﻿Erica (§ Geissostegia) Guthriei, n. sp. — Fruticulus spithamaaus 

 vel ultra, ramulis glabris gracilibus adscendentibus ; folia 3na 

 linearia glabra laevia subnitida, juniora viscosa, erecta appressa, 

 2-3 mi l l, longa ; flores 3ni, brevissime pedicellati ; bracteas ap- 

 proximatae ovatae coloratae minims; sepala late ovata obovatave 

 obtusa, apice carinata, viscosa, 1-5 mill, longa; corolla oblato- 

 spbsroidea, demum a medio depresso-inflexa, subviscosa, limbo 

 minimo, ore contracto, circa 3 mill, longa ; filamenta complanata, 

 antberis exsertis subterminalibus conniventibus ; ovarium glabrum, 

 stylo filiformi antberas superante, stigmate capitato. 



Hab : Cape Colony, South-western Eegion, on tbe sides of tbe 

 Piquetberg Mt., alt. about 470 meters, fl. Oct., F. Guthrie (No. 2659). 



Flowers rosy red. Well distinguished by tbe shape of tbe small 

 corolla, which becomes much depressed in the centre by the collapse 

 of its upper half, forming a cup from which emerge the stamens and 

 style. In this respect it approaches E. Mai 



utterly different in habit, and E. tiarafiora, Andr., which has a 

 widely different calyx. The leaves are shining, giving the plaut a 

 varnished appearance. For the size of the plant the branchlets are 

 rather unusually slender. 



Erica (§ Eubyloma) Junonia, n. sp. — Fruticulus ramosus 

 rigidus glaber pedalis vel ultra, ramulis dense fohatis ; folia 3na 

 linearia, dorso sulcata, imbricata erecto-patentia, 6-7 mill, longa ; 

 umbellae 4-6 fi., pedicellis 8-14 mill, longis, bracteis linearibus 

 remotis ; sepala lineari-lanceolata acuminata colorata viridi-nervata, 

 9-11 mill, longa ; corollae tubus basi ovoideo-inflatus, sursum longe 

 attenuatus, sub limbo paullo ampliatus, subviscosus, lineis rubris 

 8 notatis, 3*5-4 cm. longus, limbi laciniis patentibus ovatis acutis 

 vel lanceolato-acuminatis, 6-10 mill, longis; antheraa oblongse 

 aristatse pallidae ; ovarium anguste ellipticum stipitatum glabrum, 

 stylo tenui staminibus subaaquilongo, stigmate parvo capitato. 



Hab : Cape Colony, South-western Eegion, on the rocky Skurfde- 

 berg Mts. near Ceres, alt. about 1600 meters, fl. Dec, coll. A. Bodkin 

 (No. 1309 in Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., erroneously distributed as 

 " E. (L'allista) jasminifiora, Andr."). 



A very striking plant, with the largest and handsomest flowers 

 of any Erica I have seen. The corolla is bright red, paler towards 

 the base. The nearest of the many figures of Erica of this section 

 quoted by Bentham from the Bot. Mag. and Andrews' Heathery, is 

 ' E. Shannoniana, Andr. t. 239. Our species differs from this by the 

 longer corolla, its much slenderer tube, longer and sharper segments 

 of the limb, its aristate anthers, and different leaves. 



The following new section of the genus Erica is suggested by 



which do not fit into any of the existing sections. The discovery of 

 new forms, especially in a region little explored at the period of 

 .Bentham's masterly monograph, may well necessitate new groups 

 for their reception, and the genus is already so large and difficult 

 for students that it seems inexpedient to describe new species with- 

 out indicating their systematic position, so far as this is possible. 



