Erica.] ERICACER (Guthrie & Bolus). 53 
11. E. cerviciflora (Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soe. vi. 362) ; branches 
somewhat slender; leaves 4-nate (?), sub-6-nate or scattered, erect- 
spreading, linear, acute, l-nerved above, sulcate below, subglabrous, 
about + in. long; pedicels puberulous, about 2 lin. long ; bracts 
subapproximate, lanceolate, acute; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 
glandular-ciliolate, 2-2} lin. long; corolla tubular, slightly inflated 
in the middle, narrowed at the throat, glabrous or minutely puberu- 
lous, about 1 in. long; segments slightly spreading, obtusely 
rounded; anthers exserted (Salisbury), (included according to 
Bentham, but the filaments in the type are certainly longer than 
the corolla-tube), sublateral, eells bipartite, at length somewhat 
spreading above, muticous or decurrent-denticulate ; filament just 
below the anther dilated into a small point on either side ; ovary 
glabrous. Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 664. E. inaperta, Hort. ex G. 
Don in Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 3, 429. 
Coast Region : Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland, Mulder ! 
A singular species only known to us from the type in Salisbury’s herbarium at 
Kew. In a note on the ticket the author observes: ‘‘I do not know any to 
which it is allied; the peduncles are certainly axillary in the upper leaves, not 
alternate with them. In appearance it does not differ much from EZ, mellijtua 
[E. eruenta, Soland]. The anthers resemble those of E. grandiflora, muticous, 
but with a rudimentary spur on the filament, almost as in HE. hottoniaflora [E. 
eubica, L.].” The shape of the anther is, however, remarkably like that of 
E. viridiflora, and in spite of its lateral inflorescence it is, perhaps, better placed 
here, 
Section III. PLEUROCALLIS. (Sp. 12-35.) 
12. E. mammosa (Linn. Mant. alt. 234); erect, 1-4 ft. high ; 
branches generally few, ascending, sometimes virgate, leafy above, 
naked below; leaves 4-nate or scattered, erect-spreading, linear- 
lanceolate, subacute, 3-5 lin. long; flowers in a loose or congested 
raceme ; pedicels 1-2 lin. long; bracts remote, small; sepals ovate, 
acute, keeled, scarious, 1j—2 lin. long ; corolla tubular, slightly 
inflated, glabrous, dry, 4-foveolate at the base, 6-12 (mostly 8-10) lin. 
long, purple-red, scarlet or white ; limb short, erect, concolorous ; 
- anthers included, lateral, oblong or cuneate, 
filaments capillary ; f I 
mostly with a sharp basal point in front, about 1 lin. long, aristate, 
awns of variable length ; ovary glabrous. Andr. Heathery, tt. 124, 
125 (var. minor), and Col. Heaths, t. 33, and 184, not of Thunb. ; 
Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 125, 951 (var. pallida). Benth. in DC. Prodr. 
vii. 624. E. abietina, Berg. Pl. Cap. 105; Thunb. Diss. Erica, 42, 
not of Linn. E. laxa, Lam. Encycl. i. 480, not of others. E. verti- 
cillata, Andr. Heathery, t. 48, and Col. Heaths, t.66; Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 145, not of Berg. E. quadrifossa, Salish. Prodr, 293. B. 
coralloides, Hort. ex Tausch in Flora, 1834, 600. E. speciosa, 
Schneev. Ic. Pl. Rar, t. 3. 
Thunberg, and cultivated specimens ! © 
Sourn ArRrica: without localit, : 
Baws se sea level to 4600 ft.: Piquetberg Div. ; 
Coast RxrGION, common i 
Zeyher, 1087! 1088! Paarl Div. ; Drakensteen Mountains, MacOwan, Herb. 
Nee AbibcAlt s 
7{ 7b! Paarl Mountain, Drége! Cape Div. ; on hills and flats, 
