316 ERICACEX (Brown). [ Philippia. 
Branchlets with minute white tomentum, with- 
out gland-tipped hairs : 
Calyx-lobes unequal; staminal-filaments all 
connate es wi et ae. ... (3) Chamissonis. 
Calyx-lobes subequal: staminal-filaments 
free or some connate for 4 their length ... (4) tristis. 
1. P. leeana (Klotzsch in Linnea, xii. 213); branchlets ascending 
or spreading, usually curved, minutely or conspicuously pubescent 
with spreading glandular hairs; leaves 3-nate, spreading, 2-1 lin. 
long, ovate, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, some- 
what turgid, hispid on the back with rather long gland-tipped hairs, 
puberulous on the upper surface ; flowers 1-6 together at the tips of 
the branchlets; pedicels 3-1 lin. long, varying from glandular- 
pubescent to nearly glabrous ; calyx-lobes thin, with the keel or tip 
thick and coriaceous, very broadly ovate or subquadrate-oblong, 
acute or obtuse, variably connate or nearly free, ciliate with long 
gland-tipped hairs, otherwise glabrous, the larger 1—% lin, long, 
3~ lin. broad ; corolla 2—8 lin. long, * lin. in diam., campanulate or 
broadly cup-shaped, 4-lobed to about 4 of the way down, glabrous ; 
lobes very obtuse, very minutely denticulate ; stamens not exserted ; 
filaments broad, entirely connate; anthers 1—2 lin. long, oblong, 
bifid to nearly -way, connate ; ovary subglobose, 4-grooved, glabrous ; 
style very much exserted, 1-11 lin. long, glabrous or pubescent ; 
stigma circular, 2 lin. in diam., flat or nearly so, with 4 minute 
central tubercles; seeds often solitary, rather large. Benth. in DC. 
Prodr, vii. 695. Erica absinthoides, E. Meyer ex Klotzsch in 
Linnea, xii. 213. 
Coast Region: Stellenbosch Div.; Lowrys Pass, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! 
Hottentots Holland Mountains, Bolus in Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 44! Caledon 
Div. ; by the Palmiet River, Schlechter, 5430! Ecklon § Zeyher (ex Klotzsch) ; 
Houw Hoek Mountains, Burchell, 8143! Schlechter, 9895! Zwart Berg, near 
Caledon Baths, 1000 tt., Zeyher, 3329! Galpin, 3715! MacOwan Sf Bolus, 
Herb. Norm, Austr.-Afr., 755! Schlechter, 9772! 10361! Guthrie, 2508! hills 
near Caledon, Bolus, 9907! Ecklon § Zeyher (ex Klotzsch); near Genadendal, 
Ecklon & Zeyher (ex Klotzsch).. : 
This has been distributed in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. as Scyphogyne 
divaricata, Benth. 
2. P. Evansii (N. HE. Br.); branchlets spreading when young, 
becoming ascending, shortly glandular-hairy ; leaves 3-nate, ascend- 
ing or spreading, #—1 lin. long, linear-oblong, very minutely gland- 
denticulate on the margins, otherwise glabrous; flowers 1-3  to- 
gether, terminal; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, glabrous; calyx-lobes 
coriaceous, broadly ovate, subacute, grooved down the back, minutely 
gland-ciliate, the larger 4—} lin. long, 4 lin. broad, nearly twice as 
long as the rest; corolla globose-campanulate, about 1 lin, long and 
5 lin. in diam., 4-lobed to nearly 3-way down, glabrous, pale greenish ; 
lobes broader than long, very obtuse; stamens not exserted ; fila- 
ments } lin. long, free; anthers 2 lin. long, bifid to 4-way down, 
free ; ovary globose, 4-grooved, glabrous; style about equalling the 
corolla ; stigma peltate, orbicular, 4 lin. in diam, 
