242 ERICACE®H (Guthrie & Bolus). [ rica. 
base) appearing twice as long as the sepals; segments slightly 
spreading ; filaments slightly curved; anthers subterminal, oblong, 
obtuse, 3-8 lin. long; pore more than 2 the length of the cell; 
stigma clavate ; ovary glabrous. 
SoutH AFRICA: without locality, Masson ! in Herb. Kew. 
We have only seen a branch 7 in. long, and have dissected a single flower. 
Quite distinct in the section by its long corolla, and the long ($-1 lin.) petioles 
of the leaves. The material is scanty, and the inflorescence not properly seen ; 
it may be umbellate, 5-6-flowered. 
358. E. physantha (Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 619); erect, 6 in. 
or more high; branches flexuous, subglabrous; leaves somewhat 
spreading, oblong, obtuse, thiek, glabrous, 13-2 lin. long; pedicels 
under 1 lin. long ; bracts approximate, sepal-like, but smaller; sepals 
broad-ovate, subobtuse, keel-tipped, scarious, ciliate, glabrous, 12 lin. 
long ; corolla oblate, subglobose-urceolate, glabrous, wide-mouthed, 
21 lin. long, or reaching nearly twice the height of the sepals ; 
filaments with a sigmoid bend just below the anther; anthers sub- 
lateral, shortly oblong, obtuse or obliquely subacute, rounded at the 
base, minutely ciliolate, a little over + lin. long, dark-coloured ; 
pore about 4 the length of the cell ; stigma clavate-capitate ; ovary 
globose, thinly hispidulous. 
Coast Reaton: Riversdale Div.; on hills near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 
6794! 
359. E. adunca (Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 618); branches 8 in. 
or more long ; leaves from erect to squarrose, linear, subulate or 
lanceolate-oblong, subtrigonous, the younger eiliolate, 1-21 lin. 
long; pedicels 1} lin. long; bracts subremote, sepal-like but 
smaller ; sepals somewhat lax and spreading, narrow-ovate, acute or 
acuminate, keel-tipped, subviscid, glabrous, white, 11 lin. long; 
eorolla urceolate or globose-ureeolate, longer or sometimes shorter 
than its width, glabrous, viseid (or viscid-puberulous, ace. to Ben- 
tham), 13-1% lin, long, usually somewhat exceeding the sepals, 
occasionally shorter ; limb spreading ; filaments dilated just below 
the anther, slightly curved; anther subterminal, longitudinally 
semiovate, the dorsal margin curved, acute, ciliolate, more or less 
hispidulous, {—-} lin. long; pore 8 the length of the cell; style 
generally deflexed or hooked; ovary on a conspicuous black disk, 
glabrous or hispidulous. 
Soutn AFrica: without locality, Niven, 100! 
Coast Rxr@ion: Swellendam Div.; mountains near Swellendam, Bolus, 
7304! Riversdale Div. ; Garcias Pass, 1000 ft., Galpin, 3546! 3547! Schlechter, 
1731! George Div. ; Montagu Pass, 2500 ft., Schlechter, 5802 ! 
Variable as to the length and position of the leaves, length of corolla and 
hairiness of the anther; it may generally be recognized by its loose sepals, 
deflexed style (in well-matured flowers), and the prominent dark disk below the 
ovary. 
360. E. involvens (Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii, 619); branches 
