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Leaves '3-1 '1 cm. long, '5-2 mm. broad, linear or spathulate-linear, 

 obtuse, narrowed at the base, glabrous. Flowers solitary, terminal or 

 axillary. Pedicels about 2 mm. long, glabrous or minutely pubescent. 

 Oalyx-tiibe T5 mm. long, glabrous ; lobes 3 mm. long, ovate-linear, 

 obtuse, glabrous. Corolla mauve ; tube 3 mm. long, glabrous ; lobes 

 2'5 mm. long, 1'75 mm. broad, bluntly acuminate. Filaments l - 5 mm 

 long, oblong, and '5 mm. broad in the lower half and very finely ciliate, 

 linear above; anthers 1'25 mm. long, oblong-linear. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 style 2 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; stigmas 3. 



Near W. depressa, W. & E., but differs in having flattened non- 

 ciliated leaves. 



W. sp. 



Harrismith, Krook, 2764 ! 



ERICACEAE. 



EKICA, Linn. 

 E. cerinthoides, Linn. 



Cliffs and mountain slopes. 2-3 ft. high, flowers bright red. Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 123! ; Basutoland, without precise locality, Cooper, 758. 



DISTRIBUTION : Worcester. Malmesbury. Cape. Caledon. Rivers- 

 dale. Kuysna. Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. Albany. Tembuland. 

 Poudoland. Natal. Transvaal (Waterfall Creek, MacMac, Lyden- 

 burgj. 



SESUTO : Monn'inyane or Semomonyane. Derived from the verb 

 "ho inomonya" to suck up. The flowers are visited by birds for 

 the nectar. The native children suck the flowers for the sweet nectar. 



E. alopecurus, Harv. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 9-20 in. high, flowers mauve-carmine. 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 274!; Basutoland, without precise locality, 

 Cooper, 756 ; Luhana Pass, Drakensberg Range, Galpin, 2321 ; Natal, 

 near Van Reenen, Schlechter, 6992. 



DISTRIBUTION : Cathcart, King William's Town. Stutterheim. 

 Somerset East, East GTriqualand. Transvaal (Ofemsbok Spruit, 

 Komati). 



SESUTO : Chesa-litelu. Burn the beard. Used as fuel. The natives 

 say a fire made with this plant produces many sparks which fly up and 

 burn the beards of the men sitting round it. 



E. algida, Bolus. 



Slopes of high mountains at Malavaneng, Leribe District. 2^-4 ft, 

 high, flowers pink. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 862 ! ; Qoqolosi Peak, 



