Plantae africanae novae. III. 155 
A fine species, sometimes reaching to a height of 3 or 3!/, ft. Most 
nearly allied to B. buphthalmoides (DC.), Schltr., Journ. Bot., 1897, p. 343, 
differing by its more deeply cut leaves, which are covered with a closer 
white felted wool on the under surface, and by its narrower involucral 
scales. 
39. Erica recta Bolus, 1. c., p. 397. ($ Pyronium.) 
E. unilaterali Klotzsch affinis, floribus majoribus, aristis antherarum 
liberis, ovario glabro differt. 
Rami erecti, stricti, approximati, pallide cinerei, fere glabri, 18—20 cm 
longi vel ultra; ramuli semper terni, internodiis 0,6—3,3 cm longis, 
primum breviter patentes deinde stricte adscendentes, a vel iterum 
et similariter ramosi, dense foliosi usque ad apicem, puberuli, 1,2—7,5 em 
longi; folia 3-na erecta dense imbricata, juniora duplo longiora, vetustiora 
1/, vel !/ longiora quam internodia, brevissime petiolata, oblonga vel late 
linearia, subobtusa glabra, subtus sulcata, marginibus nudis leviter in- 
flexis, 0,2—0,35 cm longa; flores terminales normale 3-na, interdum bini 
vel solitarii, patentes vel deflexi, rosei, corollae limbo discolore; pedicelli 
albo-tomentosi rosei, 0,2—0,3 cm longi; bracteae omnes arcte approximatae, 
leviter patentes, lanceolatae, infra scariosae, apice callo foliaceo coloratove 
desinentes + 0,2 cm longae; sepala bracteis conformia sed latiora et sub- 
inaequalia, lanceolata ovatave, apice calloso magis distincter canaliculato, 
saepius rosea, 0,25 em longa; corolla ovato-urceolata, fauce leviter con- 
stricto, ore latiusculo, glabra, 0,5—0,55 cm longa, limbi segmenta patentia, 
semi-orbicularia, minute ciliolata, + !/, longitudinis tubae; antherae semi- 
exsertae (demum fortasse exsertae), laterales, a latere visae longitudina- 
liter anguste semi-ovatae, leves, 0,15 cm longae, basi aristatae, aristis 
liberis stricte deflexis, longitudine dimidio antherae; stylus exsertus; 
stignía capitatum; ovarium globosum, glabrum, ovulis numerosissimis 
minutis. 
Cape Colony; Coast Region; district Ladismith, on the Little 
Zwartberg range, near Vaartwel and the Gamka River, approx. alt. 
900 meters, fl. June, Dr. R. Marloth, 3993! (in herb. Kew, my own, &c.). 
Structurally near to E lateralis Klotzsch, but with larger flowers, 
‘ free anther-awns, and a glabrous ovary. The remarkably straight ter- 
nate branches and very regular erect leaves, would, if they should prove 
eonstant, distinctly characterise this species. But the material at our 
disposal is scanty. 
40. Phyllopodium linearifolium Bolus, Le p. 398. (Screphulariaceae.) 
P. habitu fruticuloso, foliis linearibus. 
Suffrutex exsiccatione haud nigricans, 20 cm altus; rami fastigiati, 
pubescentia in lineis longitudinaliter disposita vestiti; folia sessilia axillis 
Saepe gemmiferis, linearia, acuta, subcarnosa, glabra, sensim in bracteas 
abeuntia, 1—2,5 cm longa, 0,1— 0,15 em lata; spicae nunc sphericae 
nune ovatae, 1—1,5 em longae, 1,4—1,5 cm latae; bracteae lanceolatae, 
acuminatae, longe ciliatae 0,5 em longae; calyx subaequaliter 5-fidus, 
tubo 0,1 em longo, segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis longe ciliatis, 0,3 em 
