﻿CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



Section xxvii b. — Apoecus. Inflorescentia terniinalis, floribus 

 4nis pedicellatis. Bracteae parvea remotae vel subapproximataB. 

 Sepala appressa corollam aaquantia vel parum breviora lata colorata 

 scariosa, margimbus in flore aperto imbricantibus. Corolla breviter 

 tubulosa vel oblongo-campanulata, limbo erecto parum expanso. 

 Antherae inclusaa vel subexsertae, aristatae vel cristatae. Ovarium 

 glabrum. Folia 4na rigida saapius dense imbricantia. Sectio bine 

 Eurystegiae bine Trigemmas aflinis, ab ilia praesertim corollas forma, 

 ab bac corollae forma et foliis semper 4nis differt. — Species Capenses, 

 montium Begionis Orientalis incolae. 



Erica (§ Apoecus) caffrorum, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. S,»: (lint.) 

 vol. xxiv, p. 184. Hue referenda? sunt: Tyson, No. 1194 ("in 



Wood, No. 3519 (" Natal, foot c 



Erica (§ Apoecus) Brownlee^e, tfoius, loc. ext., p. ±»o. — nuc 

 addenda, Sim, No. 102. 



Erica (§ Trigemma) gnaphalcdes, Tbunb.— Syn. E. tetrastigmata, 

 Bolus, in Joum. Linn. Soc. (lint.) vol. xxiv, p. 178. At the time 

 of publication I was unacquainted with the first named, and the 

 remarkable cruciform stigma is not mentioned either by Thunberg 

 or Bentham. 



Erica (§ Pachysa) Schlechteri, n.sp.— Fruticulus 2-3 pedalis; 

 ramuli graciles glabrescentes ; folia 4na imbricata erecto-patentia 

 linearia, dorso sulcata, glabra vel juniora subviscosa, subglanduloso- 

 ciliata, 3-4 mill, longa ; flores terminales, saepius 4ni cernui viscosi ; 

 pedicelli viscoso-pubescentes, 4 mill, longi; bracteaa approximata 

 lineares ciliolatae colorataa ; sepala parva lanceolata obtusa glabra 

 colorata, 3 mill, longa ; corolla urceolato-campanulata, fauce con- 

 tracta, 5 mill, longa ; limbi laciniis late rotundatis ; filamenta lata 

 linearia complanata incurva, stylo breviora, corollae dimidium 

 attingentia, antheris inclusis oblongis obtusis cristatis ; ovarium 

 villosum, stylo incluso, stigmate capitato. 



Hab : Natal, on the banks of the Mooi Biver, alt. about 1815 

 meters, fl. Sept., R. Schlechter (No. 3341) 



Mr. Schlechter informs me that this little shrub was found 

 growing almost in the water and overhanging the stream; the 

 flowers were pale pink. With the general appearance of E. mucosa, 

 Linn., the species is quite distinct by its smaller sepals, larger and 

 more campanulate corolla, and its villous ovary. 



Erica (§ Pachysa) frigida, n.sp. — Fruticulus spithamseus de- 

 cumbens ; rainuli graciles laxe patentes tenuiter pilosi ; folia 4na 

 elliptica ecbinulato-glandulosa subrecurvo-patentia, 2-3 mill, longa; 

 flores terminales sub-4ni, patentes vel deflexi ; pedicelli 2 mill, longi 

 bracteis subapproximatis, 2 linearibus coloratis, 1 inferiori foliacea 

 ovata, omnibus glanduloso-ciliatis minimis ; sepala ovato-lanceolata 

 viscosa colorato, 1-5 mill, longa; corolla urceolata viscosa glabra, 

 3-3-5 mill, longa, limbo brevi minutissime lacerato; filamenta 

 anguste linearia complanata, antheris inclusis oblongis aristatis; 

 ovarium breve cylindricum villosum, stylo incluso brevi clavato, 

 stigmate tenui. 



