Rrica.) ERICACEH (Guthrie & Bolus), 307 
reflexed and the whole then tetragonous, 4-1 lin. long, reaching 
generally about 3} the height of the corolla; corolla. broadish. 
cyathiform or subcampanulate, tetragonous, rosy, 13-1 lin. long; 
segments not, or only slightly, spreading, broad, about as long as the 
tube; anthers subexserted or only manifest, dorsifixed well above 
the base, oblong, obtuse, $-+ lin. long; style exserted, slender; 
stigma simple ; ovary velvety or glabrous. Benth.in DC. Prodr. vii. 
688. EH. melanthera, Lodd. t. 867? not of Linn. nor of Thunb, 
Sourn Arnica: without locality, cultivated specimens ! 
Coast ‘Re@ion: George Div.; woods near George, 900 ft., Schlechter, 
2329! Barbiers Kraal, near Devils Kop, Niven, 97! Humansdorp Div. ; 
Witte Els Bosch, Zitzikamma, 500 ft., Galpin, 3698 ! 
We have taken as the type Andrews’ figure and Niven’s 97, named by Bentham, 
and have described from these and the two more recent gatherings cited 
above, which agree very closely. The species is a very distinct one by 
its peculiar calyx. Galpin’s and Niven’s specimens both exhibit compound 
hairs, 
466. E. natalitia (Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soe. xxiv. 187) ; erect ; 
branches numerous, ascending, cano-puberulous ; leaves erect, or the 
older spreading, linear to oblong, acute, deeply sulcate or open- 
backed, mostly glabrous, sometimes hispidulous, 1-23 lin. long; 
flowers 3-nate, sometimes umbellately clustered, subcalycine ; bracts 
remote, basal, small; calyx more or less deeply 4-fid, about 8 lin. 
long; segments deltoid or ovate, subacute, keeled or keel-tipped, 
about equal to the tube or only a little shorter or longer; corolla 
cyathiform or subobconic, pink, about } lin. long; segments di- 
vergent, somewhat longer than the tube; anthers oblong, obtuse, 
smooth, about 4 lin, long; pore less than 3 the length of the cell ; 
style shortly exserted, sometimes dilated at the apex ; stigma peltate 
or eyathiform ; ovary glabrous. 
EASTERN Reaion : Natal; Indwedwe, 2000 ft., Wood, 990! near Emberton, 
1000 ft., Schlechter, 3230! on mountains occasionally snowed, 4000-5000 ft., 
Sutherland! Zululand; N’Kandhla, Wood, 7301! 
Distinct in the section by its small flowers, and proportionately large peltate 
or cyathiform stigma. It connects with the § Arsace, differing by its calyx and 
its subealycine flowers. 
Section XLI. CYATHOLOMA. (Sp. 467-469.) 
467. E. Thunbergii (Montin in Act. Nov. Upsal. ii. 292, t. 9, 
fig. 2); erect, 6-12 in. high, entirely glabrous or the branches 
sometimes downy ; leaves erect, imbricate, linear, sulcate, pallid or 
subglancous, 2-3 lin, long ; flowers few or copious on short branch- 
lets towards the ends of the branches, subcalycine ; pedicels slender, 
spreading or decurved, 3-6 lin. long; bracts remote, lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, keel-tipped, subscarious, bright canary-yellow, 
2-3 lin. long; sepals like the bracts but oblong or ovate, large and 
conspicuous, more acuminate, 23-3} lin. long; corolla subfunnel- 
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