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ERICACEAE. XV. SYRINGODEA. 



Bloody-Rowered. Syringodea. Fl. Year. Clt. 1774. Shrub. 



77 S. VIRIDIFLORA ; 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. fy . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erica hirta, var. viridiflora, 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, indexed, curved tube, and an erect limb ; style ex- 

 serted, incurved at top ; anthers awned, about the length of the 

 corolla, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 speciosa, 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.? DICKENSONII; 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. Jj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Erica Dickens6nia, Bedf. eric. wob. p. 8. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1816. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, alba ; flowers white. 



Var. y, rubra ; flowers red. 



Dickenson's Syringodea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1809. Shrub. 



* * Leaves 4 in a whorl. 



80 S. MUTA'BILIS ; 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. Tj . 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-fiowered Syringodea. Fl. Year. Clt. 1798. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



81 S. CUSPIDI'GERA ; 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. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica cuspidi- 

 gera, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 358. 



Point-bearing Syringodea. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub. 



82 S. DE'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. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica densa, Andr. heath. 3. t. 30. Corolla pale 

 red, with a deep spreading border, like a Callista, of which it 

 mav probably be a species. 



.Dense-flowered Syringodea. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub. 



83 S. NA'NA ; stem trailing ; leaves linear, spreading, obtuse ; 

 flowers terminal; bracteas close to the calyx, imbricated, ciliated; 

 corolla 9-1 1 lines long, downy outside, with a clavate compressed 

 tube; style exserted ; awns of anthers long, fj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Erica nana, Sal. in Lin. trans. 



355. Erica depressa, Andr. heath. 2. t. 12. but not of Thunb. 

 nor Willd. Corollas yellow-green. 



Dwarf Syringodea. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt.? Shrub trailing. 



84 S. osTRiNA ; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, glabrous ; flower* 

 terminal ; corolla cylindrical, curved, widened to the throat, 

 f; . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica ostrina, 



Lodd. bot. cab. 1218. Corolla purplish-red. 



Purple-dowered Syringodea. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1820. 

 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. Ij . 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. N!TENS ; 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 little exserted. ^ 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. SANGUINEA ; leaves linear, glabrous ; flowers nearly 

 terminal, crowded, verticillate ; calyxes broad; bracteas remote 

 from the calyx ; corolla cylindrical ; anthers a little exserted, 

 subaristate ; style exserted. Ij . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Erica sanguinea, Lodd. bot. cab. 86. Flowers 

 deep red. 



Bloody-fiowered 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. Tj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Erica virescens, Lodd. bot. cab. 233. Corolla 

 greenish-yellow. Anthers awned. 



Greenish-fiowered Syringodea. Fl. May. Clt. 1804. Shrub. 



89 S. AMBIGUA ; 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. fj . 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-purple. 



Ambiguous Syringodea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



90 S. BUCCINJEFORMIS ; leaves linear, downy ; flowers termi- 

 nal ; pedicels downy; corolla 9-10 lines long, downy, with a 

 recurvedly spreading limb ; filaments downy ; anthers awned. 

 Fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica buccinae- 



formis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 359. Erica tubiflora, Thunb. 

 diss. no. 31. Flowers reddish-purple. 



Trumpet-formed flowered Syringodea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1818. Shrub. 



91 S. CLAV-EFIORA ; 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. \ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 

 clavacflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 365. Erica sessiliflora, 

 Andr. heath. 2. t. 10. Corollas greenish-yellow. 



Club -flowered Syringodea. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1799. 

 Shrub. 



92 S. EPISTOMIA; leaves glabrous; flowers terminal ; bracteas 

 remote and close to the calyx ; calyx green, large, inflated ; 

 corolla with an oblong inflated tube ; genitals inclosed, aristate. 



I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica epistomia, 



