482 LXXV. CAMPANULACEX (HEMSLEY). [ Campanula. 
alternate, distant, sessile, oblong-elliptical, acute or oblanceolate, dis- 
tantly and obsoletely dentate, hispid on both sides, 14-2 in. long. 
Flowers of medium size, solitary, terminal, erect. Calyx-lobes lan- 
ceolate, acute, strigose-ciliate; appendages triangular. Corolla hispid 
on the midrib ; lobes somewhat obtuse. Capsule depressed, turbinate, 
3-celled.—Description chiefly from Richard. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin Dillon! . 
This is perhaps only a form of C. rigidipila, as one of the characters, the hispid 
midrib of the corolla-lobes, on which Richard lays considerable stress, is of little 
value. In some of the specimens of C. rigidipila the corolla is glabrous, whilst in 
others it is hispid. Vatke regards it as a variety of C. rigidipila. 
3. ©. rigidipila, Steud. et Hochst. in Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 3. A 
perennial with a stout woody rootstock, from which numerous pro- 
cumbent or ascending stems proceed, varying from 6-12 in. in length, 
clothed, when young at least, with long hispid or almost bristly hairs. 
Leaves sessile, elliptical-lanceolate, oblong or obovate, acute or obtuse, 
entire or remotely and obscurely toothed, more or less hispidly pilose, 
from 8-12 lines long. . Flowers solitary, terminal, from 4-6 lines in 
diameter. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, strigose-ciliate, about half as 
long as the corolla; appendages triangular, acute. Corolla-lobes gla- 
brous or hispid on the midrib, rounded.—C. sarmentosa, Hochst. ; 
Rich, Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 4. CO. Schimperi, Vatke in Linnma xxxviii. p. 712. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Roth! . 
C. esculenta, Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 4, of which no authentic specimen exists at 
Kew, is said to differ from this in its shorter calyx-lobes and appendages and the 
shape of its leaves, but the description given applies very well as far as it goes to 
C. rigidipila, 
Orver LXXVI. ERICACEA. (By Prof. Oliver. ) 
Flowers regular (or nearly so), hermaphrodite. Calyx free, 4-5- 
fid or -partite. Corolla hypogynous, decidnous or marcescent, In our 
genera tubular, campanulate or urceolate; mouth shortly 45-lobed. 
Stamens hypogynous or very shortly adnate to corolla-tabe, a8 many 
or twice as many as corolla-lobes; filaments free; anthers dehiscing 
by terminal pores. Ovary 4-5-celled (in our species), free; style 1; 
stigma terminal. Ovules indefinite, few or many. Fruit capsular, 
loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds albuminous.—Shrubs, undershrabs 
usually wiry, or small trees. Leaves alternate or whorled, usually 
persistent, exstipulate. Inflorescence various. 
A considerable Natural Order, very sparingly represented in Africa, excepting in 
the Cape region. 
Corolla deciduous. Leaves oval, 2-4 in, long. . . ... . UL Aaavri. 
Corolla persistent. Leaves acicular or minute, 
Stamens8 . . . 2... ee . . . 2, Erica. 
Stamens 4-5. ° 
Flowers ebracteolate. . . . . 2... . , 4.) 8 Ericrnetta. 
Flowers bracteolate . . . . . . . . . , ws 4 BLmRis. 
