Erica. | ERICACE® (Guthrie & Bolus). 845 
somewhat semiterete, obtuse, margins somewhat thickened, the 
younger gland-ciliate, 1-2 lin. long; pedicels 1-12 lin. long; bracts 
approximate, sepal-like but smaller; sepals ovate-lanceolate, obtusely 
acuminate, with a thickened marginal line on either side, converging 
upwards to the apex, instead of the usual median keel, cartilaginous, 
thick, viscid, very rigid, 12 lin. long, not reaching to the top of the 
corolla; corolla eyathiform or hemispherical, minutely puberulous, 
“viscid” (acc. to Bentham), 12 lin. long, somewhat greater in width ; 
anthers terminal, very narrow-elliptical, acute, tapering at either 
end ; cells deeply partite and somewhat distant, membranous, smooth, 
pale brown, about Z lin. long; pore about 3 the length of the cell; 
ovary minutely puberulous. 
Coast RrGion: Swellendam Div.; summit of the great mountain near 
Swellendam, Burchell, 7354 ! 7407! 
Besides the numbers of Burchell quoted above, Bentham also cites 8665 and 
8683. The first of these is without flowers ; the specimens under the latter are 
a quite different species from those under 7354 and 7407. As these latter agree 
better with the description, we assume them to be the type of this species ; 
and we have placed 8683 under EH. imbricata. The specimens have a pale stripe 
on the underside of the leaves, on either side of the channel, which is peculiar 
and unusual; but we do not know whether it is constant, or visible in the fresh 
state. 
367. E. Guthriei (Bolus in Journ. Bot. 1894, 234); erect, 
a foot high, glabrous; branches diffuse, ascending; leaves erect, 
adpressed and closely imbricate, or slightly spreading, linear to 
oblong, obtuse, the younger viscid, thick, shining, 1—1} lin. long; 
pedicels 3 lin. long; bracts approximate, ovate, coloured, very 
small; sepals ovate or obovate, viscid, coloured, shorter than the 
corolla, 3—% lin. long; corolla oblate-globose, depressed above the 
middle, viseid, red, 1} lin. long, width somewhat greater; segments 
erect, closely contracted round the stamens; anthers sublateral, 
oblong, obtuse, a little over 1 lin. long; pore large and wide, about 
% the length of the cell ; ovary glabrous. 
Var. 8, strictior (Bolus) ; branches straighter ; leaves broader, thicker, more 
obtuse and more densely imbricated. 
Coast Reeton : Piquetberg Div.; summit of Piquet Berg, 1500 ft., Guthrie, 
2659! Var. 8: Clanwilliam Div.; Ezelsbank, near Wupperthal, 4000 ft., 
Schlechter, 8805 ! 
The peculiar corolla approaches in shape that of E. placentzflora, and of E. 
Marlothii. The small adpressed leaves and the glossy aspect of the whole plant 
are good marks for its identification. 
368. E. placenteflora (Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 348) ; 
erect, 1-2 ft. high; branches mostly lax and spreading, pubescent ; 
leaves erect or spreading, imbricate or shorter than the internodes, 
linear, acute or obtuse, glabrous, 1-6 (mostly 3-4) lin. long; pedicels 
often decurved, 2-3 lin. long; bracts subapproximate or the lowest 
subremote, somewhat lax ; sepals broad-ovate or subobovate, keeled, 
glabrous, 14 lin. long, a little longer than the corolla; corolla some- 
