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ERICACEAE. XV. SYRINGODEA. 



Var. ft, longiflbra (Andr. heath. 3. t. 4.) flowers longer and 

 more tubular, blood-red. 



Bloody-fton-ered Chona. Fl. year. Clt. 1799. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Erica, p. 800. 



XV. SYRINGO'DEA (from avpiyt* 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. Octandria, 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 in a nhorl. 



1 S. COSTA* TA ; 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. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 costata, Andr. heath. 1 . t. 40. Corolla pale red, with a greenish 

 border. 



Var. ft, superba (Andr. heath, vol. 4.) corolla larger, reddish- 

 purple, with a greenish-yellow mouth. 



Ribbed- flowered Syringodea. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub. 



2 S. DIA'PHANA ; 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. fi G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica transparens, Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a 

 figure. Lodd. hot. cab. 177. Erica diaphana, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 178. Corollas deep reddish-purple. 



Diaphanotis Syringodea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1796. Shrub. 



3 S. CLAVA'TA ; leaves erect ; flowers terminal, by threes, 

 drooping ; bracteas close to the calyx, adpressed ; genitals ex- 

 serted a little. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica clavata, Andr. heath. 3. t. 40. Corolla green, cylindrically 

 clavate. Anthers black. 



CVaeaie-flowered Syringodea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



4 S. PA'LLENS: leaves linear, hoary, spreading; flowers dis- 

 posed in terminal racemes, horizontal ; bracteas close to the 

 calyx. >7 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 pallens, Andr. heath. 3. t. 45. Corolla sulphur-coloured. 



JWe-flowered Syringodea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



5 S. DI'CHRUS ; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, villous ; flowers ter- 

 minal, by threes ; bracteas close to the calyx ; calyxes coloured, 

 ciliated ; corolla cylindrical ; style exserted. ^ . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica dichrus, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 179. Erica bicolor, Andr. heath. 2. t. 39. Lodd. hot. cab. 

 1001. but not of Thunb. nor Willd. Erica dichromata, Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 1813. Corolla purplish-red, with a greenish-yellow 

 mouth. 



Tnio-coloured-fiowereA Syringodea. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



C S. LINN.EA'NA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves ciliated, spreading ; 



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. 

 Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Linnaeana, 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 102. Erica Linnse'a, Andr. heath. 2. t. 34. 

 Erica perspicua ft, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 371. Corolla white, 

 with a red base. Anthers bearded on the back at top. In 

 this and S. abiellna the ovarium is 6-8-celled. 



Var. ft, sujxrba (Lodd. bot. cab. 1778.) flowers large, white 

 tinged with red, erect, t? . G. Erica Bedfordiana, G. Don, in 

 Loud. hort. brit. p. 147. 



Linnaeus' s Syringodea. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1 790. Shrub. 



7 S. VERSICOLOR ; 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. ^ G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica versicolor, Andr. heath. 1. t. 39. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 208. Corolla purplish-red, with a greenish-yellow 

 mouth. 



Var. ft, major (Lodd. bot. cab. 1316.) flowers larger. 

 Party-coloured-Qovtered Syringodea. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 

 1 790. 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 

 exserted. 7? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 triphylla, Link, enutn. 1. p. 360. Corolla clammy, red, yellow 

 at top. 



Three-leaved Syringodea. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1822. Shb. 



9 S. BROADLEYA'NA ; leaves linear, spreading ; flowers axil- 

 lary, on long pedicels, drooping ; calycine segments narrow, 

 foliaceous ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; style exserted. 

 Pj . 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. 1 800. Shrub. 



10 S. INSU'LSA ; 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 ; 

 Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica insulsa, 

 Hortul. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 12. Lodd. cat. p. 25. Flowers 

 yellowish-green. 



Dull Syringodea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



* * Leaves 4 in a whorl. 



11 S. REFU'LGENS ; leaves glabrous, spreading; flowers ter- 

 minal, drooping, by fours ; calyxes coloured, subulate, ad- 

 pressed ; style exserted. fy . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica reftilgens, Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a figure. 

 Corollas scarlet or deep purplish-red. 



Refulgent Syringodea. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



12 S. TRANSPARENS ; leaves ovate-cuneated, shortly pecti- 

 nated ; calycine segments cuneated ; corolla 6-7 lines long, 

 bristly towards the apex outside; filaments spurred. J; . G. 

 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. PELH/CIDA ; leaves linear, horizontal, ciliated ; flowers 

 terminal, pedicellate, drooping ; bracteas close to the calyx ; 

 corolla with an oblong inflated tube, subpellucid ; style exserted. 

 \i . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica pellucida, 

 Andr. heath. 3. t. 60. Lodd. bot. cab. 276. Corolla white. 

 Calycine segments linear-subulate. 



Var. ft, rubra (Bedf. eric. wob. p. 18. but not of Andr.) co- 

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