16 ERIcACEE (Guthrie & Bolus). [ Erica. 
tubular, viscid. Anthers included, lateral. Ovary narrow, elongate, long- 
stipitate, glabrous. 
The species are probably fertilized by birds. (Cf. Scott-Elliot, Annals of 
Botany, iv. 270). 
Tall and virgate ; leaves linear, 6-8 lin. long __.... ... (79) fascicularis. 
Shorter, more branched; leaves oblong, 2 lin. long _—.., (80) Massoni. 
Il. STELLANTHE. 
§ 8. EvrytomA. Inflorescence terminal; flowers generally umbellate. Corolla 
mostly ampullaceous, sometimes suburceolate, rarely tubular, contracted at the 
throat, usually viscid; limb spreading, often large. Anthers included, lateral, 
either subcrescent-shaped, prognathous and distinctly bilobed at the base, or less 
commonly nearly straight, equal and scarcely lobed, muticous or appendiculate. 
Ovary more or less distinctly stipitate, or elongate, usually glabrous. Leaves 
3-4-nate, adpressed, squarrose or recurved. Usually glabrous shrubs. 
1. Anthers distinctly prognathous, also crescent-shaped and bilobed at the base. 
Corolla mostly ampullaceous, or at least tubular-inflated 
below : 
Anthers aristate; ovary short-stipitate ; corolla 9-20 
lin, long Se ae le io ... (87) Junonia. 
Anthers muticous: 
Leaves 3-nate : 
Corol)a ampullaceous, 12-15 lin. long : 
Corolla tapering into a long thin 
neck ; leaves 3-4 lin. long... ... (85) lagenezformis. 
Corolla with a shorter and thicker 
neck; leaves 4-6 lin. long ... .-- (88) shannonea. 
eh Ni re Sime sien or suburceolate, 
4-10 lin. lo: ove vee «+ «.. (90) irbyana. 
Leaves 4-nate : oo ig oa 
Corolla-tube 4 lin. long; leaves nearly erect (81) Gysbertii. 
Corolla-tube much longer ; leaves spreading 
or recurved ; 
Sepals pubescent ; corolla-segments very 
acute .., oe bs ba -.. (84) retorta. 
Sepals glabrous ; corolla-segments obtuse 
or retuse : 
Corolla-segments wider than long, 
Tetuse,. -s. © ss sess (88) aristate. 
; Corolla-segments longer than wide, 
ag OE ee ws .s (89) ampulleces. 
Corolla-tube cylindrical, not inflated ; limb very large ... (86) jasminiflora. 
2. Anthers not distinctly prognathous, straight or nearly so, obscurely bilobed 
at the base. 
Anthers appendiculate : 
Corolla &-6 lin. long; anthers broad-cuneate; awns 
nearly aslongasthecell ... .., +++ ss. (92) pectinata. 
Corolla 3-4 lin. long; anthers oblong or semiovate ; ae 
awns much shorter... 0... ... (93) trichroma. 
Corolla nae: lin. Jong; awns of anther about equalling 
the cell... ‘ain er sie eee bad os (95 * 
Anthers muticons : Seep 
Leaves 3-nate, minutely gland-ciliolate or serrulate : 
Leaves 2-3 lin. long ; corolla 4-84 lin. long... ci curvifolia. 
Leaves {-1 lin, long ; corolla about 2 lin. lon 94) tubercularis. 
Leaves 4-nate or sub-4-nate, ciliate with long hairs .,. 82) squarrosa. __ 
