48 ERICACEE (Guthrie & Bolus). [ Erica. 
Var. 5, Willdenovii (Bolus); leaves usually shorter and straighter ; flowers 
mostly solitary, more rarely 8-nate ; sepals oval or oblong, without keel or nearly 
so. E. Petiverii, var. 8, Thunb. Diss. Erica, 21. E. Petiverii, Willd. Sp. Pl. 
ii. 394; vars. fusca and lutea, Wendl. l.c. fasc. 9, 35. E.petiveriana, and var. 
aurantia, Andr. Heathery, tt. 78, 79, and Col. Heaths, tt. 44,117; Wendl. l.c. 
fase. 14, 23. E. Petiveri, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1426; Benth. l.c. 621. LE. follicu- 
laris, Salisb., l.c. 848; Rach in Linnea, xxvi. 772. 
Var. e, melastoma (Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 622); habit of the preceding; 
bracts and sepals lanceolate, acuminate, the latter more than half the length of 
the corolla, coloured; limb of the corolla oblong, 3 lin. Jong. purple. E. melas- 
toma, Andr. Heathery, t. 30, and Col. Heaths, t.387; Wendl. Eric. Ic. fase. 17, 
67,t. 25; Lodd. Lc. t. 333. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Drége, 7695! 76961 Var.d: Thunberg. 
And cultivated specimens of the type and var, 5! 
Coast Rrcion: on mountains from 500-5000 ft.: Tulbagh Div.; near 
Tulbagh, Schlechter, 7473! Cape Div.; Table Mountain and other places, 
Thunberg, Burchell, 612! 776! Ecklon, 99! Drége! Bolus, 3770! 4568! 
Stellenbosch Div. ; Hottentots Holland, MacOwan, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 5! 
Zeyher, 31858! Caledon Div.; near Genadendal and Baviaans Kloof, Burchell, 
8627! 7650! 7803! Schlechter, 10308! Klein River Kloof, Zeyher, 3185a ! 
Swellendam Div.; near Swellendam, Burchell, 7302! Riversdale Div.; summit 
of Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7125! George Div.; between Touw River and 
Kaymans River, Burchell, 5768! Var. B: Stellenbosch Div. ; Lowrys Pass, 
Burchell, 8246! Hottentots Holland, Niven, 129! Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, © 
Burchell, 8130! Div.? Bolus, 8086! Var. y~: Swellendam Div., Niven, 127! 
George Div.; Outeniqualand, Niven, 128! Div. ? Guthrie, 3015! Var. 3: Cape 
Div. ; mountains near Cape Town, Burchell, 553! Cooper, 2681! Wilms, 3449! 
Bolus, 4476! Stellenbosch Div. ; Hottentots Holland, Mund, 1! Bredasdorp 
Div.; Elim, Schlechter, 7741! Swellendam Div.; peak near Swellendam, 
Burchell, 7424! Var. ¢: Caledon Div.; Zwart Berg, near Caledon, Mund, 2! 
phe a near Hemel en Aarde, Zeyher, 3186! Bredasdorp Div. ; Elim, Schlechter, 
CentraL Recion: Var. e: Ceres Div.; Cold Bokkeveld, Schlechter, 
2. E. vestifiua (Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soe. vi. 346); erect, 14 ft. 
high ; branches ascending, pubescent, covered with shorter branch- 
lets and leaf-tufts ; leaves 3-nate, spreading-incurved, linear, slender, 
margins inflexed, pilose, 4-5 lin. long; petiole longish, pallid, flat, 
flowers solitary (or 3-nate ex Andrews), cernuous; pedicels about 
1 lin.; bracts approximate, broad ovate, rigid, paleaceous, glabrous, 
2 lin. long; sepals like the bracts, subobtuse, apiculate or minutely 
keel-tipped, 4 lin. long; corolla tubular, curved, about 8 lin. long, 
Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 622. HE. Petiveri, var. hirsuta, Andr. 
Heathery, t. 80, and Col. Heaths, t.118. E. picta, Sinclair, Hort. 
Eric. Wob. 19. es 
Sourn Arkrica: without locality; growi as the basis : gs 
Horb, Solisbwrpl aniboulitiaded apccmenst. Arte Ea ee 
In floral structure this much resembles E. Petiveri, var. Willdenovii. but the 
flowers are usually smaller and the habit and leaves quite different. eine 
_ 8. E. lineata (Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 622); erect, glabrous 
1-1} ft. high; branches subvirgate ; leaves Phe tinkicitace, 
erect-incurved, densely imbricate, linear-subulate, slender, 6-8 lin. 
long ; inflorescence pseudo-axillary, on very short branchlets ; pedi- 
