126 ERICACEHZ (Guthrie & Bolus). [ Hrica. 
Sinclair, Hort. Erie: Wob. 26; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1157. #£. 
tardiflora, Salish. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 373. 
Var. 8, exigua (Bolus) ; corolla cyathiform or cyathiform-obconic, mostly 
narrower and shorter than in the other varieties; mouth scarcely contracted ; 
anthers aristate ; ovary glabrous. H. exigua, Salisb. l.c. 373. 
Var. y, inermis (Bolus); characters as in 8, but anthers muticous. E. 
inermis, Klotzsch in Linnea, xii. 505. 
Var. 6, puberula (Bolus); characters of the type, but differing in having 
long internodes and tufted foliage, pubescence rough and hispid. £E. tardiflora, 
Salish. Herb., scarcely of Trans. Linn. Soc, vi. 373. E. puberula, Bartl. in 
Linnea, vii. 644, not of Klotzsch. E. grisea, Klotzsch ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. 
vii. 674, 
Var. ¢, hispida (Bolus) ; characters of the type, but corolla broader and ovary 
hispid. 
Var. ¢, ternifolia (Bolus) ; leaves 3-nate; corolla narrow-ovoid-urceolate or 
narrow-ovoid, puberulous (or perbaps sometimes cyathiform-conical and villous) ; 
anther suboblong, broader than usual in other varieties, less than } lin. long. 
EL. angustata, Bartl. in Linnea, vii, 651 ? 
Sour Arrica: without locality, the type and vars. 8 and 5, Drége! Herb. 
Salisbury ! and cultivated specimens! Var. ¢: Bolus, 4174 ! 
Coast Reeion: Worcester Div.; near Worcester, Rehmann, 2527! Cape 
Div.; hills and flats around Cape Town, Thunberg, Burchell, 70! 100! 312! 
817! 8440! Niven, 28! Zeyher, 1099! Bolus, 3707! Sieber, 75! 198! Caledon 
Div.; Houw Hoek, Zeyher, 3206! near the Palmiet River, Bolus, 4174! 
Zwart Berg, Bolus, 6748! Swellendam Div.; near Swellendam, Mund, 51! 
near the Zondereinde River, Zeyher, 3225! Var. 8: Paarl Div.; near Paarl, 
Burchell, 9511 Caledon Div. ; near Villiersdorp, Bolus, 5179 ! Bredasdorp Div. ; 
between Elim and Napier, 8458! Schlechter, 7692! Var. y: Caledon Div. ; 
near Grietjes Gat, Ecklon & Zeyher (ex Klotzsch). Var. 8: Worcester Div. ; 
Breede River Valley, near Bains Kloof, Bolus, 2958! Guthrie, 2076! Cape 
Div. ; Cape Flats, Ecklon (ex Bartling). Var.¢: Stellenbosch Div. ; Lowrys 
Pass, Schlechter, 7809! Var. ¢: Paarl Div.; near Bains Kloof, Bolus, 4050! 
-Tulbagh or Ceres Div.; Mitchells Pass, Schlechter, 8954! 
Somewhat resembling E. pusilla but with longer and narrower corollas ; 
also in some of its forms approaching EL. intervallaris. 
148. E. intervallaris (Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc, vi. 375); erect, _ 
1-1} ft. high; branehes many, virgate, slender, pubescent or pilose ; 
leaves 4-nate, incurved-ereet to squarrose, narrow-linear, sulcate, 
pubescent, glabrescent, 1-1} lin. long; flowers 4-nate, mostly densely 
erowded on short branchlets along the branches, forming a pseudo- 
raceme ; pedicels very short; bracts remote, small; sepals linear- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, rarely broad-ovate, acuminate, glabrous, 
ciliate, or sometimes naked, usually smooth and glossy, coloured, 
1-1} lin. long ; corolla narrow-cyathiform, or suburceolate-cyathi- 
form, mouth searcely contracted, tetragonous, glabrous or more 
rarely with a fine and scanty pubescence, bright rosy-red, 11-2 lin. 
long; segments erect or spreading, rounded, 1-1 the length of the 
tube ; anthers included, dorsifixed above the base, narrow-oblong, 
obtuse, about % lin. long, aristate ; awns slender, rough-edged, 1 the 
length of the cell; style included ; stigma capitate ; ovary glabrous 
or puberulous. . alopecuroides, Wendl. Eric. Ic. fasc. 20, 119, 
t. 45, not of Lodd. 
Var. 8, grandiflora (Bolus); corolla suburceolate-oblong, about 2 lin. long, 
over 1 lin. in diam, ; anthers nearly 4 lin. long; style 4-angled, 
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