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longioribus, corolla campanulata calycem bene excedente cirea adusque 
medium divisa lobis oblongo-ovatis obtusis quam tubus paullo brevioribus, 
stylo leviter exserto, stigmatibus 3 brevibus, capsula subglobosa 3-valvi. 
Hab. Melsetter, 5000-6000 ft. ; in fl. & fr. Oct. ; п. 6225. 
Folia +3 mm. long., solemniter circa 3 mm. Pedicelli vulgo 2-3 mm. 
long. Ovarium 1-L:5 mm., calycis lobi 2-2:5 mm., corolla 4:5 mm. long. 
Stylus 3:5 mm. long. ; stigmata linearia, 06 mm. long. | Capsula semisupera, 
2 mm. long., 2:25 mm. diam. 
A plant with the habit and much the appearance of W. exilis, А. DC. 
Its nearest affinity is with W. mashonica, №. E. Br., which, among other 
characters, is of taller and coarser growth, more sparingly branched, and 
has its flowers borne on longer pedicels. Flowers apparently white. 
ERICACE Æ. 
Erica (Buerica $ Ceramia) THRYPTOMENOIDES, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa caule ascendente lignoso subterete piloso-hispidulo ramulos 
sæpe dense foliosos piloso-hispidulos emittente, foliis solemniter ternis parvulis 
sessilibus ovatis acutis basi rotundatis marginibus sepe leviter revolutis 
crassiusculis utrobique glabris, floribus parvis ad apicem ramulorum paucis 
umbellulatis, pedicellis attenuatis plerumque patentibus vel recurvis corollas 
excedentibus vel saltem æquantibus hispidulis, calycis 4-partiti segmentis 
triangulari-oblongis obtusiuseulis margine sparsim cilolatis, corolla cam- 
panulato-urceolatæ albæ glaąbræ tubo quam lobi rotundati 4-plo longiore, 
staminibus 8 disco insertis filamentis breviter exsertis antheris paullo supra 
basin dorsifixis basi calvis poris loculos semiequantibus, ovario pubescente, 
stylo corollam excedente attenuato glabro. 
Hab. Chimanimani Mountains at 7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 647. 
Folia +2 mm. long. et 1:5 mm. lat., pagina inferiore quam superiore paullo 
pallidiora ; costa media subtus prominens. Pedicelli sepissime 2°5-3°5 mm. 
long.; bracteæ circa 1 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 1 mm. long. Corolle tubus 
З mm. long., summum 2:7 mm. lat. ; lobi 0°75 mm. long. Filamenta 3:2 mm. 
long., anther circa 1 mm. Ovarium vix 1 mm. diam. Stylus 4:5 mm. 
lon». 
Differs from Æ. thymifolia, Wendl., chiefly in the more compact habit, and 
the shape and eolour of the corollas and their smaller lobes. 
Erica (Huerica $ Ceramia) LANCEOLIFERA, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Саше verisimiliter plus minus procumbente sat tenui piloso-hirtulo tandem 
fere glabro ramulos breves tenerrimos foliatos piloso-hirtulos crebro gignente, 
foliis parvulis sepissime 3-4-піѕ sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis vel 
obtusis margine revolutis coriaceis supra piloso-hispidulis subtus griseis, 
foribus parvis ex axillis ramulorum summis oriundis in inflorescentiam 
