140 ERIcACEm (Guthrie & Bolus). [ Erica, 
globose-urceolate or ovoid-urceolate ; mouth more or less contracted, 
viscid, puberulous, or nearly glabrous, 2-3 lin. long; segments 
erect, rounded, about + the length of the tube; anthers subexserted, 
rarely exserted, lateral, dorsifixed near the base, linear, obtuse or 
subacute, nearly straight, nearly 1 lin. long, 4-5 times longer than 
their width in the middle, aristate ; pore +—} the length of the cell ; 
awns rather rough, about 1 the length of the cell; style exserted, 
slender ; stigma capitellate; ovary varying from villous to glabrous. 
Andr. Col. Heaths, t. 170; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 672. E. 
perlata, Lee ex Benth. l.e. 672, not of Forbes. 
Var. 8, subterminalis (Bolus); leaves linear, sulcate, glabrous, margins 
revolute; bracts remote, nearly basal; sepals rather thick, 4—? lin. long; 
anther-pore + the length of the cell; ovary glabrous. E. subterminalis, Klotzsch 
ex Benth, l.c. 670. 
Soutnu Arrica? Var. B, in Herb. Berlin. 
Coast Region: Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland Mountains, Niven, 
157! MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm., 31! Lowrys Pass, Schlechter, 7800 ! 
Bolus, 6494! Knysna Div.? without precise locality, Buchanan / 
A somewhat variable species, especially as to the size of the leaves and flowers. 
It has a strong resemblance to E. hirta, but seems to have a more spreading 
habit, broader leaves, and a usually larger and more globose corolla; also to 
E. aggregata, but has larger flowers and differently shaped anthers. The corolla 
in Andrews’ figure is more globose and the mouth more contracted than any 
shown in our specimens, which is probably (partially at least) a result of com- 
pression in drying. 
174. E. marifolia (Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. 15) ; 
of straggling diffuse habit, under 1 ft. high ; branches spreading and 
divaricate, puberulous and sparsely setose ; leaves 3-nate, spreading, 
ovate or oblong, subacute, open-backed, pubescent above, paler and 
velvety or shortly hoary-tomentose beneath, 21—3 lin. long; pedicels 
21-3 lin. long; bracts subremote, slender, spathulate-linear ; sepals 
linear, or subspathulate-linear, apex slightly widened by a foliaceous 
tip, pubescent, 14 lin. long; corolla from narrow-ovoid-urceolate to 
urceolate, mouth contracted, pubescent, white, about 3 lin. long; 
segments erect, ciliolate, small; filaments tapering upwards; anthers 
included, narrow-oblong, pale brown, over 2 lin. long, aristate; awns 
subulate about 1 the length of the cell; ovary hispid. Andr. 
Heathery, t. 127, and Col. Heaths, t. 34; Bauer, Ezot. Pl. t. 14; 
Wendl. Erie. Ic. fase. 11,9; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 671. E. 
helianthemifolia, Salish. in Trans. Linn, Soc. vi. 328. 
Soutm Arrica: without locality, Herb. Salisbury! Niven, 16 (9)! and 
cultivated specimens ! 
Coast Reeton: Cape Div.; at about 1400 ft.; rocky places and near the 
Waterfall on the Devils Peak, Niven, 38! Mund, 169! Bolus, 2960! Guthrie, 
1491! Wolley Dod, 785! rocks above Tokay Plantation, Wolley Dod, 450! 
This species appears to be confined to the Cape Peninsula. E. marifolia 
var. longifolia, Wendl. Eric. Ic. fasc. 26, 4, is almost certainly ZF. triflora, L. 
175. E. argyrea (Guthrie & Bolus); habit straggling and diffuse, 
with a general silvery aspect, a few inches high; branches pubescent, 
a few inches long ; leaves 3-nate, spreading, crowded, narrow-ovate to 
