eiaitiee 
TaButa 2940. 
LEPTERICA TENUIS, NX. E. Brown. 
ERICACEAE, 
Lepterica, N. E. Brown in Dyer Fl. Cap. vol. iv. sect. 1, p. 397 
pana Genus ee affine, a staminibus 8, ovario l-loculari 
l-ovulato et habitu valde differt 
Calyz obconicus, 4-lobus. Corolla obconica, 4-loba. Stamina 8, 
filamentis basi connatis, antheris connatis ecalcaratis. Ovarium 
1-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus brevis, validus, inclusus ; sti igma 
magnum, peltatum. Fructus indehiscens, pericarpio tenui tubis resini- 
feris percurso.—Frutex ericoideus, ramis gracilibus. 
L. tenuis, N. E. Brown, loc. cit. Species unica. 
ae tex ad 1m. altus, dense ramosissimus, ramulis gracilibus ong” 
nute puberulis vel fere glabris. Folia 3-nata, erecta, adpressa vel 
aheicain , 1*3-2°7 mm. longa, linearia, acuta, glabra. Flores axillares 
vel in ramulis lateralibus minutis terminales, solitarii vel 2-3-ni, sub- 
b 
site exis. Stamina ae filamentis a ee nie apice bifidis 
ute ciliatis. minw m, 8-costatum, 
demum rhomboideo- obovatum, glabrum one shagatiti, p elta viges 
marginibus erectis, demum subsessile ig ete tenuis, Benth. i 
DC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 710. 
South Arrica: Cape Colony; Riversdale Div., summit of the 
iach Berg, Burchell, 7126, Garcia’s Pass, Burchell, 7034. 
This is readily distinguished from the other South African heaths 
by = erect aoe tes ets parallel slender branchlets and minute 
flowers.—N. E. Bro 
. 1, part of a branchlet with age nk ga + oe ; Ba, a flower; rs gi olla 
; mens; 6, a r, side 
view ; 7, ovary, with style and pr 8, tans Stata mmatic givedbeers 
section of fruit, showing resin-canals in the bei : “10, longitudinal section of 
fruit. All enlarged. 
