396 Harry Bolus. 
cester Div., rocky places on the Matroosberg, alt. ca. 2000 metres, fl. 
April, E. Dyke (no. 4554 in Dr. Marloth’s herb.). — The outer involucral 
scales are rosy at base and white above, the inner entirely white. In 
floral structure this much resembles H. humile Andr. but is widely 
different in habit and its short woolly leaves. It may be placed next 
before that species. 
62. Erica (8 Evanthe Salisb. emend.) pyrantha Bolus, l. c., p. 157. — 
E. foliis 4-nis, floribus 1—3-nis terminalibus subsessilibus, saepius in 
ramulis brevissimis et idcirco specie axillaribus, bracteis remotis, sepalis 
ovatis scariosis, corollis tubularibus 0,5 cm longis, staminibus inclusis 
antheris aristulatis, ovario piloso. — Rami adscendentes cum ramulis 
foliosis virgatis gracilibus puberuli demum  glabrescentes; folia 4-na 
erecto-patentia gracilia linearia subacuta, dorso leviter canaliculata, 
pleraque in ramulis abbreviatis floriferis congesta, 0,4—0,5 cm longa; 
flores terminales saepius solitarii, rarius 2—3-ni, saepe subsecundi, pa- 
tentes demum deflexi, pseudo-racemum efformantes; pedicelli 0,2—0,25 cm 
longi; bracteae remotae minimae, 1 basilaris, 2 infra medium, glabrae, 
coloratae, vix 0,1 cm longae; sepala erecto-appressa, late ovata acuta 
scariosa in apiculum foliaceum desinentia, glabra, 0,2 cm longa; corolla 
tubulosa, sursum paullo ampliata, fere recta, glabra, semi-transparens 
aurantiaca, basi rubescens, limbi segmentis erectis rotundatis, 0,2 cm 
longis, tota 1 cm longa, ca. 0,3 cm lata; filamenta capillaria, 0,5 cm 
longa; antherae inclusae, oblongae, apice attenuatae laeves, 0,1 cm longae; 
poro ?/, cellulae, supra basin affixae, brevissime aristulatae, aristis vix 
ultra basin cellularum productis; stylus inclusus vel rarius manifestus 
vel brevissime exsertus, ruber, 0,8—1 cm longus; stigma capitellatum; 
ovarium 4-loculare, obconicum, .sericeo-pilosum. (Ex exempll. visis). — 
Cape Colony, South-western Region, reported to come from the Caledon 
Div., and sold fresh in the streets of Cape Town, fl. Aug. (1908), Bolus 
herb. 13023. — A very distinct and pretty species, unlike any known to 
me. The flowers grow in apparently secund racemes towards the upper 
part of the branches. But they are strictly terminal and arise from 
short arrested lateral branchlets. The few barren branchlets on our spè- 
cimens, of from 1—2 cm in length, bear leaves which are uniformly 
crowded throughout and do not form congested tufts. Almost all the 
species of the § Evanthe have long-tubed flowers, excepting only a very 
few which are clearly short-tubed forms of species with long tubes. 
According to the Key to the Cape species of the genus in Flora Ca- 
pensis, v. 4, p. 15, it should stand next to E. glandulosa Thunb., but is 
quite unlike that species in appearance and structure. I am indebted 
for specimens to Miss A. M. Krige, who obtained it from one of the 
numerous flower-sellers in Cape Town. 
63. Erica ($ Evanthe Salisb.) Pillansii Bolus, 1. c., p. 158. — # 
affinis E. Mertensianae Wendl., differt pedicellis brevioribus, floribus ple- 
risque solitariis, corollis brevioribus pubescentibus, antheris inclusis, 
ovario hirsuto. — Rami adscendentes pubescentes, ramulis brevissimis 
