116 ERICACEZ (Guthrie & Bolus). [ Hrica, 
2 
contracted, coarsely and rigidly pubescent, of thick and tough texture, 
2-21 lin. long; limb small; segments spreading or recurved, 
rounded; filaments narrow, nearly equal, slightly bent; anthers 
included or subincluded, laterally basifixed, oblong, subobtuse, 
slightly eurved, muticous; pore about 4 the length of the cell, 
2 lin. long; style exserted ; stigma capitate ; ovary pubescent. 
Coast Rreeion: Worcester Div.; on the Matroos Berg, 5200 ft., Marloth, 
1960! 
This number was erroneously cited as E. oresigena, Bolus, in Journ. Bot. 
1894, 238, 239. ] 
The specimens of Dr. Marloth agree excellently with those of the type in 
Herb. Berlin marked “ex horto Kennedy, 1816,” which we have seen and dis- 
sected. Bentham calls the bracts remote, but the type shows them clearly 
approximate. This rare species is well marked by the one large bract, the 
minute sepals, and thick rough corolla. Its rediscovery is very interesting. It 
has a geueral resemblance to E. trichadenia. 
129. E. albescens (Klotzsch ex Benth. in DC. Prodr, vii. 678) ; 
prostrate, much branched, more or less tomentose with shorter and 
longer hairs intermixed ; leaves 3-nate (or 3-4-nate, Bentham), from 
subpatent to squarrose, rather close-set, incurved or straight, linear, 
obtuse, sulcate, thick, puberulous or subglabrous, ciliate or naked, 
pale green, 1-2 lin. long; flowers fasciculate-racemose, 3-nate ; 
pedicels puberulous, 1-11 lin. long; bracts remote, two small, one 
larger and foliaceous ; sepals from an ovate base, sulcate-keeled, and 
foliaceous in the upper part, thick, ciliate, subglabrous, 1-14 lin. 
long; corolla suburceolate, mouth not (or very slightly) contracted, 
puberulous, white, 1} lin. long; limb erect, 4 to 4 the length of the 
tube, sinuses sometimes rounded ; filaments slender, straight ; anthers 
subincluded, oblong, obtuse or subacute, a little over 4 lin. long, 
cristate ; crests with a lacerate margin or subaristate and closely 
ciliolate, about + the length of the cell; style exserted; stigma 
capitate ; ovary sparingly villous. 
Var. 8, erecta (Bolus); branches erect, virgate. 1 ft. or more long; leaves 
sometimes lanceolate and somewhat open-backed, tuberculate-hispid and rough : 
sepals linear to linear-lanceolate; anthers obtuse, subaristate ; awns closely 
ciliolate. 
Coast Reeron, from 1700-2500 ft. : Swellendam Div.; Tradouw or Kanna- 
land, Mund § Maire in Herb. Berlin! Var. B: Piquetberg Div.; Piquetberg 
Mountain, Bodkin in Herb. Bolus, 6336! Guthrie, 2657! Tulbagh Div.; moun- — 
tains near Saron, Schlechter, 10654 ! 
We have seen some leaves and dissected a flower from a specimen in Herb. 
Berlin, which is probably that which Bentham used for his description. The 
plants we have placed under var. 8 agree in the most important characters with 
this type, and we think are too near to make it advisable to separate them 
specifically. The greatest difference isin the habit. Kannaland is a dry tract 
behind the Lange Bergen, and we may conjecture that the specimens found since 
- Mund’s time, further to the west, are more luxuriant forms due to a moister and 
less severe climate. ; 
pubescent, ciliate, 2 lin. long; corolla urceolate, mouth slightly 
180. E. oxyandra (Guthrie & Bolus) ; erect, 1 ft. or more high 5 
branches thinly tomentose, also with sparsely scattered long hairs; 
