318 ERICACEH (Brown). [ Hricinella. 
III. ERICINELLA, Klotzsch. 
Pedicels ebracteate. Calyx unequally 3-4-partite or -lobed, one 
sepal distinctly larger than the rest. Corolla very small, 3—4-lobed. 
Stamens 4-6; tilaments free; anthers free or connate, with or 
without basal spurs. Ovary 3-4-celled; style persistent; stigma 
peltate. Ovules several in each cell. Oapsule 3-4-celled, 3-4- 
valved. 
- Shrubs or undershrubs with the habit of Erica; leaves grooved down the 
convex back ; flowers very small, in small terminal clusters, | 
Distrip. Species 5 or 6, the others in Tropical Africa and Madagascar, 
Corolla campanulate, with erect lobes; style much 
exserted my oe ie fe (We ... (1) multiflora, 
Corolla obconic-clavate, with incurved lobes; style 
not exserted ies vee ite sis ... (2) passerinoides. 
1. E. multiflora (Klotzsch in Linnea, xii. 223); very densely 
branched ; branchlets puberulous, becoming glabrous; leaves 3-nate, 
adpressed, imbricate, including the petiole *—1+ lin. long, + lin. 
broad, linear, obtuse, glabrous, ciliate when young; flowers in 
terminal clusters of 3-9 ; pedicels 1-1 lin. long, minutely puberulous ; 
sepals 4, unequal, minutely ciliate, the larger +— lin. long, linear or 
linear-lanceolate, more or less leaf-like, at least at the apex, the 
others about half as long and more narrowed to the obtuse apex ; 
corolla eampanulate, glabrous; tube 3 lin. long; lobes erect, about 
1 lin. long, rounded; stamens 4, equalling the corolla; filaments 
2 lin. long, free, filiform ; anthers nearly + lin. long and as’ mueh in 
breadth at the tup, cuneate-subquadrate, bifid to half-way down, very 
obtuse, with awn-like spurs at the base, slightly and very minutely 
scabrid ; ovary subglobose, adpressed, pubescent ; style very much 
exserted, 1 lin. long; stigma broadly obconic, triangular, + lin. in 
diam.; ovules about 8 in each cell. Benth. in DC. Prodr, vii. 
697. 
Coast ReGion: Queenstown Div.; Winterberg, Ecklon S Zeyher ! 
2. E. passerinoides (Bolus in Journ. Linn. Sve. xviii. 393); a 
densely branched erect shrub, about 2 ft. high; branchlets at first 
minutely tomentose, soon becoming glabrous; leaves 3-nate, ad- 
pressed, imbrieate, including the petiole 3-1 lin. long, + lin. broad, 
oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse, flat on the face, very minutely ciliate ; 
flowers in small terminal clusters of 3-9, drooping; pedicels 3—1 lin. 
long, eurved, puberulous; sepals 4, unequal or rarely subequal, 
narrowly oblong, obtuse, minutely ciliolate, the larger 2 to nearly 
1 lin. long, usually leaf-like at the upper half; corolla obsonic- 
clavate, 4-lobed, glabrous, pink (Bolus); tube % lin. long; lobes 
incurved, 1 lin. long, rounded; stamens 4, included ; filaments 
4 lin. long, free, filiform; anthers nearly 1 lin. long and broad at 
the top, broadly cuneate, bifid to half-way down, very obtuse, 
