58 ERICACEH (Guthrie & Bolus). | Hrica. 
scarcely longer than the green sepals; branches reversedly puberu- 
lous, 10-12 in. (or more) long; leaves 6-nate or sub-6-nate, erect- 
incurved, densely imbricate on the upper part of the branches, 
broadly linear, subacute, glabrous, 5 lin. long; inflorescence some- 
what crowded below the ends of the branches; pedicels stout, 
puberulous, about 3 lin. long; bracts subremote, one infra-median, 
two supra-median, foliaceous, 33 lin. long; sepals foliaceous, linear- 
lanceolate, subacute, keeled, concave, rigid, glabrous, 43 lin. long ; 
corolla tubular-inflated, viscidulous-puberulous, about 5 lin. long; 
limb short, generally erect ; anthers subexserted, subterminal, obliquely 
tapering to the filament, semi-ovate, scarcely ear-like, about 1 lin. 
long, minutely decurrent-denticulate for about % lin. below the cells ; 
ovary cylindrical, lobed, puberulous; style 4-gonous, puberulous ; 
stigma capitate, 
Coast Rucion: Clanwilliam Div. ; without precise locality, Mader! in the 
Cape Govt. Herb. 
A very distinct species connecting the sections Pleurocallis and Hermes ; it 
forms a link between HE. grandiflora of the former, and EZ. viscaria, var. B, 
decora and EH. parilis of the latter. It is described from a single, but excellent, 
specimen ; though there is some ground for suspecting that it may not be qnite 
fully developed, in which case the corolla might become somewhat longer, and the 
stamens more fully exserted. 
21. E. Hibbertia (Andr. Heathery, t. 118) ; stout, erect, 1-12 ft. 
high; branehes ascending, puberulous; leaves 6-nate, spreading- 
ineurved, imbricate, linear, blunt, glabrous or minutely puberulous, 
glandular-ciliate, 3-4 lin. long ;_ inflorescence vertieillate towards the 
ends of the branches, sometimes apparently terminal ; pedicels 
viscid-puberulous, about 5 lin, long; bracts, two approximate, one 
remote (in our specimen and in Andrews’ figure, but, according to 
Bentham, all remote), linear, about 3 lin. long; sepals oblong or 
lanceolate, subobtuse, concave, thick, rigid, foliaceous, glabrous, 
viscid, pallid, 3 lin. long, about 1 lin. wide ; corolla clavate-tubular, 
slightly curved, glabrous, extremely viscid, 12-15 lin, long by 2 lin. 
wide, red with a green erect limb; anthers subincluded, lateral, 
oblong, muticous, about 1 lin. long ; ovary very shortly substipitate, 
with prominent glands alternating with the bases of the filaments, 
glabrous. Andy. Col. Heaths, t. 172. 4H. hibbertiana, Ait. Hort. 
— ed, 2. ii. 378 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1758; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 
Micon tt taal ee Div. 5 high rocky places near the Zondereinde River, 
iven > in clayey soul, near the eastern end of French Hoek P, ss 
Bolter, 5168!- Also cultivated specimens ! sg setae di 
This species shows an affinity with those of the section Bactridium. 
22. E. purpurea (Andr. Col. Heaths, t. 50 ; erect, virgatel 
branched, 9-3 ft. high ; leaves sub-6-nate, Bete Tie or preter 
spreading to squarrose, linear, acute, glabrous, 4~7 lin, long ; flowers — 
