36 eRicaces# (Guthrie & Bolus). [ Erica. 
Ovary glabrous : ; 
Heads densely many-flowered, hemispherical ; leaves ; 
incurved .... vis swe eas ave ... (340) incurva. 
Heads laxly 5-9-flowered or subumbellate; leaves 
straight ‘ ae ni aa vay ... (341) ustulescens. 
Ovary hairy : 
Leaves 4—5-nate, oblong or subterete; sepals 3 the 
length of the corolla ss ies mn ... (342) stylaris. 
Leaves 3-nate, lanceolate, flat ; sepals }-3 the length 
of the corolla ele ha “é ... (343) turmalis. 
IV. CHLAMYDANTHE. 
$ 26. CuRomosTEaGIA (Involucratz, Klotzsch). Inflorescence terminal, capi- 
tate; heads 4-flowered, usually involucrated by the more or less enlarged and 
discoloured floral leaves; flowers calycine. Bracts closely approximate, broader 
than the narrow sepals, and ciliate with long hairs. Corolla of various shapes, 
1-2 lin. long, puberulous. Anthers exserted or subexserted, terminal or lateral, 
appendiculate. Leaves 4-nate, always strongly ciliate. Procumbent or sub- 
erect shrubs, generally roughly hairy. All the species belong to mountainous 
regions. 
Floral leaves only slightly, or not, different from the 
cauline ; anthers lateral, aristulate ... re ... (344) eriophoros. 
Floral leaves more or less enlarged, and discoloured : 
Leaves 1} lin. long; anthers lateral, crested .. (345) senilis. 
Leaves 2-3 lin. long ; anthers terminal, crested ... (346) involucrata. 
§ 27. Oxytoma (Acutijisse, Klotzsch). Inflorescence terminal ; flowers sub- 
sessile, 3-nate or capitate in many-flowered heads, calycine. Bracts approximate 
and with the sepals imbricate and closely adpressed to the corolla, coloured. 
Corolla short-tubular, slightly inflated, 4-fid, 2-5 lin. long; segments suberect, 
gird or acuminate, oun Anthers included, lateral or sublateral, dorsifixed at 
e base, muticous. Style exserted; stigmasimple. Ova brous or minutely 
hirtellous. Leaves 3-4-nate or seatteneae . efi aur : 
This has some resemblances to § Polydesmia. 
Leaves scattered (4-6 lin. long); bracts and sepals 
nearly equalling or exceeding the corolla ... ... (347) recurvata. 
rego yn 3 paige and sepals shorter than corolla; 
style di and trancate at the apex «+ vee (348) genistefolia. 
Leaves 4-nate ; style fusiform at the apex... ei (549) camniisens, 
§ 28. Exiopzsmia (Capitatz, Klotzsch). Inflorescence terminal: flowers 
1-6-nate, subcapitate or umbellate, mostly calycine or subcorolline. Bracts 
approximate or remote, small. Sepals densely villous or woolly. Corolla mostly 
urceolate or campanulate, puberulous or pilose, 14-2} lin. long. Anthers mostly 
exserted, or included but manifest, terminal. Style exserted. Ovary more 
or less villous. Leaves mostly 3- (or rarely 4- ES 
hairy in all parts. y 8- (or rarely 4-) nate. “Small shrubs, more’ or less 
EXCEPTION: flowers sometimes subcorolline in E. villosa. 
Leaves usually 4-nate, open-backed; flowers laxi 
capitate .,. se ENG ee pes --. (350) lana: 
Leaves 3-nate, sulcate ; flowers 3-nate or solitary : ee ; *: 
Anthers exserted or subexserted ; flowers ovoid | 
_ or oblong : 
—— pepe oe 3 hairs coarse, not v 
ense or very long ... —... vee ove (851 
ewan cue or oblong ; hairs fine, very dense ng rte 
an ong eee eee of. 
Anthers included, just manifest ; fi 
+ se ase (352) bruniades, 
owers globular (358) capitata. 
