162 ERICACEM (Guthrie & Bolus). | Erica. 
Vlei, Schlechter, 10068! Var.y: Ceres Div.; Cold Bokkeveld, near Sand fontein, 
Schlechter, 10148! 
A very variable yet well-marked species. To Bentham it was only known by 
Andrews’ figure and by two cultivated specimens in Herb. Kew. With these, 
the specimens of Bolus, 8480 agree very well, due allowance being made for 
the effects of cultivation. The agreement of the other specimens is not obvions, 
but only revealed upon search. Regarding only extreme forms, the propriety 
of uniting them might be doubtful. One character is common to all and serves 
to distinguish the species from its allies, viz., the presence of a callous white 
point to the leaves, which is seldom wanting. The difference in the shape of the 
corolla is the real crux ; and here the specimens of Schlechter, 10068, solved the 
difficulty, since they exhibit, in some cases, corollas like those of the type, and 
in others, of a form nearly like those of var. y. 
215. E. fucata (Klotzsch ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 667, not 
of Thunb.) ; ereet or procumbent, glabrous in all parts, 6-12 in. 
high ; leaves 3-nate, gemmiferous in the axils, erect-incurved, linear, 
subobtuse, flat above, round-backed, faintly sulcate, 2-3 lin. long; 
flowers subsolitary and somewhat distant or crowded towards the 
ends of the branches, subcalycine ; pedicels slender, erect-decurved, 
red, 3-51 lin. long; braets remote, minute; sepals lanceolate, acute 
or obtuse, concave, cartilaginous, margins hyaline, keel-tipped, red, 
1-14 lin. long; corolla broad-cyathiform or subglobose-urceolate, 
1-11 lin. long, and as wide, mouth slightly widened ; segments 
rounded, spreading or erect, 4+ the length of the tube; anthers 
exserted or subexserted, from sublateral to subterminal, oblong or 
semilanceolate, subacute, tapering towards the base, }—% lin. long, 
muticous; pore nearly 4 the length of the cell; style exserted, 
stoutish, decurved, red; stigma subsimple or capitellate; ovary 
hemispherical, truncate above, glabrous, dark red. 
Var. 8, cespitosa (Bolus); procumbent on rocks, subcespitose; corolla 
subtetragonous towards the base, 14 lin. long; segments a little smaller, 
2-4 the length of the tube. 
Coast Recion: Caledon Div.; mountains of Klein River Kloof, Zeyher, 
3341! Bredasdorp Div.; hills near Elim, 300 ft., Bolus, 6739! Var. B: 
Bredasdorp Div.; on rocks near Elim, 250 ft., Bolus, 8507! Schlechter, 
9709 ! 
There has been some confusion as to the type of this species, and some 
specimens in herbaria thus marked do not well agree. Bentham unfortunately 
does not quote Zeyher’s number. We have described from a specimen with fully 
developed flowers in the Kew Herb., marked as coming from the Berlin Herb. 
(but not bearing any number) and which no doubt, as it agrees well with his 
description, was what Bentham described. We have also seen a specimen 
in the Cape Govt. Herb., numbered 3341 and marked “ stony places in Klein 
Rivers Kloof, Aug.” with quite undeveloped flowers but which no doubt belongs 
to this. The species is allied to E. scytophylla, from which it is distinguished 
by its generally longer leaves and pedicels, larger flowers, and muticous anthers. 
Var. 6 has scarcely any differences from the type beyond its habit, and somewhat 
_ paler flowers. 
216. E. scytophylla (Guthrie & Bolus) ; except the branches, 
entirely glabrous; branches erect or spreading, few, subvirgate, rigid, 
very little divided and leafy above, soon naked below, downy, 
glabrescent, 9-10 in. long ; leaves 3-nate, erect, incurved, imbricate, 
