320 ERICACER (Brown). _ [Bleria. 
* Bracts near or below the middle of the pedicel : 
Branchlets minutely greyish-tomentose ; ovary 
puberulous at the top... ite ens ... (5) pusilla. 
Branchlets and ovary glabrous : 
Branchlets nearly straight, not interwoven ; 
anthers exserted, } lin. long oti . (9) campanulata. 
Branches flexuose, interwoven ; anthers not 
exserted, 4 lin. long ... (10) flexuosa. 
** Bracts close under and adpressed to the calyx ; ; 
branchlets and leaves pubescent : 
Calyx ciliate with long hairs, besides glands, 
or with a row of hairs behind the glands; 
corolla-tube 1-1} lin, long : 
Flower-clusters about 2 lin, in diam. .,, (11) affinis. 
Flower-clusters 3-4 lin, in diam, .. (12) ericoides. 
Calyx gland.-ciliate, without hairs; corolla-tube 
2 lin, long itd pis vis dds . (18) revoluta, 
1. B. grandis (N. E. Br.) ; laxly branched ; branches 3-10 in. 
long, 4-angled, glabrous; leaves 4-nate, varying from loosely imbri- 
eate to spreading, 3-45 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, linear to lanceolate- 
oblong, acute, open-backed and very concave (boat-like) beneath, 
glabrous, shining green above, opaque and slightly reddish beneath, 
with a minutely whitish-papillate surface; petiole } lin. long; 
flowers axillary, whorled, forming oblong lax clusters at or 
towards the ends of the branches, which often grow out beyond the 
flowers; pedicels 33-4 lin. long, 3-bracteate near and below the 
middle, apparently angular, minutely puberulous; bracts 2—1 lin. 
long, lanceolate, acute, convolute, glabrous; sepals free,*2 lin. 
long, 2—% lin. broad, ncaa) acute, acutely keeled, glabrous ; 
corolla pabrows ; ; tube 23-23 lin. long, obscurely 4-angled ; lobes 
erect, about } lin. long, deltoid-ovate, acute ; stamens 4 ; filaments 
flat ; "anthers" partly exaerted, rather more than 1 lin. long, linear, 
with almost parallel sides down to the base, glabrous, with short 
puberulous basal spurs; ovary oblong-obovoid, 4-angled, puberulous 
on the apical part ; ovules 4-5 in each cell; style 3 lin, long ; stigma 
simple. . 
Coast Reeion: Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens Mountains, Zeyher, 718! 
West in Herb. MacOwan, 3111! 3119! 
2. B. fuscescens (Klotzsch in Linnea, viii. 657) ; an erect shrub, 
1-3 ft. high ; branches erect, ee or minutely subtomentose ; 
leaves 3-nate, 3 $—2 lin. long, 1—3 lin. broad, linear, acute or subacute, 
erect or spreading, with adpressed petioles up to 1 lin. long, 
glabrous ; umbels 2—4-flowered, terminating very short branchlets, 
which are racemosely arranged along the branches ; pedicels 14 lin. 
long, puberulous; bracts +—} lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
glabrous, minutely ciliate, the upper distant from the calyx but 
seated above the middle of the pedicel ; sepals free, 3-14 lin. long, 
coriaceous, lanceolate, acute, keeled down the back, minutely ciliate ; 
corolla white, glabrous; tube 1-14 lin. long, tubular or tubular- 
campanulate, not angular; lobes 4 lin. long, broadly ovate-oblong, 
