ERICACEAE. XV. SYRINGOUEA. 



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a trumpet-shaped tube. Jj G. Erica coccinea, Hortul. Bedf. 

 eric. wob. p. 6. Flowers red-orange. 



Scarlet-Rowered Syringodea. Fl. Year. Clt. 1793. Shrub. 



64 S. PURPU'REA ; stem terete; leaves short, linear, ciliated, 

 spreading, 6-7 in a whorl, rather remote ; flowers crowded, hori- 

 zontal, verticillate; bracteas close to the calyx ; calyx incurvedly 

 erect ; corolla cylindrical, trumpet-shaped, 8-9 lines long, viscid, 

 with a hardly clavate tube, and a spreading limb ; genitals ex- 

 serted ; ovarium turbinate. fj. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica purpurea, Andr. heath. 1. t. 58. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 703. Erica phylicifolia, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 361. 

 Corollas purple. 



Purple-fiowered Syringodea. Fl. Year. Clt. 1789. Shrub. 



65 S. CONC!NNA ; leaves linear, rather villous, erect ; flowers 

 axillary, verticillate, crowded ; bracteas close to the calyx ; co- 

 rolla 7-9 lines long, downy, cylindrical, with the tube rather cla- 

 vate, and the limb spreading ; calyxes denticulated, villous; geni- 

 tals inclosed ; anthers bearded at the base. fj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica concinna, Sol. in Ait. hort. 

 kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 23. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 374. Schnev. icon, 

 no. 31. Wendl. eric. 9. p. 9. with a figure. Erica abietina, 

 Andr. eric. 2. t. 62. Erica verticillata, Berg. pi. cap. p. 99. 

 Erica paludosa, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 35C. Corollas pale 

 purplish-red. 



Neat Syringodea. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1773. Shrub. 



66 S. FILAMENTOSA ; leaves linear, glabrous ? ; flowers axil- 

 lary, nearly terminal, verticillate, crowded ; bracteas remote from 

 the calyx ; calycine segments subulate ; corolla with a large 

 bell-shaped tube ; style exserted ; pedicels longer than the 

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

 filamentosa, Andr. heath. 2. t. 63. Ker. bot. reg. t. 6. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 395. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 398. Corolla short, 

 purple. 



Thready Syringodea. Fl.Year. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



67 S. LANA'TA ; leaves 5-6 in a whorl, woolly, as well as the 

 branches, which are also verticillate ; flowers terminal ; calyx 

 incurvedly spreading, concave at the base outside ; corolla 9-1 1 

 lines long, rather woolly. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica lanata, Wendl. eric. p. 45. with a figure. Erica 

 verticillaris, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 360. Flowers of a rufous 

 fulvous colour. Anthers mutic. 



Woolly Syringodea. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1775. Shrub. 



68 S. PU'RA ; leaves linear, glabrous ; flowers axillary, ver- 

 ticillate, near the tops of the branches ; bracteas close to the 

 calyx ; style exserted ; corolla with a cylindrical subclavate 

 tube. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 pura, Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a figure, but not of Lodd. 

 Flowers pure white. 



Pure-flowered Syringodea. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1827. 

 Shrub. 



69 S. PULCHE'LLA ; leaves linear, attenuated, with revolute 

 edges, glabrous ? ; bracteas close to the calyx ; flowers axillary, 

 crowded ; calycine segments subulate ; pedicels much shorter 

 than the flowers ; corolla viscid, 5-6 lines long, with a funnel- 

 formed tube. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica pulchella, Thunb. diss. no. 24. with a figure. Ait. hort. 

 kew. 2. p. 398. Lodd. bot. cab. 307. ? Erica argutifolia, Sal. 

 in Lin. trans. 6. p. 364. 



Pretty Syringodea. Fl. Autumn. Clt. 1792. Shrub. 



70 S. PULVINIFORMIS ; leaves linear, attenuated, serrulately 

 ciliated ; flowers longish, on the rudiments of the branches ; co- 

 rolla 7-9 lines long, viscid, with a cylindrically urceolar tube. 



fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica pulvinifor- 

 mis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 364. Corollas red. Habit of 

 Erica cerinthoides. 



Pillow -formed- flowered Syringodea. Fl. Feb. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



| 2. Anthers owned or crested. Aberrant, species. 



* Leaves 3 in a whorl, 



71 S. DISCOLOR; leaves linear, spreading, ciliated; flowers 

 terminal, by threes ; bracteas close to the calyx ; calycine seg- 

 ments serrulated ; corolla 9-10 lines long, anointed with gluten, 

 cylindrical, having the tube finely striated ; awns of anthers 

 short, glabrous, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica discolor, Andr. heath. 1. t. 3. Wendl. eric. 5. p. 9. with 

 a figure. Lodd. bot. cab. 1453. Erica cupressiformis, Sal. in 

 Lin. trans. 6. p. 354. Corollas pale red. 



Trvo-coloured-fioweredi Syringodea. Fl. Nov. March. Clt. 

 1788. Shrub. 



72 S. KUGOSA ; leaves crowded, linear, spreadingly reflexed, 

 3-5 in a whorl ; flowers axillary, verticillate, near the tops of 

 the branches ; bracteas broad at the base, remote from the 

 calyx ; calyx foliaceous ; corolla with a wrinkled tube ; genitals 

 exserted ; anthers awned. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica rugosa, Andr. heath, vol. 4. with a figure. 

 Flowers reddish-purple. 



Wrinkled-Rov/ered Syringodea. Fl. Feb. Nov. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub. 



73 S. DENSIFOLIA ; leaves linear-oblong, imbricated, glabrous ; 

 flowers axillary, crowded ; corolla cylindrically-clavate, downy ; 

 style exserted. 17.6. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 densifblia, Willd. spec. 2. p. 359. Flowers purplish-red. 



Dense-leaved Syringodea. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1811. 

 Shrub. 



74 S. EWERA'NA ; leaves linear, scabrous, spreading ; 

 flowers subspicate ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; calyx flat, 

 with thick margins ; corolla cylindrical, 8-10 lines long, clothed 

 with viscid down, curved and clavate ; style exserted ; awns of 

 anthers long, downy. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica Ewerana, Dry. in Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 368. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 303. Erica Ewera, Hort. Erica U'hria, Andr. 

 heath. 2. t. 3. Wendl. eric. 18. p. 91. Erica decora, 

 Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 354, with a figure. Corolla dark red, 

 or reddish-purple, with a greenish-yellow mouth. 



Far. ft, pilosa (Andr. heath. 2. t. 4.) leaves pilose; bracteas 

 close to the calyx ; flowers terminating small branches ; corolla 

 slightly curved and clavate, purplish-red, with a greenish-yellow 

 mouth. 



Ewer's Syringodea. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 



75 S. HIHTA ; leaves linear, ciliated ; flowers terminal; bracteas 

 sessile, close to the calyx, ciliated ; corolla cylindrical ; style 

 exserted ; anthers awned. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica hirta, Andr. heath. 3. t. 5. Lodd. bot. cab. 1116. 

 but not of Thunb. nor Willd. Corolla reddish-purple, with a 

 greenish-yellow mouth. 



Hairy Syringodea. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



76 S. CRUE'NTA ; leaves linear, subulate, glabrous, spreading ; 

 flowers terminal, by threes ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 

 calyx serrated; corolla 9-12 lines long, shining, smooth, with a 

 clavate, more or less compressed, curved tube ; style exserted ; 

 pericarp ovate. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erica cruenta, PI. kew. t. 13. Lodd. bot. cab. 1656. Erica 

 mellirlua, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 354. Corolla reddish-purple 

 or blood-coloured. 



Var. ft ; calyx slightly serrated ; corolla deep red or scarlet. 

 Tj . G. Erica cruenta, Andr. heath. 1. t. 9. Sol. in Ait. hort. 

 kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 16. Wendl. eric. 4. p. 11. with a 

 figure. 



