

ERICACEAE. XV. SYRINGODEA. 



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rolla reddish-purple, with an inflated ribbed tube. Calycine 

 segments linear -subulate. 



Pellucid-Rowered Syringodea. Fl. Nov. June. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



14 S. BEDFORDIA'NA ; leaves linear, ciliated ; flowers ter- 

 minal, pedicellate, drooping ; bracteas remote from and approxi- 

 mating the calyx ; corolla cylindrical, curved ; style subexserted. 

 Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica pellucida 



riibra, 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. Clt. 1808. 

 Shrub. 



15 S. EXU'DANS ; 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. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

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

 Erica exsudans, Lodd. bot. cab. 287. Erica rosa solis, Hortul. 

 Corollas reddish-purple. Bracteas awned. 



Sweating Syringodea. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



16 S. SULPHU'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. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 sulphurea, Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a figure. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1984. Lodd. bot. cab. 1762. Corollas pale yellow or sulphur- 

 coloured. 



iSuZpAwr-coloured-flowered Syringodea. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 

 1805. Shrub. 



17 S. ? FLA'VA; leaves 3 in a whorl, filiform, glabrous, short, 

 erect ; flowers horizontal, axillary, crowded ; calyx bracteate ; 

 corolla urceolately tubular, short ; style exserted. Pj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica flava, Lodd. bot. cab. 

 882. Andr. heath, vol. 2. t. 38. Flowers yellow. 



IWfore-flowered Syringodea. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1795. Shrub. 



18 S. ERUBE'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. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica erubescens, Andr. heath. 3. t. 56. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 1826. Erica elong&ta, Hortul. Corolla from pale purplish- 

 red to white. Calycine segments ovate, roundish. 



Reddish-fiovrered Syringodea. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



19 S. ELA'TA; 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. Ij . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Erica elata, Andr. heath. 2. t. 18. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 1788. Erica longiflora, 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. ? LINKII ; leaves spreading, beset with a few hairs ; 

 flowers terminal, umbellate ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 

 calycine segments ovate, white ; anthers mutic, subexserted. 

 17 S. ? Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica protrudens, 

 Link. enum. 1. p. 372. Corolla 2-3 lines long, white. Proba- 

 bly a species of Gypsocallis. 



Link's Syringodea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1805. Shrub. 



21 S. STAGNALIS; leaves linear, hairy; flowers terminal; 

 pedicels glabrous; corolla 10-11 lines long, hairy ; anthers 



straight, papillose, mutic. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica stagnalis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 359. Erica 

 tubiflora, Roxb. mss. 



Stagnant Syringodea. Fl. 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. ^ . 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-ftowered Syringodea. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 

 1793. Shrub. 



23 S. LINN/EOI 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. fj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica linnaeoides, Andr. 

 heath. 2. t. 42. Erica Linnseana, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 375. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 102. Corollas with a purplish-red base, and a white top. 



Linncea-like Syringodea. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 



24 S. RADIA'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. 



^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica radiata, 

 Andr. heath. 1. t. 46. Erica calamiformis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 

 p. 380. Flowers reddish-purple. 



.Ray-flowered Syringodea. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1798. 

 Shrub. 



25 S. SPURIA; 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. 

 ?2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica spuria, 

 Andr. heath. 1. t. 54. Erica culcitaeflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 

 p. 357. Corolla red. 



Far. ft, translucens ; corolla purplish-red, rather ventricose at 



the base. Erica translucens, Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a figure. 



Spurious Syringodea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1796. Shrub. 



26 S. EXSU'RGENS ; 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. I? . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica exsurgens, Andr. heath. 1. 

 t. 57. Lodd. bot. cab. 835. Erica grandifl6ra breviflora, 

 Wendl. eric. 7. p. 7. with a figure. Erica pharetrseformis, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 361. 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. 



Far. ft, 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. 



Far. y, rulila (Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 361.) corolla golden- 

 yellow, f; . G. Erica abietina, Roxb. mss. ex Sal. 



Rising-stamened Syringodea. Fl. March, Oct. Clt. 1792. 

 Shrub. 



27 S. CURVIFLO V RA; leaves linear, spreading, glabrous; flowers 

 usually solitary, terminating small branches ; bracteas close to 



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