Hriea.| ERICACEA (Guthrie & Bolus). 61 
long; bracts, 2 approximate, linear, 22 lin. long, the third medial 
and smaller; sepals linear from an ovate base with subscarious 
margins, acute, foliaceous, glabrous, 23-32 lin. long; corolla clavate- 
tubular, slightly curved, glabrous, dry, yellow, or white, 10-12. lin. 
long; anthers subexserted or subincluded, lateral, oblong, basifixed, 
muticous, from 2—1 lin. long, pore about 4+ the length of the cell; 
ovary turbinate, shortly stipitate, glabrous. H. aurea, and var., 
Andr. Heathery, t. 153, 204, and Col. Heaths, t. 76, 149; Benth. in 
DC. Prodr. vii, 628, : 
Var. 8, argentiflora (Bolus) ; sepals somewhat shorter, 2} lin. long, the base 
proportionately broader, the linear foliaceous part shorter; corolla white ; ovary 
sometimes puberulous. EF. argentijlora, Andr. Heathery, t. 202, E. purpurea, 
var, argentiflora, Benth, in DC. Prodr, vii. 628. 
Var. y, viscosissima (Bolus); sepals shorter, shortly’ acuminate ; corolla 
more viscid. EH. aurea, Andr., var. viscosissima, Benth. in DC. Prod. vii. 
628. 
Sourn ArFRicA: without locality, Thunberg, Drége, 7705b! and cultivated 
specimens ! : a 
Coast REGION, on mountains 1000-2000 ft.: Tulbagh Diy. ; vicinity of 
Tulbagh, Niven, 184! Scott Elliot, 20! Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, Drége ! 
Bains Kloof, Schlechter, 9197! 10254! Paarl Div.; Drakensteen Range, Mac- 
Owan, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 9! Caledon Div.; Baviaans Kloof, Burchell, 
“798! Var. 8: Paarl Div.; French Hoek, Miss Fair in Herb. Bolus, 6320! 
Niven, 185! Schlechter, 10275! Var. y; Paarl Div.; French Hoek, Masson, 
120! 
We owe to Rach’s paper on the examination of Thunberg’s collection of heaths 
(Linnea, xxvi. 774) the identification of Andrews’ E. aurea with this species. 
That E. argentiflora belongs here is shown by its anther with small pore, as well 
as by its sepals. The species may readily be known from HF. purpurea by 
the anther pore alone; from EB. annectens, by the shape of the anther, besides 
other characters. 
26. E. hesseana (Wendl. ex Klotsch in Linnga, ix. 634) ; erect, 
11 ft, high; branches verticillate, densely covered with leaf-sears ; 
leaves squarrose, 4~5-(rarely 6-)nate, lliptic-linear, subobtuse, 
glabrous, 1% lin. long ; inflorescence axillary, verticillate, crowded at 
the tops of the branches ; pedicels pubescent, 1 lin. long; bracts 
approximate, linear; sepals adpressed, lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, 
thick, subfoliaceous, 2 lin. long; corolla clavate, glabrous, purple, 
9 lin, long; limb short, erect, crenulate ; anthers exserted, lateral, 
elongate, cells parted to the base, muticous; stigma simple, obtuse, 
ovary turbinate, puberulous. 
Sourn Arrica! without locality, Hesse. ; 
We only know this plant from Klotzsch’s description which we have condensed 
and cited above, 
27, E. annectens (Guthrie & Bolus) ; erect, 1 ft. high; branches 
spreading, diffuse, but stout and rigid; leaves 4-6-nate, spreading- 
recurved, subulate, subobtuse, glabrous, 3-5 . lin. long ; inflorescence 
both terminal and lateral, flowers 4-nate or -verticillate ; pedicels 
striate, glabrous, 1 lin.; bracts strictly remote, but approximate in 
