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ERICACEAE. XV. SYRINGODEA. 



51 S. AT/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. 

 fy . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica aurea, Andr. 

 heath. 2. t. 61. Corollas orange-yellow. 



Var. ;3, fibre pallido (Andr. heath. 3. t. 71.) flowers pale red, 

 with dark anthers. 



GoWew-flowered Syringodea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1799. 

 Shrub. 



52 S. vimms ; 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. J; . 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. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



53 S. HIBBERTIA'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. 1? . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica Hibbertia, 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. ouosMjEFLORA ; leaves linear, spreading, glabrous ; 

 flowers crowded, axillary, subverticillate ; corolla viscid, 

 with a cylindrical tube and spreading limb ; bracteas one-half 

 shorter than the calyx. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica glutinosa, Andr. heath. 1. t. 60. Erica viscosa, 

 Wendl. eric, with a figure. Erica onosmseflora, 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. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub. 



55 S. ECHIIFLORA ; 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- 

 flated ribbed tube, clammy ; style exserted. fj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica echiiflora, Andr. heath. 3. t. 

 62. Lodd. bot. cab. 364. Erica echiiflora, var. superba, Bedf. 

 eric. wob. p. 8. Corollas deep red or reddish-purple. 



Var, ft, purpurea (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-flonered Syringodea. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1798. 

 Shrub. 



56 S. ARGENTIFLORA ; leaves linear, glabrous, spreadingly in- 

 curved ; flowers axillary, horizontal, spicate, rather pellucid ; 

 bracteas close to the calyx ; style exserted. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica argentiflora, Andr. heath, vol. 

 4. with a figure. Corolla tubular, short, white. 



Silver-flowered Syringodea. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



57 S. ARCHERIA'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. fj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica Archeria, Andr. heath. 2. t. 66. Erica 

 Archeriana, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 378. Lodd. bot. cab. 1466. 



Corolla deep reddish-purple or scarlet. Ovarium cylin- 

 drical. 



Lady Archer's Syringodea. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub. 



58 S. ROSEA ; 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. T? . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica rosea, Andr. heath. 2. t. 13. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 782. Flowers red. 



.ftos^-flowered Syringodea. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 1798. 

 Shrub. 



59 S. SALISBURIA V NA ; leaves linear, erect, with revolute 

 margins, white beneath ; flowers axillary, racemosely spicate, 

 tufted, crowded, drooping ; corollas cylindrically clavate ; style 

 exserted. ^ G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 Salisburia, Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a figure. Erica rosea, 

 Hort. Bedf. eric. wob. p. 132. Flowers purplish red. 



Salisbury's Syringodea. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



60 S. GRANDIFLORA ; 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. fy . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica grandiflora, Thunb. 

 diss. no. 28. Lin. suppl. 223. Curt. bot. mag. 189. PI. hort. 

 kew. t. 8. Andr. heath. 1. t. 50. Erica grandiflora longifolia, 

 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. ft, formbsa ; 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 formosa, Bedf. eric. wob. 

 p. 10. 



Var. y, humilis ; leaves 4 in a whorl. Shrub dwarf. 



Far. S, Andrewsii ; flowers scarlet. Tj . G. Erica formosa, 

 Andr. heath. 2. t. 64. 



Great-flowered Syringodea. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1775. 

 Shrub. 



61 S. LEEA'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- 

 serted. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 Leea, Andr. heath. 1. t. 59. Erica Leeana, Ait. hort. kew. 2. 

 t. 376. PI. kew. 24. Lodd. bot. cab. 298. Erica costseflora, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 363. Corollas oran<je-red. 



Lee's Syringodea. Fl. May, Jan. Clt. 1788. Shrub. 



62 S. CEPHALOTES ; leaves linear ; flowers disposed in 

 capitate whorls ; calyx downy ; corolla tubularly clavate ; an- 

 thers inclosed ; style exserted. Ij . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica cepha!6tes, 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. fj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica coccinea, Berg. pi. cap. p. 93. 

 Wendl. eric. fasc. 3. p. 9. with a figure. Andr. heath, 1. t. 49. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 1374. Erica abietlna, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 355. 

 Erica frondosa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 364. Flowers scarlet 

 or deep red. 



Var. /3, Bedfordiana ; bracteas coloured; calyx woolly; geni- 

 tals exserted ; flowers nearly terminal, verticillate : corolla with 



