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CONSPECTIUS TABULARUM. a 
XLVIII. ERICA ALOPECURUS, Harv. ( Ericecaw.) 
E. (Ephebus) Alopecurus: ramis virgatis ramulis perbrevibus 
erectis foliosis densissime obtectis, foliis ternis linearibus obtusis mar- 
gine revolutis subtus bisulcatis canescenti-tomentosis erectis ineurvisve, 
florum umbellulis ad apices ramorum congestis spicam mentientibus, 
bracteis remotis, sepalis linearibus tomentosis, corolla ovoideo-urceolata 
extus puberula, antheris inclusis subulato-aristatis, aristis scabris, 
ovario villoso. 
Has.—Caffreland, Rev. J. Brownlee! 1838. Rovelo Hills, Natal, Lat. 27° 31’, S. 
at 7000 feet, Dr, Sutherland! (Herb. T. C. D. Hook.) 
Descr. A shrub. Branches virgate, 1 foot or more long, closely 
imbricated throughout their whole length with minute erect leafy 
ramuli, from +—4 inch long. Leaves in threes, 2-3 lines long, densely 
tomentose and canescent, narrow linear, very blunt, convex above, 
furrowed, with a visible midrib beneath, the margin strongly revolute. 
Umbels 3-flowered, on very short, 1-14 line long branchlets, which are 
densely crowded at the ends of the branches into a long, cylindrical 
false spike. Bracts removed from the calyx, linear, as are the woolly 
sepals. Corolla pale pink, dry, downy, egg-shaped, with a very small 
mouth and limb. Anthers with long, subulate, rough awns. Ovary 
villous; style glabrous; stigma equal. | , 
Readily known from the other Zphebi by its densely spiked inflo- 
rescence, imbricated ramuli, and hoary leaves. It appears to have 
escaped the notice of all African collectors, except the two gentlemen 
above named : and is interesting as being one of the few Heaths that 
straggle into the subtropical regions N. E. of the colony. 
Fig. 1, Erica Alopecurus ; a flowering branch, the natural size. Fig. 2, a flower, on 
its pedicel, with the bracts in situ; 3, au anther, with its scabrous awns; 4, ovary, and 
one stamen; 5, a whorl of leaves; 6, back and front views of a leaf. More or less 
magnified. 
XLIX. CYCNIUM SANDERSONI, Harv. (Scrophularinea.) 
C. Sandersoni: glabriuscula, caule simplici erecto elato, foliis 
obovato-oblongis argute inciso-serratis basi cuneatis integris, floribus 
pedunculatis racemosis, bracteis adnatis linearibus, calycis striati den- 
tibus subulato-acuminatis diametro tubi longioribus, corolle tubo bre- 
viter exserto, limbi amplissimi labio superiore bilobo inferiore tripartito, 
lobis obovatis integerrimis. 
Has.—On Field’s Hill, Natal, at 800 feet. J. Sanderson! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Stem 2-3 feet high, erect, simple, somewhat angular, 
glabrous, or nearly so. Leaves opposite, 1-14 inch long, 3-2 inch broad, 
cuneate and entire at base, sharply incised or coarsely serrate from the 
middle to the extremity. /Vowers in a long, terminal, Iany-flowered 
raceme, on pedicels longer than the leaves. Calyx 1 inch in length, 
