118. BRICACEAB-11*. MYRSINACEAE. m 



METACHLAMYDEAE. (SYMPETALAE). 

 FAMILY 118— ERICACEAE. 



Undershrubs, shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, narrow. 

 Flowers regular or nearly so, hermaphrodite. Calyx 4 — 5 cleft, 

 persistent. Petals united below. Stamens 3 — 15, usually twice as 

 many as petals, free from corolla or nearly so. Anthers usually 

 opening at top. Ovary superior, 1 — 5 celled. Ovules axile or soli- 

 tary, inverted or almost so. Style 1. Seeds endospermic. 2 

 genera 24 species. 



Bracts 0. Calyx lobes unequal, lowest larger. 1 PHILLIPPIA. 

 Bracts 3, rarely 1 or 0. Calyx lobes equal. 2 ERICA. 



1. PHILLIPPIA Klotzsch. 



evansii N.E.Br. Ulundi, 5-6,000 ft. 



2. ERICA L. 



1. algida Bolus. Drakensberg, 8-10,000 ft., near streams. 



2. alopecurus Harv. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



3. aspalathifolia Bolus. Inanda, 1,800 ft. 



4. caffra L. Umbilo Falls, 1,000 ft. 



5. caffrorum Bolus. Drakensberg, on cliffs. 



6. cerinthoides L. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



7. cooperi Bolus. Noodsberg and upper districts. Common. 



8. cubica L. Inanda. Pinetown. Coastbelt. 



9. drakensbergensis Guth & Bolus. Midlands and Drakens- 



berg. 



10. frigida Bolus. Makwakqa 6-7,000 ft. 



11. hispidula L. 



12. lasiocarpa Guth and Bolus. Van Reenen, 7,000 ft. 



13. natalitia Bolus. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



14. schlechteri Bolus. Mooi River, 4,500 ft. 



16. sitiens Kl. Drakensberg. 



17. solandra Andr. Drakensberg. 



18. trichoclada Guth. and Bolus. Liddesdale, 4-5,000 ft. 



Polela. 



20. wyliei Bolus. Drakensberg, 9-10,000 ft. 



21. flanagani Bol. Drakensberg, 8,000 ft. 



22. reensis A. Zahlbr. Van Reenen. 



23. ebracteata Bolus. Mont Aux Sources. 



FAMILY 119— MYRSINACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs, or undershrubs. Leaves alternate, undivided, 

 gland dotted, exstipulate (very rarely opposite). Flowers regular 

 A — 5, rarely 6 — 7 — merous. Petals free or united below. Stamens 

 as many as, and opposite petals, on the corolla. Ovary superior or 

 (Maesa), half inferior, 1 celled with free central placenta. Ovules 



