30 ERIcACcExZ (Guthrie & Bolus). [ Erica. 
Leaves generally 3-nate, rarely 4-nate or opposite : 
Sepals silky pilose; anthers crested; flowers 
subcorolline... ves ive ae ... (267) polycoma. 
Sepals glabrous or merely puberulous : 
Anthers distinctly crested ; ovary glabrous : 
Corolla urceolate ; throat contracted ; 
leaves glabrous at .-. (264) Vanheurckii. 
Corolla campanulate - cyathiform ; 
throat not contracted; leaves 
tomentose-downy .:. ... ... (266) lachneeoides. 
Anthers narrow-crested or subaristate : 
Corolla subtubular .., 1... (262) mira, 
Corolla broad-cyathiform ... (263) micrandra, 
Anthers muticous : 
Corolla contracted towards the apex.. (260) rupicola. 
Corolla not contracted towards the 
apex : 
Corolla-segments 3-3 as long as 
the tube wi eH ... (261) condensata, var. B. 
Corolla-segments less than } as 
long as the tube : 
Filaments about 2 lin. long, 
sigmoid at the apex —..._ (260). rupicola. 
Filaments about 4 lin. long, 
nearly straight : 
Corolla yellow; sepals 
scarious, 1}-13 lin. 
long ... -» ss» (265) campanulata, 
Corolla red; sepals 
thick, subcoriaceous, 
2-1 lin. long .-» (261) condensata. 
Leaves regularly opposite; anthers with small see 
crests... ee oe . re nee ... (268) virginalis, 
§ 20. Pacuysa (Physoidex, Klotzsch). Inflorescence terminal, occasionally also 
pseudo-lateral ; flowers mostly 3—4-nate or umbellate, rarely subcapitate, corol- 
line, or rarely with a subcalycine appearance. Sepals 4 as long as the corolla or 
less, usually thick and viscid. Corolla more or less viscid, usually ovoid, urceo- 
Jate or rarely obconic, generally thick in texture, 1-10 lin. long, mostly from 2-4 
lin, Jong. Anthers usually included, rarely exserted, lateral, dorsifixed at or 
shortly above the base, appendiculate or rarely muticous, Ovary sessile, or rarely 
substipitate. Leaves 3-4-nate, rarely scattered. 
EXcEPTIONS : leaves scattered in E. obliqua; inflorescence subcapitate and 
flowers subcalycine in E. Fairit 3 corolla obconic, with a very long limb, in 
Ey macroloma 3 anthers exserted in E. Alewandri, muticous in EB. odorata ; 
ovary stipitate in EZ. obliqua and substipitate in E. macroloma. 
1. Flowers terminal, rarely also sublateral (in 286); corolla tl 3 li 
long (im 281 var. B, 4 lin.), white, red a eo ie 
* Leaves 3-nate : 
Authers crested : 
Ovary hirsute; anther-crests narrow, de- 
carrent, bearded "gc. Qo (281) glomifiora. 
a glabrous, or nearly so : 
owers umbellate; corolla subglobose (269 ramentacea 
; Flowers 3-nate ; corolla ovoid-urceolate (mn) ; 
Anthers aristate, or sometimes narrow-crested ;, 2 
Pedicels 34-6 lin. long : ses 
air es! anther decurrent along the 
Hated connective; ovary glabrous .., (273 spectabilis, : 
Awns of anther free ; si. poise le nubigenan. 
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