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Bloody-flowered Syringodea. Fl. Year. Clt. 1774. Shrub. 
77 S. VIRIDIFLÒRA ; leaves 3 in a whorl, or alternate, cili- 
ated ; flowers terminal, drooping; bracteas imbricate ; corolla 
with a cylindrical clavate tube; style exserted; anthers a little 
exserted, subaristate. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Erica hirta, var. viridifléra, Andr. heath. 3. t. 7. Lodd. 
bot. cab. 917. Flowers deep green. 
Green-flowered Syringodea. Fl. July, May. Clt. 1810. 
Shrub. 
78 S. specio’sa; leaves linear, downy, spreading ; flowers 
terminal, by threes; bracteas close to the calyx; calycine seg- 
ments broad, short, imbricate, with woolly edges ; corolla with a 
cylindrical, inflexed, curved tube, and an erect limb; style ex- 
serted, incurved at top; anthers awned, about the length of the 
corolla. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
specidsa, Andr. heath. 2. t. 2. Lodd. bot. cab. 575. Ait. 
hort. kew. 2. p. 369. Corollas dark red or reddish-purple, 
with a greenish-yellow mouth. 
Specious Syringodea. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
79 S.? Dickensonu; leaves glabrous ; flowers terminating the 
small branches ; bracteas imbricate, angular ; corolla with a bell- 
shaped tube, and large spreading segments; anthers a little 
exserted, crested ; style exserted. kh.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Erica Dickensonia, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 8. 
Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1816. Flowers yellow. 
Var. B, alba; flowers white. 
Var. y, rubra ; flowers red. 
Dickenson’s Syringodea. Fi. May, Aug. Clt. 1809. Shrub. 
* * Leaves 4 in a whorl. 
80 S. murta`siLIs; leaves linear, ciliated, spreading, 3-4 in a 
whorl, the 3 terminal hairs the longest; flowers terminal, um- 
bellate ; pedicels downy ; bracteas 3, 2 near the calyx, and the 
third remote from it; calycine segments ciliated, with glan- 
dular hairs; corolla cylindrical, inflated; filaments awned ; an- 
thers a little exserted; style exserted. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica mutabilis, Andr. heath. 3. t. 31. 
Sims, bot. mag. 2348. Lodd. bot. cab. 46. Corolla purplish- 
red, deeper towards the top. The hairs or down on the plant 
are tipped with black glands in the young state. 
Changeable-flowered Syringodea. Fl. Year. Clt. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
81 S. cuserpi’ceRa ; leaves linear, pedicels glabrous ; calycine 
segments ovate, cuspidate; flowers terminal; corolla 11-12 
lines long, downy, having the interstices of the limb lanceolate 
at the base; anthers hairy, awned; filaments rather villous. 
hk. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica cuspidi- 
gera, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 358. 
Point-bearing Syringodea. FI. 
Shrub. 
82 S. pe’nsa; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, linear, somewhat imbri- 
cated, spreading; flowers axillary, crowded, nearly sessile ; 
bracteas close to the calyx; calyx adpressed ; corolla with an 
oblong-cylindrical tube, and a short spreading limb; anthers 
awned ; style a little exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica dénsa, Andr. heath. 3. t. 30. Corolla pale 
red, with a deep spreading border, like a Callista, of which it 
may probably be a species. 
Dense-flowered Syringodea. 
Shrub. 
83 S. ya`na; stem trailing; leaves linear, spreading, obtuse ; 
flowers terminal; bracteas close to the calyx, imbricated, ciliated ; 
corolla 9-11 lines long, downy outside, with a clavate compressed 
tube; style exserted ; awns of anthers long. h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Erica nana, Sal. in Lin. trans. 
1798. 
Feb. May. Clt. 1796. 
Fl. May, Oct. Clit. 1810, 
ERICACEÆ. XV. SYRINGODEA. 
355. Erica depréssa, Andr. heath. 2, t. 12. but not of Thunb. 
nor Willd. Corollas yellow-green. 
Dwarf Syringodea. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt.? Shrub trailing. 
84 S. osrrina; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, glabrous; flowers 
terminal ; corolla cylindrical, curved, widened to the throat. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica ostrina, 
Lodd. bot. cab. 1218. Corolla purplish-red. 
Purple-flowered Syringodea. Fl. June, Nov. 
Shrub. 
85 S. HY'BRIDA ; leaves linear, glabrous, flowers terminal; 
bracteas close to the calyx; corolla glabrous, with a cylindrical, 
slightly curved tube; style exserted; anthers aristate. h. G, 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica hybrida, Hort. 
Flowers purplish-red. Nearly allied to S. cylindrica. 
Hybrid Syringodea. Fl. May, June. Clt.? Shrub. 
86 S. nirens; leaves hairy, flowers terminal ; pedicels tri- 
bracteate, 2 of the bracteas near the calyx, and the third re- 
mote; calyx coloured, hairy ; corolla with a curved subclavate 
tube ; genitals aristate, a littleexserted. .G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica nitens, Hortul. Bedf. eric. wob. 
p. 16. Corolla purplish-red, with a green top. 
Shining Syringodea. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.? Shrub. 
87 S. sanevinea; leaves linear, glabrous; flowers nearly 
terminal, crowded, verticillate; calyxes broad; bracteas remote 
from the calyx; corolla cylindrical; anthers a little exserted, 
subaristate; style exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Clt: 1820. 
Good Hope. Erica sanguinea, Lodd. bot. cab. 86. Flowers 
deep red. 
Bloody-flowered Syringodea. Fl. Year. Clt. 1815. Shrub. 
88 S. vire’scens; leaves linear, incurvedly erect, hairy; 
flowers terminal, sessile; bracteas close to the calyx; corolla 
clammy ; style exserted, incurved. h.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Erica viréscens, Lodd. bot. cab. 233. Corolla 
greenish-yellow. Anthers awned. 
Greenish-flowered Syringodea. Fl. May. Clt. 1804. Shrub. 
89 S. amsicua; leaves linear, rather hairy, spreading : 
flowers terminal, usually solitary; bracteas close to the calyx; 
calycine segments subulate, adpressed ; corolla striated, gla- 
brous, with a cylindrical tube and short reflexed limb; style a 
little exserted; anthers awned. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Erica ambigua, Wendl. eric. fasc. 16. p. 61. 
with a figure. Erica cylindrica, Andr. heath, 2. t. 30, Lodd. 
bot. cab. 1734. Corolla reddish-purpie. 
Ambiguous Syringodea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 
90 S. succinz#Férmis ; leaves linear, downy; flowers termi- 
nal; pedicels downy; corolla 9-10 lines long, downy, with a 
recurvedly spreading limb; filaments downy ; anthers awned. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica buccine- 
formis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 359. Erica tubifléra, Thunb. 
diss. no. 31. Flowers reddish-purple. 
Trumpet-formed flowered Syringodea. 
1818. Shrub. 
91 S. CLAVÆFLÒRA; leaves linear, glabrous, spreading ; 
flowers axillary, nearly sessile, spicate; bracteas imbricate ; 
calyx fleshy, with orbicularly spatulate entire segments; co- 
rolla downy, 10-12 lines long, clavate; style exserted ; anthers 
awned. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
claveeflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 365. Erica sessiliflora, 
Andr. heath. 2. t. 10. Corollas greenish-yellow. 
Club - flowered Syringodea. Fl. Aug. Oct. 
Shrub. 
92 S. EPISTÒMIA ; leaves glabrous ; flowers terminal ; bracteas 
remote and close to the calyx ; calyx green, large, inflated; 
corolla with an oblong inflated tube ; genitals inclosed, aristate- 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.. Erica epistomia, 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 
Clt. 1799. 
