86 ERICACER (Guthrie & Bolus). [ Hrica. 
silky hairs. Linn. Aman. Acad. ed. Schreb. x. App. 123, t. 6; 
Thunb. Diss. Hrica, 26; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 686. E. 
hystriciflora, Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 367. E. aspera, 
Andr. Heathery, t.104, and Col. Heaths,t.148. EH. armata, Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. ii. 184? not of Klotzsch. 
Coast Recion: Uniondale Div.; mountains of Long Kloof Thunberg, Drége. 
Humansdorp Div. ; mountains near Storms River, Herb. MacOwan, 3370! near 
Kromme River, Drége, Masson, 101! Niven, 166! near Clarkson, 250-800 ft., 
Schlechter, 6010! Galpin, 3593! Also cultivated specimens ! 
A distinct species; recognized by the inflated, almost narrow-ovoid, corolla, 
and its peculiar long bristly yellow hairs, 
74, E. doliiformis (Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 368); under 
1 ft. high; branches ereet or spreading ; leaves sub-6-nate, crowded, 
spreading and upcurved, or subsquarrose, linear, glabrous, glandular- 
ciliate, 5-6 lin. long; flowers umbellate; pedicels 5-7 lin, long, 
glandular-pubescent ; bracts approximate, linear, foliaceous, 23—3 lin. 
long ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, glandular, slightly exceed- 
ing the bracts ; corolla tubular-inflated, narrowed to base and apex, 
glandular-pubescent, 5-7 lin. long, rosy ; anthers subincluded, 
oblong, very shortly decurrent-aristate, nearly 1 lin. long; style 
shortly exserted ; ovary turbinate, thinly puberulous. Z. blanda, 
Andr. Heathery, t. 107, and Col. Heaths, t. 152, not of Salisb. ; 
Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 13; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 686. E. mam- 
mosa, Thunb. Diss. Erica, 42, not of Linn. E. metuleflora, Andr. 
Heathery, t. 224, and Col. Heaths, t. 185; Bot. Mag. t. 612; and 
var. discolor, Andr. Heathery, 269. — 
_ Sovrn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg. 
Coast Reeion: Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 1146! 
7736! Paarl Div.; French Hoek, Niven, 149! Also cultivated specimens ! 
Apparently a rare species, not found by any recent collector. There are good 
specimens in the Cape Govt. Herb. but without any indication of origin. It 
seems to be usually distinguishable by its long slender glandular-hairy pedicels 
and puberulous ovaries. 
75. E. splendens (Andr. Heathery, t. 240, not of Wendl.) ; 
erect, 1-2 ft. high; branches spreading, flexuous, rigid, pubescent or 
pilose ; leaves 4-nate, densely crowded, erect or spreading, imbricate, 
linear, oblong or laneeolate, subobtuse, pubescent, ashy-grey, hispid- 
ciliate, 1j-2 lin. long; flowers 4-nate or umbellate, cernuous, 
spreading or erect ; pedicels pubescent and glandular-pilose, 4~8 lin. 
long ; bracts from approximate to subremote, linear or oblong, obtuse, 
pubescent and glandular-pilose, 13-21 lin. long; sepals like the 
bracts, but linear-lanceolate, 2-3 Jin. long; corolla wide-tubular- 
inflated, sometimes asymmetrically so, straight or eurved, pubescent, 
dry, blood-red or pink, 3-1 in. long; anthers subexserted, linear, 
about 1 lin. long, ‘cristato-aristate ; awns curved-subulate, lacerate on 
the outer edge, ;—5 lin. long; filaments capillary ; style exserted ; 
ovary oval, villous. Andr. Col. Heaths, t. 275. E. tumida, Ker- 
Gaul. in Bot. leg. t. 65; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 636. 
