244 ERICACER (Guthrie & Bolus). [Erica 
equalling or a little shorter than the sepals; anthers terminal, 
longitudinally semi-elliptical, acute, tapering at the base, dark brown, 
covered with shaggy purplish hairs, or sometimes glabrous and 
only shortly ciliate, 3-3 lin. long ; pore about 2 the length of the 
cell; stigma capitate; ovary glabrous. Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 
619. 
Coast Recion: Caledon Div.; Zwart Berg, 2000 ft., Ludwig & Beil, Niven! 
Bolus, 6747 ! mountains near Appels Kraal, Zeyher, 3301! 
364. E. azaleefolia (Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 384) ; erect, 
6-12 in. high; branches diffusely spreading, pubescent; leaves 
mostly squarrose-recurved or erect-spreading, ovate to oblong, sub- 
obtuse, thick, shining, the younger puberulous, 1-1} lin. long ; 
pedicels 4 lin. long; bracts approximate, ovate-orbicular, subscarious, 
ciliate; sepals oblong-spathulate, acute, ciliate, 2 lin. long, about 
equal to the corolla; corolla. suburceolate, puberulous, 13—2 lin. long, 
its width less than its length, pink ; segments ciliate ; anthers sub- 
terminal; cells deeply parted and. subdivaricate, broad-elliptical, 
very obtuse, smooth, polished, dark-coloured, about } lin. long; 
pore unusually large occupying nearly the whole cell; ovary 
glabrous. Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 619. HE. spumosa, Roxb. ex 
Salisb. 1.c. 334, not of Linn. E. azaleeflora, Steud. Nom. ed. 2, i. 618. 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Herb. Salisbury ! 
Coast ReGion: Caledon Div.; tops of mountains near Genadendal, Burchell, 
4689! Houw Hoek Mountains, 2000 ft., Bolus, 5459! Schlechter, 9396 ! Klein 
Houw Boek, Niven, 120a! Zwart Berg, 2500 ft., Bolus, in Herb, Norm, Austr.- 
Afr., 852! 
365. E. sonderiana (Guthrie & Bolus); 1 ft. or more high; 
branches ascending, pubescent; leaves erect-spreading, imbrieate, 
linear, subobtuse, thick, subrugulose, pallid, glaucous, viscidulous or 
dry, the younger gland-ciliate, 2-2} lin. long; pedicels pubescent, 
1 lin. long ; bracts approximate, ovate, viscid ; sepals broad-ovate to 
nearly orbicular, obtuse, keel-tipped, cartilaginous, transversely 
wrinkled when dry, very thick, viscid, shining (in some specimens 
both bracts and sepals have an unusually long excurrent keel-point), 
about as long as the corolla ; corolla suburceolate, glabrous, viscid, 
11 lin. long, white, width about equal to the length; segments. 
ciliolate ; anthers sublateral, oblong-incurved, obtuse, smooth, about 
1 lin. long ; pore variable, 3—{ the length of the cell; style exserted ; 
stigma Clavate ; ovary glabrous. 
Soutn AFRrica: without locality, Niven, b! in Herb. Trin. Coll. Dublin. 
Coast Region: Ceres Div.; near Ceres, Bolus, 9110! Worcester Div. ; 
Matroos Berg, 5200 ft., Marloth, 2205! Bolus in Herb. Guthrie, 3945! Swel- 
lendam Diy. ; mountains near Swellendam, Bolus, 7506 ! (immature). 
366. E. erassisepala (Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 619) ; branches 
ascending, pubescent, rigid, 6-8 in. high; leaves 3-nate or 
“scattered ” (acc. to Bentham), erect-spreading, imbricate, linear or 
