TABULA 2939. 
EREMIOPSIS CURVISTYLA, N. E. Brown. 
ERICACEAE. 
Erem , N. E. Brown in Dyer r Fl. Cap. vol. iv. sect. 1, p. 3 
ener r eetite habitu Eremiae, sed ovario 1-loculari 1-ovulato differt. 
Calyx ee fere ad basin 4-lobus. Corolla campanulata, 
4-loba. Stamina 8, libera; antherae bipartitae, loculis distinctis basi 
calcaratis domentis apice malleiformibus affixis, arium 1-loculare, 
l-ovulatum, ovulo pendulo ; stylus basi recurvus, deinde chon apice 
incurvus, Fructus indehiscens ?—Fruticulus parvus, ericoideu 
E, curvistyla, V. Z. Brown, loc. cit. Species unica. 
_Pruticulus parvus, ramis puberulis. Folia ternata, patule recurva, 
5-2 mm. longa, 0°5-0°7 mm. — Jineari-oblonga, acuta, mucro- 
eet supra fits plana, subtus sulcata, glabra, margini- 
bus utrinque pilis 2-3 longis banidiglitevin ciliatis, i 
revi 
SF 
ovatae, acutae, glabrae, ciliatae, calyci ta _Calyz 1 mm 
i obi 0°3 mm 
lo f 
apiculati, glabri, ciliati. Corolla iio ‘leviter 4-angulata, 
glabra ; tubus 1 mm. longus; lobi 0°5 mm. longi, erecti, rotundati. 
Stamina inclusa, glabra. Ovarium globoso-ovoideum ; s tylus inclusus 
vel vix exsertus, 1°5-2 mm. longus, filiformis, basi recurvus, deinde 
erectus, apice incurvus. 
Sourn Arrica: Cape Colony; Worcester Div., without precise 
ieaakity,. Niven, also Herb. Salisbury, Ward. 
The curvature of the style is peculiar and in itself is sufficient Bee, 
distinguish this plant from other South African heaths.—N. E. B 
Fig. 1, part of a branchlet with two whorls of leaves ; 2, a flower; 3, two lobes 
of the calyx, with ovary and style; 4, corolla opened and spread out ; 5, stamens, 
front and back views ; 6, a diagramm. rae transverse section of the ovary ; 7, longi- 
tudinal section of the overy. All enlarged. 
