Erica.) ERICACEH (Guthrie & Bolus). 63 
subacuminate, sulcate, keel-tipped, glabrous, viscid, pallid or reddish, 
2-3 lin. long; corolla tubular, unequally inflated in the upper part, 
mouth widened or contracted, attenuated at the base, glabrous, 
more or less viscid, white or pale rosy, 5-7 lin. long by 1-12 lin. 
broad; limb-segments less than 1 lin. long, subereet, not imbricate 
at the base; anthers included, lateral, basifixed, oblong, not prog- 
nathous, muticous, dark-coloured, 3—2 lin. long; ovary villous with 
ereet white hairs. 
VAR. 8, breviflora (Guthrie & Bolus) ; sepals ovate, acuminate; corolla cyathi- 
form or obconic, about 4 in. long. 
Coast Ree@ion: Bredasdorp Div.; maritime downs and hills near Elim, 
about 300 ft., Guthrie, 3719! Bolus, 6752! 6762! 8446! Var. 6: Bredasdorp 
Div. ; hills near Elim, 300 ft., Guthrie, 3790! Bolus, 8449! 8460! 
Closely allied to E. regia, the chief difference, besides that of colour, being in 
the usually coarser and stouter leaves, corolla more attenuated to the base, the 
limb less spreading, and the absence of a projecting base to the anther in this 
species, The two species are each abundant, grow very near each other, and 
though the look of extreme forms is different, we propose the species with some 
doubt, The var. breviflora, had it stood alone, would naturally have been placed 
in the § Hermes, 
30. E. Marie (Guthrie & Bolus); apparently a rather large shrub, 
with rigid subvirgate branches ; leaves 6-nate, erect, mostly imbricate, 
broadish linear, blunt, suleate, glabrous, about + in. long ; pedicels 
puberulous, 2-22 lin. long; bracts 2 subapproximate, one remote, 
linear, 1 lin. long; sepals ovate, acuminate, thick, glabrous, red, 
about 22 lin. long; corolla tubular, subequal, slightly curved, mouth 
not contracted, glabrous, dry, red, 10-12 lin. long; limb short, erect 
or somewhat spreading ; anthers included, lateral, basifixed, oblong, 
not prognathous at base ; cells somewhat ear-like, pale brown, about 
1 lin. long ; ovary turbinate, densely villous except in the lower part 
with long pale silky hairs. 
Coast Reaion: Riversdale Div.; at Milkwood Fontein, 600 ft., Galpin, 
3565 ! 
This species, with E. regia and EF. casta, forms fairly well-defined group of 
the section. It connects with the next group through EF. onosmaflora. From 
E. regia it is most readily known by its longer, more erect corolla, not con- 
tracted at the mouth, with less spreading limb, and anthers not prognathous at 
the base. We name the species in honour of Mrs. E. E. Galpin of Queenstown. 
81. E. vestita (Thunb. Diss. Eric. 22) ; ereet, virgately branched, 
1-22 ft. high ; leaves 6-nate, crowded, erect to spreading, tremulous, 
slender, linear-subtrigonous, acute, glabrous, 3-1} in. long, scarcely 
1 lin. wide ; petioles pallid, capillary, 1;-2 lin. long, 7y-y'5 lin. wide ; 
pedicels 11-4 lin. long; bracts from approximate to remote, mostly 
small; sepals linear from an ovate base, acuminate, foliaceous, 4—5 
lin. long; corolla clavate-tubular, mouth more or less widened, 
straight or curved, more or less pubescent, dry, white, yellow, rosy 
or crimson, 2-1 in. long; limb erect or slightly spreading; anthers 
included, subexserted, or rarely exserted, dorsifixed at or shortly above 
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