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This species is allied to E. physodes, Linn, and to E. ardem, 

 Andr., but may be readily distinguished from either by the much 

 longer pedicels of the flowers, besides other characters. The colour 

 of the flowers is described on the collector's ticket as rosy. 



Erica (? § Gypsocallis) Woodii, n. sp. — Fruticulus erectus 

 ramosus pedalis vel ultra ; rami subvirgati pubescenti-Mrti ; folia 

 8na ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata subplana hispido-ciliata, 

 marginibus revolutis, erecto-patentia squarrosave, 3-4 mill, longa; 

 flores axillares, solitarii, ad apices ramorum racemosi, pedicellis 

 corolla vix aequilongis, bracteis remotis parvis subsetaceis hispidis; 

 corolla globoso-campanulata glabra, 1-1-5 mill, longa, limbi laciniis 

 rotundatis acutis tubo fere sequilongis ; sepala linearia apice paullo 

 ampliata acuta glanduloso-ciliata, corolla parum breviora ; stamina 

 subexserta, vel same corolla} sequilonga, antheris ovatis, poro majus- 

 cule-, aristatis, aristis subulatis laceratis longiusculis ; ovarium 

 globosum, apice hispidum, stylo brevi exserto, stigmate majusculo 

 capitato. 



Hab : Natal, edge of streamlet, Little Noodsberg, alt. about 

 900 meters, fl. April, J. M. Wood (No. 4136) ; Trans Vaal Republic, 

 grassy places, Houtboschberg, alt. 2150 met., fl. March, R. Schlechter 

 (No. 4749). 



Flowers according to "Wood "white"; Schlechter's specimens 

 show flesh-coloured. The broadish flat leaves (like those of § Ce- 

 ra win i and the only slightly exserted stamens, are very unusual in 

 § ( }»jpsocalli$. But the lateral inflorescence separates it more strongly 

 from § Ceramia. From § Chlorocodon it diverges by its capitate not 

 peltate stigma. I should place it next to E.fucata, Klotzsch. It 

 has somewhat the general appearance of E. hispidala, L. 



Erica (§ Ceeamia) Mario thii, n. sp. — Fruticulus humilis diffuse 

 ramosus; ramuli graciles puberuli ; folia 3na ovata, marginibus 

 revolutis, pubescentia, erecto-patentia squarrosave, 2 mill, longa; 

 flores terminales solitarii (an semper ?) pedicellis gracilibus, 2 mill, 

 longis, bracteis remotis minimis ; sepala late ovata villosa, 1-5 mill, 

 longa ; corolla in alabastro ovata erecta, demum semi-globosa vel 

 depresso-globosa, nempe dimidio superiore collapso cyathi instar, 

 scaberulo-hirta, basi fossis 4 exsculptis, diametro transversali, 

 4 mill., limbi segmeatis brevibus erectis genitalia arete amplec- 

 tentibus; stamina «/serta, filamentis erectis, antheris subtermi- 

 nalibus muticis, loculis alte bifidis linearibus ; ovarium breve 

 depressum 4 lobum villosum ; stylo valido, sursum tenuiter hispido 

 uncinato-decurvo, stigmate capitato. 



Hab : Cape Colony, South-western Region, on the rocky sides of 

 the Matroosberg near the Hex River, alt. about 1550 meters, fl. 

 Aug.-Oct., Dr. R. Marloth (No. 1956). 



A well-marked species. The solitary light-red flowers are un- 

 usual in the section, and may not be constant, the specimens being 

 in poor condition. The corolla is strikingly similar in shape to that 

 of E. Guthriei, mihi (see p. 234), but the habit and leaves are very 

 different, and that has strictly terminal anthers. The anthers in 

 this are only subterminal, a character which occurs in other species 

 of Ceramia, and the plant, though with so different a corolla, has 



