Plantae africanae novae. VI. 391 
floriferis plerisque induti; folia 4-na imbricata erecta linearia vel sub- 
filiformia acuta, dorso vix vel raro sulcata, minute puberula, 0,5—0,7 cm 
longa, 0.05 cm lata; flores terminales solitarii vel rarius 2—3-ni; pedi- 
celli 0,25 cm longi; bracteae 2 mediae, 1 remota, minutae lanceolatae 
scariosae; sepala ovata lanceolatave acuta mucronata scariosa puberula 
eiliolata, 0,3 cm longa; corolla subbuceiniformis leviter incurva, extus 
puberula coccinea, 1—1,4 cm longa, limbi segmentis oblongis obtusis 
concoloribus, 0,25 cm longis; stamina inclusa, faucem attingentia vix 
perspicua; filamenta capillaria; antherae oblongae rectae, supra basin ad 
filamentum affixae, 0,08 cm longae, poro ?/, longitudinis cellulae, aristis 
subulatis acuminatis pendulis, 0,035 em longis; stylus breviter exsertus; 
stigma capitatum; ovarium hirsutum, pilis longis crassis albis. — Cape 
Colony, Caledon Div., fl. May—Jan., Pillans, 585! — Nearly allied to 
E. Mertensiana Wendl., but differing as noted above. That species is 
only known to me from Klotzsch’s ample description and was founded 
on specimens from an English garden. The present species resembles 
at first sight E. cruenta Soland., but differs by its mostly longer and 
slenderer leaves, by its shorter pedicels, shorter corolla, and hirsute 
ovary. It appears to be abundant, having lately been sold in the streets 
of Cape Town. 
64. Erica serratifolia Andr. Col. Heaths, t. 58; Heathery, t. 44. 
Var. subnuda Bolus, l. c., p. 158. — Characteribus typi sed foliis 
calycibusque margine nudo vel junioribus interdum ciliatis, bracteis 
Scariosis minoribus, — Cape Colony, Caledon Div.. mountains between 
Caledon and Hermanus, fl. May, Sept, N. S. Pillans, 228! 1334! — E 
serratifolia is only known, and was described, from garden specimens; 
the peculiar plumose hairs mentioned by Wendland and figured by 
him in his. Eric. Ic. fasc., 19, t. 5, may possibly have been the result 
of cultivation, Neither Salisbury nor Loddiges, who supposed they 
had the same species, make any mention of this character. 
65. Erica (S Ceramus Salisb.) tenuibractea Bolus, l. c., p. 159. — E. 
affinis E. inflatae Thunb., sed bracteis approximatis, sepalis foliaceis 
longioribus, antheris diversiformibus, appendicibus multo brevioribus, 
9variis subsessilibus, differt. -- Rami erecti puberuli, ramulis florigeris 
erecto-patentibus; folia 4-na dense imbricata erecto-patentia linearia sub- 
acuta, minute glanduloso-ciliolata -glabra, 0,6—0,7 cm longa; umbellae 
1—14-1.; pedicelli erecto-patentes graciles glanduloso-viscidi, rubro- 
brunnei 2,6 cm longi; bracteae arcte approximatae lineares foliaceae, 
0,6 cm longae; sepala erecta subulato-linearia acuta foliacea gianduloso- 
ciliolata, 0,6 cm longa; corolla elongato-ovata puberula viscidula dilute 
Tosea, limbi segmentis in specimine exsiccato erectis conniventibus rubris 
0,15 cm longis, tota 1,2 cm longa, parte latissima (exsiccatione com- 
Pressa) 0,6 cm lata; filamenta capillacea 1 cm longa; antherae inclusae, 
in longitudinem semi-ovatae, paullo supra basin dorsifixae, brevissime 
aristatae, 0,15 cm longae, poro longitudine !/; cellulae; stylus. breviter 
9Xsertus; stigma capitellatum; ovarium obovatum subsessile minute pu- 
