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PLATYCALYX PUMILA, N. E. Brown. 
ey ERICACEAE. ia 
aig » N. E. Brown in Dyer Fl. Cap. vol. iv. sect. 1, p. 335 
(anglice). a a Bios. sed calyce gamosepalo ue et 
ovulis solitariis differ 
Ca 
globosa vel globoso-ovoidea, ore contracta, 4-denta ta. Stamina 6 
se 
Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis; stylus exsertus, stigmate 
minuto.—Fruticulus nanus, ericoideus. 
P. pumila, V. £. Brown, loc. cit. Species unica. 
Fruticulus parvus, 7°5-13 cm. altus, ramis gracillimis minute cinereo- 
tomentosis. Folia minuta, 3-nata, adpressa, 1-2 mm. longa, lineari- 
ES 
lm 
subglobosa, ore ¢ exe minute 4-loba, lobis vix 0°5 mm. aa 
rotundatis conniv ventibus. Stamina exserta, filamentis 3-4 mm. longis, 
antheris vix 0°5 mm lange ate muticis. Ovarium compresso- 
globosum, eb breseanth, minu e albo-tomentosum ; stylus 3°> mm. 
longus, filiformis, glaber. 
Sourn Arrica: Cape Colony; Riversdale Div., near Riversdale, 
Rust, 543. 
s plant is very much like Erica tubercularis, eae in appearance, 
This 
although quite different in structure. Its flat, nearly square sie 
is quite unlike that of any oper ie South African heath.—N. E. Brow 
Fig. 1, leaves, upper and monte — , a flower ; 3, calyx, seen from above, 
with corolla, stamens and o ; % stamens and ace with Mp ighar and 
corolla removed ; 5, anthers, ig Fig an si tokt view ; 6, ovary, with part of the style 
rem root Tatcodtieal section of the ovary ; 8, transverse section of the ovary. 
Enlarged ‘and all copied from drawings made by Dr. H. Bolus 
