32 ERIcacEsx (Guthrie & Bolus). [Hrica, 
Ovary stipitate, or at least narrow at the base, prolate : 
Son ovoid-urceolate, limb much shorter than the : 
tube... — sam ove = owe .-- (291) obliqua. 
Corolla obconic, limb equal to or longer than the 
ee ee bee ... (292) macroloma. 
§ 21. Hermes. Inflorescence axillary, rarely both terminal and axillary, 
usually psendo-spicate or pseudo-racemose towards the ends of the branches ; 
flowers corolline, rarely subcalycine. Bracts and sepals various, not prominent. 
Corolla various, mostly campanulate, obconie or subtubular, usually glabrous, 
often viscid, from 13-4 lin. long. Anthers generally included, lateral or sub- 
terminal, muticous or appendiculate. Leaves 3-, 4-, 6-nate or scattered. Erect 
or rarely prostrate shrubs. 
EXcEPTIons : inflorescence both terminal and axillary in E. hemantha; some- 
times subcapitate in E. amena ; flowers sometimes subcorolline in E, deflexa ; 
and subcalycine in E. pulvinata and EF. collina, 
Flowers subsessile in a congested pseudo-spike; pedicels 
4-1 lin. long: at 
Leaves 6-nate ; anthers oblong, narrow-crested .., (293) empetrifolia, 
Leaves 6-nate; anthers elliptical, very broad- 
crested enna Saabs eateia vee wi ... (294) pyxidifiora. 
Leaves 4-nate; anthers setaceo-aristate ... —.., (296) Dodii. 
Flowers pseudo-racemose ; pedicels over 1 lin. long: 
Ovary villous: 
Leaves filiform, tremulous, 5~7 lin. long, } lin, 
broad we --. (33) filamentosa, 
Leaves shorter, broader and rigid: 
Leaves, pedicels, bracts and sepals hirsute 
with long hairs; anthers long-crested- 
aristate  ... ae ons eee ... (295) amena. 
Leaves, é&c., glabrous or pubescent; an- 
thers muticous or decurrent-denticulate : 
Sepals and corolla more or less pubes. 
cent or scaberulous ; corolla nearly 
equal to the mouth... sea ... (302) viscaria, 
Sepals and corolla glabrous; corolla 
usually widened to the mouth _,,, (303) axillifiora, 
Ovary glabrous or glabrescent, at most puberulous : 
Anthers muticous, or sometimes decurrent- 
denticulate: 
Corolla subobconie or subfunnel-shaped, 
34-6 lin. long, red Res wes te 
Corolla subtubular to campanulate, 2~4 lin. 
ROR TON a, (301) parilis. 
Anthers aristate, or broadish-aristate; awns 
free or partly decurrent : 
Corolla obconic, widened to the mouth ... (299) longiaristata. 
Corolla ovoid, or tubular-ovoid, contracted 
tothe mouth... wos ‘ins -.. (17) filipendula. 
Corolla various, equal or scarcely widened 
or contracted : 
Leaves squarrose or spreading, in- 
curved above the madiite; fica 
subcalycine : 
Corolla 14-1} lin. long; leaves 
14-2 lin. ot sas ... (306) collina, 
Corvlla. 2-24 lin. long; leaves 
B65 lis Jog st gaia (305) pulvinata, 
(24) conica, 
