Sympieza. | ERICACEE (Brown). 393 
a lens, and often conspicuously so to the 
naked eye : 
Leaves glabrous within the cavity in 
transverse section; corolla 14-1 lin. 
long, abruptly or rapidly narrowed 
at the middle into a slender tube 
below... st tes id ... (3) vestita. 
Leaves usually densely lined with hairs 
within the cavity in transverse sec- 
tion : 
Corolla scarcely narrower within 
the calyx than at the apex, 14-13 
lin. long ... jt ae 
Corolla distinctly much narrower 
within the calyx than at the 
apex : 
Corolla 14-12 lin. long, the 
exserted part not more than 
1} times as long as the calyx 
and not tapering downwards (5) brachyphylla. 
Corolla 13-24 lin. long, the 
exserted part nearly or quite 
twice as long as the calyx 
and often tapering down- 
wards ia isi ... (6) articulata, 
** Calyx-lobes as seen under a lens very 
thinly or inconspicuously ciliate with 
minute hairs or sessile glands or both 
or without cilia (see also 5, S. brachy- 
phylla) : : 
Corolla 14 to nearly 2 lin. long, the 
exserted part twice as long as the 
calyx or less j oa ie i 
Corolla about 24 lin. long, slender, 
tubular, the exserted part about 3 
times as long as the calyx... ... (8) tenuiflora. 
(4) pallescens. 
(7) capitellata. 
1. 8. eckloniana (Klotzsch in Linnea, xii. 229); densely much 
branched ; branchlets very copious and slender, villous-pubeseent or 
puberulous ; leaves 3-nate, imbricate to shorter than the internodes, 
ascending or erect, 1-11 lin. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, 
glabrous, sometimes minutely ciliate when young; flower-heads 
very copious, 13-2 lin. in diam.; calyx } lin. long, } lin. broad ; 
tube subrectangular or subquadrate, thin, glabrous, apparently light- 
reddish ; lobes broadly deltoid, subacute or rounded, shortly ciliate ; 
corolla 14-14 lin. long, tubular or oblong-tubular, narrowed at the 
base, not broader across the short lobes than elsewhere, white ; 
anthers + lin. long, slightly cuneate-oblong ; stigma simple. Benth. 
in DC. Prodr, vii. 705. 
Coast Region: Caledon Div.; Klein River Mountains, Heklon! moun- 
tains near Hermanus, 300-500 ft., Galpin, 3727! Guthrie, 4115! Bolus, 
9848! 
- Q. 8. breviflora (N. E. Br.) ; apparently about 6 in. high, much 
ranched; branchlets tortuous, pubescent or puberulous; leaves 
3-nate, as long as or slightly exceeding the internodes, erect, 1-2 
