea. Fl. May, Sept. 
Shrub. 
53 S. Hissertia'na ; leaves 4-6 in a whorl, linear, glabrous, 
spreading ; flowers horizontal, crowded, disposed in a whorled 
crown; bracteas 3, two of which are close to the calyx, and the 
third remote; corolla glabrous, clammy, cylindrical, curved, 
clavate, with an erect limb; anthers a little exserted. h.G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Hibbértia, Andr. 
heath. 3. t. 68. Erica Hibbertiana, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 378. 
Sims, bot. mag. 1758. Corollas dark red or purplish-red, with 
a yellow mouth. 
Hibbert’s Syringodea. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
54 S. ONOSMÆFLÒRA ; leaves linear, spreading, glabrous ; 
flowers crowded, axillary, subverticillate ; corolla viscid, 
with a cylindrical tube and spreading limb; bracteas one-half 
shorter than the calyx. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica glutindsa, Andr. heath. 1. t. 60. Erica viscòsa, 
Wend}. eric. with a figure. Erica onosmeflora, Sal. in Lin. 
trans. 6. p. 363. Corolla sulphur-coloured ; tube clavate, 9-10 
lines long. Calycine segments ovate-oblong. 
Onosma-flomered Syringodea. Fl. Sept. March. Cit. 1789. 
Shrub. 
55 S. ECHIIFLÒRA; leaves 5-7 in a whorl, linear, downy, 
with rough margins, spreading; flowers axillary, horizontal, 
spicate ; bracteas close to the calyx; corolla with a short in- 
fiated ribbed tube, clammy; style exserted. h.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica echiifléra, Andr, heath. 3. t. 
62. Lodd. bot. cab. 364. Erica echiiflora, var. supérba, Bedf. 
eric. wob, p. 8. Corollas deep red or reddish-purple. 
Var. B, purpirea (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 8.) corolla purple, with 
a short equal tube, that is not inflated. 
Var. y, coccinea (Lodd. cat. p. 25.) corollas deep red or 
scarlet. 
Bugloss-flowered Syringodea. Fl. March, May. 
Shrub. 
56 S. ARGENTIFLÒRA ; leaves linear, glabrous, spreadingly in- 
curved ; flowers axillary, horizontal, spicate, rather pellucid ; 
bracteas close to the calyx; style exserted. k.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica argentiflora, Andr. heath. vol. 
4. with a figure. Corolla tubular, short, white. 
Silver-flowered * Syringodea. FI. April, July. Clt. 1800. 
Shrub. 
57 S. Arcuerta‘na; leaves 6-7 in a whorl, serrulately cili- 
ated, spreading ; flowers axillary and terminal, crowded, verti- 
cillate ; pedicels tribracteate, 2 of the bracteas near the calyx, 
and the third remote ; corolla downy, viscid, with a cylindrical 
inflated tube ; calycine segments serrulately hispid, as well as 
the bracteas ; style exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica Archéria, Andr. heath. 2. t. 66. Erica 
Archeriana, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 378. Lodd, bot. cab. 1466. 
FI. July, Sept. Clt. 1799. 
Clt. 1800. 
Cit. 1798. 
ERICACER. XV. SYRINGODEA. 
Corolla deep reddish-purple or scarlet. 
drical. 
Lady Archer's Syringodea. 
Shrub. 
58 S. rdsEA; leaves filiform, erect, 5-6 in a whorl; flowers 
sessile, terminating small branches ; bracteas close to the calyx; 
corolla glabrous, with a cylindrical tube and erect segments ; 
calycine segments subulate ; genitals inclosed. h.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica rdsea, Andr. heath. 2. t. 13. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 782. Flowers red. 
Rosy-flowered Syringodea. Fl. April, Oct. 
Shrub. 
59 S. SALISBURIA`NA ; leaves linear, erect, with revolute 
margins, white beneath; flowers axillary, racemosely spicate, 
tufted, crowded, drooping ; corollas cylindrically clavate ; style 
exserted. k.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
Salisbiria, Andr. heath. vol. 4. with a figure. Erica résea, 
Hort. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 132. Flowers purplish red. 
Salisbury’s Syringodea. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
60 S. GRANDIFLÒRA ; leaves linear, bluntish, glabrous, re- 
clinate ; flowers axillary near the tops of the branches and 
stem, verticillate; bracteas small, close to the calyx ; calycine 
segments ovate-lanceolate ; corolla long, curved, trumpet- 
shaped, viscid, with a revolute limb ; genitals exserted. k. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica grandiflora, Thunb. 
diss. no. 28. Lin. suppl. 223. Curt. bot. mag. 189. P]. hort. 
kew. t. 8. Andr. heath. 1. t. 50. Erica grandiflora longifdlia, 
Wendl. eric. 6. p. 5. with a figure. Lodd. bot. cab. 498. Co- 
rolla orange-yellow outside, yellow inside. Leaves from 4 to 6 
in a whorl, but usually the latter number. 
Var. B, formòsa ; leaves 8 in a whorl; pedicels bracteate, 2 
of the bracteas close to the calyx, and the third remote from 
it; corollas reddish-orange. Erica formòsa, Bedf. eric. wob. 
Oe 
5 Var. y, himilis ; leaves 4 in a whorl. 
Var. ò Andrèwsii; flowers scarlet. 
Andr. heath. 2. t. 64. 
Great-flowered Syringodea. FI. 
Shrub. 
61 S. Leza‘na; leaves linear, filiform, stiff, obtuse, spreading ; 
flowers axillary, verticillate; bracteas close to the calyx, and 
length of it; corolla 5-6 lines long, viscid, with a clavate 4- 
ribbed tube, and a spreading limb; calyx adpressed; style ex- 
Ovarium cylin- 
Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1796. 
Clt. 1798. 
Shrub dwarf. 
h.G. Erica formòsa, 
Clt. 
May, Sept. 1775. 
serted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
Léea, Andr. heath. 1. t. 59. Erica Leeana, Ait. hort. kew. 2. 
t. 376. Pl. kew. 24. Lodd. bot. cab. 298. Erica costæflòra, 
Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 363. Corollas orange-red. 
Lee’s Syringodea. Fl. May, Jan. Clt. 1788. Shrub. — 
62 S. CEPHALÒTES; leaves linear; flowers disposed in 
capitate whorls ; calyx downy ; corolla tubularly clavate ; an- 
thers inclosed ; style exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica cephaldtes, Thunb. diss. no. 23, prod. 70. 
Willd. spec. 2. p. 398. Corolla purple. 
Headed Syringodea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1812. Shrub. 
63 S. coccinea; stem angular ; leaves linear, cuspidate, cili- 
ated, spreading; flowers axillary, crowded; bracteas close to 
the calyx; calyx spreading, woolly or villous; corolla viscid, 9- 
10 lines long, having the tube hardly clavate, and the limb 
erect; style exserted; ovarium turbinate. h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica coccinea, Berg. pl. cap. p. 93. 
Wendl. eric. fasc. 3. p. 9. with a figure. Andr. heath, 1. t. 49. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 1374. Erica abietina, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 355. 
Erica frondésa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 364, Flowers scarlet 
or deep red. 
Var. B, Bedfordiana ; bracteas coloured ; calyx woolly ; geni- 
tals exserted ; flowers nearly terminal, verticillate; corolla with 
