TAB. 8835. 
ERICA Haronpiana. 
South Africa. 
Ericackak. Tribe ErtcKar. 
Erica, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p, 590. 
Erica Haroldiana, Skan; species nova E. nobili, Guthrie et Bolus, affinis, 
sed sepalis multo angustioribus et brevioribus dimidium tubi corollae vix 
superantibus, tubo corollae leviter longiore multo angustiore apice minus 
constricto facile distinguenda. 
Frutex parvus, erectus, valde ramosus, ad 5 dm. altus vel ultra. Ramuli erecti, 
rigidi, dense foliati, pallide brunnei, glabri. Folia ternata, brevissime 
petiolata, primo erecta, demum patentia, lineari-subulata, 8-20 (saepius 
10-14) mm. longa petiolo incluso, 1:25-2 mm. lata, apice breviter aristata, 
supra leviter complanata, infra profunde sulcata, glauca, crassiuscula, 
sulco brevissime villoso excepto glaberrima. Injflorescentia terminalis, 
umbelliformis, laxe 4-5-flora. Flores sat magni, conspicui, nutantes, 
Pedicelli 7-8 mm. longi, glabri, rubri. Bracteae 2, oppositae, pedicelli 
infra medium insertae, oblongo-lanceolatae sconcavae, acutae, 7 mm. longae, 
2-2°5 mm. latae, glabrae, albidae, rubro-tinctae, basi et apice viridescentes, 
Calyx fere ad basin 4-partitus, vix 1 cm. longus, glaber ; lobi parum 
inaequales, oblongo-lanceolati, acuti vel apiculati, 2-5-4 mm. lati, corollae 
tubo adpressi, colore bracteis simillimi. Corolla 1°8 em. longa, alba, tubo 
leviter viridi-tincto apice plus minusve roseo, limbo rubro, glaberrima ; 
tubus elongato-urceolatus, apice paulum constrictus, medio 5 mm., apice 
vix 2°5 mm. diametiens ; lobi 4, primo erecti, demum reflexi, ovati, obtusi, 
apice interdum minute denticulati, margine leviter incurvi, circiter 3 mm. 
longi, 2°5 mm. lati. Stamina 8, corollae tubo paulum breviora, glabra ; 
filamenta gracillima, complanata, 1 em. longa, alba; antherae aureae, 
subovoideae, vix 2 mm. longae; loculi basi paulum cordati, rima breve 
prope apicem subacutum dehiscentes, uterque basi appendice lanceolata 
fimbriata 2°5 mm, longa praeditus. Ovarium obovoideum, apice depres- 
sum, 4-lobum, basi in stipitem brevem crassum angustatum, 3-5 mm. 
longum, apice circiter 2 mm. latum, basi 1 m. latum, 4-loculare ; stylus 
paulum exsertus, glaber, albidus; stigma peltato-capitatum, leviter 4-lobum, 
roseum ; ovulae numerosae, subellipsoideae, papillosae.—S, A. San. 
This attractive heath, a new species of the small] 
section Lurysteygia of the subgenus Chlamydanthe, as 
defined by Guthrie and Bolus in the Flora Capensis, was 
discovered by the late Professor H. H. W. Pearson on the 
Cederberg Range in the Clanwilliam Division, and seeds 
_Janvary—Marcu, 1920. 
