254. ERICACEE (Guthrie & Bolus). [Hrica, 
298, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 385. EF. oppositifolia, Andr. 
Heathery, t. 178, and Col, Heaths, t. 192; var. alla, Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 1343. 
Coast Rreton : Cape Div.; frequent on the mountains of the Cape Peninsula, 
Thunberg, Niven, 69! 70! Sieber, 195! Zeyher, 1093! Bolus, 3295! Guthrie, 
483! Wolley Dod, 819! Stellenbosch Div.; mountains near Lowrys Pass, 
Guthrie! Paarl or Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, Drége/ Caledon Div.; 
Zwart Berg, Mund, 17! Pappe! 
382. E. tenuifolia (Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1002); 6-18 in. 
high, entirely glabrous ; leaves opposite (oceasionally some 3-nate 
on the same plant), erect or adpressed, imbricate, linear-trigonous, 
acute, keeled, suleate, the younger with a reddish tinge in the upper 
part, 1-2 lin. long; flowers 3-nate, mostly crowded; pedicels 
1-1; lin. long; bracts 2, remote, about 1 lin, long; sepals spreading, 
obovate, very concave, acute, apiculate, keeled, 14-2 lin, long, 
mostly reaching about 1 the length of corolla; corolla ovoid- 
urceolate or subconical, inflated at the base, contracted at the 
throat, 23-3 lin. long; segments ovate, subacute, nearly 3 the 
length of the tube; anthers oblong, obtuse, pallid, 2 lin. long, 
minutely toothed or crested; pore 3 the length of the cell; crests 
very variable in size, from 4; to 4 the length of the cell; stigma 
small, subsimple ; ovary subtruncate, lobed. Berg. Deser. Pl. Cap. 
116; Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2,507; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 651. 
L. oppositifolia, var. rubra, Andr, Heathery,t.180 (not characteristic). 
E. linifolia, Salisb. in Trans, Linn. Soc. vi. 386. 
Coast Reaton : Cape Div. ; frequent on the mountains of the Cape Peninsula, 
up to the summit of Table Mountain, Thunberg, Burchell, 594! Cooper, 3047 ! 
Bolus, 3875! 4700! Guthrie, 338! 814! Wolley Dod, 2156! 3336! Galpin, 
3619 ! 3620! Caledon Div.; mountains near Appels Kraal, Ecklon Sf Zeyher, 
near Zoetmelks Vlei, Grisbrook ! near Onrust Kiver, Schlechter, 9491 ! 
Closely allied to H. lutea, and perhaps to be regarded as a variety of it. It is 
also allied to E. borboniefolia, and all three resemble each other in floral 
structure, but differ in aspect. — 
383. E. Alfredii (Guthrie & Bolus); ereet, entirely glabrous ; 
branches virgate or incurved, the younger pallid, smooth, strongly 
channelled between the decurrent leaf-cushions; leaves 3-nate, 
imbricate, erect, subadpressed, linear-lanceolate, acute, callous-tipped, 
margins inflexed with a narrow subscarious edge, glaucous, 4—52 lin. 
long; flowers umbellate; umbels 6-9-flowered, erect-spreading ; 
pedicels 7-9 lin. long; bracts, 2 subapproximate, 12 lin. from apex 
of pedicel, the third quite basal, eaducous or sometimes wanting, 
lanceolate, acuminate, subscarious, foxy-brown, 5-6 lin. long; sepals 
like the bracts but ovate, acuminate, 6-7 lin. long, 3-4 lin. wide ; 
corolla tubular-conical or subampullaceous, rosy, 9-10 lin. long, 
about 3-4 lin. in diam. above the base, rosy; segments probably 
stellato-patent, ovate, acuminate, about + the length of the tube ; 
filaments capillary, flexuous, 8 lin, long; anthers broad-oblong, very 
obtuse, 3 lin. long, muticous; pore 2 the length of the cell ; style 
