Brica.] ERICACEE (Guthrie & Bolus). 121 
lanceolate to oblong, subacute, upper margins recurved and thickened, 
foliaceous, subcoriaceous, ciliate, 13 lin. long, or more than half as 
long as the corolla; corolla tubular-campanulate to obconic, the 
middle of each petal strongly nerved, and hence appearing sub- 
tetragonous, minutely pulverulent, becoming glabrous, 13-22 lin. 
long, 1-14 lin. wide at the apex; limb erect; segments oblong, 
blunt, about 2 the length of the tube, at length splitting nearly to 
the base; anthers subexserted, narrow-oblong, nearly straight, 
scaberulous, nearly 2 lin. long, cristate at the base ; pore nearly 
1 the length of the cell; crests lanceolate, acuminate, dentate, 
curved, about 4 the length of the cells; style exserted, rather stout, 
decurved at the apex; stigma capitate; ovary pubescent. 
Katanart Reeron: Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Atherstone! Devils 
Kuuckles, near Spitzkop, Wilms, 904! 
Allied to E. podophylla, which is somewhat remarkable from the fact that 
their native localities are so far apart. The strongly-nerved corolla of the 
present species would alone serve to distinguish it, and is very unusual in the 
genus. This species affords a transition to the § Gypsocallis, and might almost 
equally well have been placed there on account of its partially axillary in- 
florescence, but the anthers are not fully exserted, and it has hardly the 
appearance of that section. 
139. E. propendens (Andr. Col. Heaths, t. 122); erect, 12-18 in. 
high; branches nearly straight, the younger pubescent; leaves 
4-nate, erect-spreading, imbricate, linear-trigonous, ciliate, glabrous 
or hairy, 1-12 lin. long; flowers 1—4-nate; pedicels j—% lin. long; 
bracts approximate, scarious, coloured; sepals obovate, scarious, 
keel-tipped, sometimes with a long excurrent point, lacerate, coloured, 
11 lin. long; corolla broad-campanulate, pubescent, red, 4—5 lin. 
long ; segments large, erect or spreading, rounded, about 1 lin. long ; 
filaments slightly thickened below the anther; anthers included, 
dorsifixed near the base, oblong, a little over } lin. long, dark 
coloured, muticous; style straight, included; stigma capitellate ; 
ovary 4-8-celled, glabrous, rough. Andr. Heathery, t. 141; Bot. 
Mag, t. 2140; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 63; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 
682. . 
Coast Reeton: Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, 800 ft., Grisbrook in Herb. 
Guthrie, 2363 1 near the mouth of the Palmiet River, Bolus, 9935! and without 
precise locality, Bolus, 5926! 6311! Guthrie, 4579! Niven! Also cultivated 
specimens ! ; 
This much resembles E. chrysocodon in habit and general appearance ; but is 
perhaps nearer to E. perspicua. Like the latter it has often an 8-celled ovary, 
though some specimens are 4-celled. One specimen before us with the corolla 
5 lin. long may be a hybrid between E. perspicwa and some other species; but 
the calyx is very different. 
140. E. pyramidalis (Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. 491); 
erect, 1-2 ft. high; branches mostly virgate; leaves 4-nate, erect, 
subineurved, linear-trigonous, slender, glabrous or puberulous, 
21-32 lin. long; flowers 4-nate, abundant, on short branchlets ; 
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