Erica.| ERICACEX (Guthrie & Bolus). 73 
Coast ReGion: Clanwilliam Div.; near Clanwilliam, Mader, 2180! in the 
Cape Gov. Herb., not of Herb. MacOwan. 
_ Well distinguished by its long pedicels, and broad, short anther-appendages. 
48. E. conspicua (Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. 22); 
2-3 ft. high; branches subvirgate, variably pubescent, rarely gla- 
brous, usually covered with many short branchlets, the uppermost 
only bearing flowers; leaves 4-nate, slightly spreading, imbricate, 
linear to sublanceolate, pubescent, villous or rarely glabrous, 1—2 lin. 
long ; flowers solitary, more rarely 2—4-nate ; pedicels 1-2 lin. long ; 
bracts subremote, sepal-like, oblong, very obtuse, or linear, 2-2} lin. 
long; sepals from ovate subacute to lanceolate acuminate, sub- 
scarious, with a thick keel or boss at the apex, pilose or glabrous, 
3-41 lin. long ; corolla clavate-tubular, incurved, variably hairy or 
more rarely glabrous, dry, 9-20 (mostly 15-18) lin. long, rosy, dull 
red, or yellow ; limb oblong, spreading or recurved, 2-2 lin. long ; 
filaments somewhat broad at the base, occasionally thinly pilose ; 
anthers included or subexserted, oblong, affixed shortly below the 
middle of the cell, distinetly curved forwards in front, 1j-1} lin. 
long, muticous or sometimes minutely decurrent-denticulate ; ovary 
glabrous. Bauer, Exot. Pl. t. 12; Wendl. Eric. Ic. fase. 4, 9; 
Andr. Heathery, t. 12, and Col. Heaths, t. 14; Salish. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vi. 359. E. inconspicua, Thunb. Prodr. 71 (sphalm.). 
E. longiflora, Salish. le. 359; Andr. Heathery, t. 222, and Col. 
Heaths, t. 183 ; Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. 983. E. elata, Andr. Heathery, 
t. 112, and Ool. Heaths, t. 87 ; Lodd. luc. t. 1788. LE. splendens, 
Wendl. Eric. Ic. fase. 8, 5, not of Andr. £. lanijlora, Wendl. 1.c. 
fase, 2,23. EE. laniflora, var. glabra, Wendl. l.c. fase. 19, 105, t. 40. 
E. lanata, Wendl. lc. fase. 5, 5. £. sordida, Andr. Heathery, t. 
191, and Col. Heaths, t. 60; Lodd. lc. t.1973. E. floccosa and 
 #. verticillaris, Salisb. le. 360, not of Bartl. 
Coast REGION, on mountains, 700-1000 ft.; Worcester Div. ; near Worcester, 
Rehmann, 2529! in the Goudini, Bolus, 5171! MacOwan, Herb. Norm. Aust.- 
Afr., 231! Paarl Div.; near Wellington, in Cape Gov. Herb.; French Hoek, 
MacOwan, Herb. Norm. Aust-Afr., 936! Bolus, 5169! Schlechter, 9320! 
Caledon Div. ; Zwart Berg, Masson, 51! near the Zondereinde River, Schlechter, 
9888! Also cultivated specimens ! 
A distinct species well characterized by its small subremote bracts and its 
anthers. We are unable, however, to find any serviceable definitions for its 
* varieties. Var. glabra (Benth. in DC. Prodr, vii. 633) appears only to be known 
from garden specimens. 
49. E. densifolia (Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 359); erect, 2-3 ft. high ; 
branches stout, erect, pubescent; leaves 3-nate, mostly densely 
imbricate on short branchlets, incurved or spreading, lanceolate to 
linear, the younger pubescent becoming glabrous and shining, 1)-25 
lin, long; flowers mostly solitary at the ends of short branchlets 
forming a pseudo-raceme ; pedicels } lin. long or less; bracts 
approximate, > lin. long ; sepals lanceolate to oblong, acute, thick 
and rigid, keeled or thickened at the margins and sulcate, pubescent 
or glabrous, sometimes forming a tetragonous calyx, 3-3; lin. long ; 
