28 ERICACER (Guthrie & Bolus). [LHrica. 
just above the base, or very rarely at or above the middle of the cell, usually 
small, often minute, always appendiculate. Ovary mostly glabrous and sessile, 
rarely shortly stipitate. Leaves mostly 4-nate, rarely scattered. § Leptodendron 
should also be consulted in cases of difficulty. 
EXCEPTIONS : inflorescence in EF. aspalathifolia forming a dense pseudo-spike ; 
umbellate or clustered in E. pilulifera ; corolla obconie in BE. adequata ; anthers 
subexserted or sometimes manifest in E. scabriuscula, HE. gibbosa, H. adxquata, 
and H. lateralis; inserted at or near the middle of the cell in HE. bergiana ; 
leaves scattered or partially so in E. pilulifera and in E. subulata, 
1, Leaves scattered, or partially so. 
Inflorescence umbellate, or clustered with some axillary 
- flowers below the umbel ... ~ ov wow -» (233) pilulifera, 
Inflorescence 4-nate ‘ ow ae ... (234) subulata. 
2. Leaves scabro- or tuberculate-hispid. q 
Sepals ascending : : 
Pedicels 2 lin. long or more; sepals oblong or 
lanceolate, 1 lin. long oe i » ... (235) scabriuscula. 
Pedicels 1 lin. long; sepals ovate or subovate, 
lin. long ... vs < we ee -»» (236) gibbosa. 
Sepals reflexed = Sa tee 237) bergiana,. 
3. Inflorescence usually, at least partially, 
a congested pseudo-spike. 
Leaves very narrow, almost hair-like ; flowers some- 
SMOG SA aie i irene lic he: oe (238) aspalathifolia. 
4, Sepals reflewed. 
tee eee 
Only species... =... ... (237) bergiana. 
5. Anthers subeuserted. 
Corolla obconic; mouth widened... —.., in’ ... (239) adequata. 
Corolla suburceolate ; mouth contracted or not widened (246) lateralis, 
6. Leaves, inflorescence, sepals and anthers 
. not as in the foregoing, 
Anther-appendages more or less adnate to the upper 
part of the filament, or to the produced connective, 
a standing out at a right angle, or nearly so to the 
Corolla-mouth i ag a : 
edicels 6-7 lin, long ; ovary stipitate +.» (240) rubens. 
Pedicels 2-4 lin. long ; ovary ‘earite BY egy tot} leta. 
Corolla-mouth widened, or not contracted ; sepals 
“Tr as the corolla-tube ; 
CES CRORE FE Ee Gel sey. (B49 turbiniflora. 
Anthers long-decurrent-aristate see oa turbiniflora,var.8. 
—- ng a as above described : ; 
Anthers subequilateral-triangular, with rounded 
angles, 4-$ lin. long (in 242 sometimes 4 lin, 
mn, : 
Interstices Rater corolla-limb rounded, con- 
spicuous inbud-_—,,, ow vee ete viridi: urea. 
Interstices of the corolla-limb acute : — ie 
Authers crested ; crests fringed or lacerate : 
. fae aie lin. long, urceolate ; 
imb less than 4 as long as the tube 
Corolla 1} lin. long, quhig ibe tnedys 9 Ce 
late; limb more than } as long as 
dhe ee (249) chionophila, 
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