20 AN ENUMERATION OF THE BEUNIACEJE [RdSpalia 



Leafy twigs 3 mm. thick ; flower-head orange- 

 red, 4-5 mm. in diameter ; bracts much 



shorter than the flowers (7) Dregeana. 



Leaves tomentellous ventrally. 



Leafy twigs li-2 mm. thick (5) passerinoides. 



*''= Leaves acutely keeled dorsally, deltoid, acute. 



Leafy twigs 2 mm. thick ; leaves inconspicuously 



downy. Habit decumbent (3) angulata. 



Leafy twigs ^-1 mm. thick ; leaves more or less 

 glabrous. Habit erect. 



Leaves ^1 mm. long ; petals spreading (8) trigyna. 



Leaves 1^-2 mm. long; petals incurved .... (9) Schlechteri. 

 ^■:^^ Leaves obtusely keeled, rhombic, obtuse. 



Leafy twigs 2 mm. thick. Flower-heads woolly 



(1) microphylla. 



1. E. MiCEOPHYLLA Brong. I.e. t. 37, f. 1. B. teres B. Meyer, 

 op. cit. 215. Baspailia micropliylla Walp. Eep. I. c. Baspailia 

 teres E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfi. Doc. 116. Berardia micro- 

 pliylla Sender, op. cit. 320. Nebelia micropliylla 0. Kuntze, Kev. 

 Gen. i. (1891), 233. Brunia micropliylla Thunb. Prod. Cap. 187; 

 Diss. Brun. 6-7. 



Coast Eegion. — Paarl Div. : French Hoek, 4000 ft., Schlechter, 

 9270 ! Worcester Div. : Dutoit's Kloof, 3000-4000 ft., Drege, 

 6869, partly ! (The remaining refer to Grisebachia incana, Klotsch, 

 an Ericaceous plant.) Stellenbosch Div. : Hottentot's Holland 

 Mountains, Carmichael I Sir Dowry's Pass, 1200-1600 ft.. Bolus, 

 5547 ! Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr. 100 ! Schlechter, 5389 ! Caledon 

 Div. : Tops of mountains, Baviaan's Kloof, near Genadendal, 

 Burchell, 7679 ! stony mountain places near Genadendal, 3000- 

 4000 ft., Drege ! Schlechter, 9850 ! slopes of the Zwartberg, Boioie ! 

 Bolus, 6905 ! 7388 ! Vogelgat, 3000 ft., Schlechter, 9563 ! 



Without Locality. — Zeylier ! Masson ! 



2. E. AFFiNis Niedenzu, op. cit. Berardia affinis Sender, Fl- 

 Cap. ii. 320 (not Brongniart). Nebelia Sonderiana O. Kuntze, 

 Eev. Gen. i. 233 (1891). 



I have not seen this species, but according to Sender it is 

 "like B. micropliylla, but distinguished by the obtuse, 1 line long, 

 canaliculate leaves and imbricate villous heads ; ovary pubescent ; 

 stamens not seen." He quotes Wupperthal, 1500-2000 ft., as the 

 locality, and specimen 6867 of Drege. 



3. IE. ANGULATA Niedenzu, I. c. (not E. Meyer). B. struthio- 

 loides Sender, op), cit. 320, in syn. Baspailia struthioloides Presl, 

 Bot. Bemerk. 40. Berardia angulata Sender, op. cit. 320. Nebelia 

 angulata, 0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. i. 233 (1891). 



Coast Eegion.— Worcester Div. : Dutoit's Kloof, 3000-4000 ft., 

 Drege, Herb. Keio, 6868 ! 



4. E. ASPERA E. Meyer, op. cit. 215 ; Niedenzu, I. c. Baspailia 

 aspera E. Meyer, op. cit. 110. Berardia aspera Sender, op. cit. 

 321. Nebelia aspera O. Kuntze, I. c. 



t The specimens of Drege so named at Kew are identical with Erica 

 modcsta Salisb. 



