Erica. } ERICACEH (Guthrie & Bolus). 25 
Corolla moderately collapsed during 
flowering ; style slender, straight (190) oligantha. 
Corolla-mouth slightly contracted ; 
flowers terminal, 3-nate os ... (191) debilis. 
Anthers minutely aristate; corolla-mouth 
not contracted; filaments ovate at the 
base ... . (192) thimifolia. 
++ Leaves linear or setaceous, suleate (not open- 
backed) : 
Leaves 3-nate : 
Bracts approximate : : 
Anthers muticous; stamens variable 
in number (4-8) we si ... (198) filiformis. 
Anthers aristate ; stamens regular 194) Tysoni 
Bracts remote, minute ... (199) confusa, 
Leaves 4-nate, setaceous, about “ke in. wide 195) aspalathoides. 
2. Erect-branched, or scarcely diffuse shrubs. 
* Corolla contracted at the mouth : 
¢ Anthers muticous: 
Bracts remote : 
Ovary variably hairy: 
Corolla less than 2 lin. long: 
Pedicels #14 lin. long : 
Inflorescence densely capitate ; 
sepals much shorter than 
the corolla ... ss ... (207) ocellata. 
Inflorescence subcapitate, or 
3-nate; sepals Monee sine 
to the corolla fe : Ae cordata, 
Pedicels 3-4 lin. long 202) latifolia. 
Corolla 2 lin. long or more: 
Anthers included; leaves 4-nate, 
broad-linear eo ie .. (198) flexicanlis. 
Authers exserted or subexserted : 
Pedicels 4-1 lin. long; leaves 
ciliate, hairy above . (206) macrophylla. 
Pedicels 2-4 lin. long; leaves 
ciliate, glabrous above egy hirsuta. 
Ovary glabrous ace 198) flexicaulis. 
Bracts all approximate ; anthers far-exserted, 
subterminal . (205) Lehmannii. 
Bracts 2 approximate, 1 remote ; Yeaves “4enate, 
flowers umbellate © a . (198) flexicaulis. 
Bracts subremote, very small; "leaves "Benate ; 
flowers capitate ... eid wee bei .. (207) ocellata. 
++ Anthers aristate : 
Sepals foliaceous, 4 lin. long, broad-ovate .. (199) confusa. 
Sepals scarious, 1~1} lin. long, ovate-lanceolate .. . (200) grata. 
** Corolla not contracted at the mouth: 
Anthers muticous : 
Filaments spoon-bowl-shaped at the base ... (201) flacea. 
Filaments equal or nearly so: 
Bracts remote, minute he ¥ = Mundii. — 
Bracts approximate, rather large, searious ... ( 
Anthers pk ate ; at ot wpe cen a . (197) strigosa. — 
*** Corolla slightly ‘widened at the mouth, subtubu ar- 
Gampanulate iP EO ae ae OR) flacea. 
§ 15. Desmia (Conferta, Klotzsch). Inflorescence terminal ; flowers 3-nate, 
umbellate or capitate, corolline or subcorolline. — Bracts oe or the lower 
