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and do not form congested tufts. Almost all the species of the § Evanthe 
have long-tubed flowers, excepting only a very few which are clearly 
short-tubed forms of species with long tubes. According to the Key to the 
Cape species of the genus in Flora Capensis, v. 4, p. 15, it should stand 
next to E. glandulosa, Thunb., but is quite unlike that species in appear- 
ance and structure. I am indebted for specimens to Miss A. M. Krige, 
who obtained it from one of the numerous flower-sellers in Cape Town. 
Erica Pillansii, Bolus, n. sp. (§ Evanthe, Salisb.). 
E. affinis E. Mertensianm, WenclL, differt pedicellis brevioribus, floribus 
plerisque soUtariis, corollis brevioribus ptibescentibits, antheins inclusis, 
ovario hirsuto. 
Eami adscendentes pubescentes, ramulis brevissimis floriferis plerique 
induti ; folia 4-na imbricata erecta linearia vel subfiliformia acuta, dorso 
vix vel raro sulcata, minute puberula, 0-5-0-7 cm. longa, 0-05 cm. lata ; 
flores terminales solitarii vel rarius 2-3-ni ; pedicelli 0*25 cm. longi ; 
bractese 2 mediae, 1 remota, minutse lanceolatae scariosae ; sepala ovata 
lanceolatave acuta mucronata scariosa puberula ciliolata, 0*3 cm. longa ; 
corolla subbucciniformis leviter incurva, extus puberula coccinea, 1-1-4 cm. 
longa, limbi segmentis oblongis obtusis concoloribus, 0*25 cm. longis; 
stamina inclusa, faucem attingentia vix perspicua ; filamenta capillaria ; 
antherse oblongae rectae, supra basin ad filamentum affixse, 0*08 cm. longae, 
poro f longitudinis cellulae, aristis subulatis acuminatis pendulis, 0*035 cm. 
longis; stylus breviter exsertus ; stigma capitatum ; ovarium hirsutum, 
pilis longis crassis albis. 
Hab. : Cape Colony, Caledon Div., fl. May-Jan., Fillans, 585 ! 
Nearly allied to E. Mertensiana, Wendl., but differing as noted above. 
That species is only known to me from Klotzsch's ample description and 
was founded on specimens from an English garden. The present species 
resembles at first sight E. cruenta, Soland., but differs by its mostly longer 
and slenderer leaves, by its shorter pedicels, shorter corolla, and hirsute 
ovary. It appears to be abundant, having lately been sold in the streets 
of Cape Town. 
Erica serratifolia, Andr. Col. Heaths, t. 58 ; Heathery, t. 44. , 
Var. : subnuda, Bolus, n. var. ; characteribus typi sed foliis calyci- 
busque margine nudo vel junioribus interdum ciliatis, bracteis scariosis 
minoribus. 
Hab. : Cape Colony, Caledon Div., mountains between Caledon and 
Hermanns, fl. May, Sept., N. S. Pillans, 228 ! 1334 ! 
E. serratifolia is only known, and was described, from garden speci- 
mens ; the peculiar plumose hairs mentioned by Wendland and figured by 
him in his Eric. Ic. fasc, 12, t. 5, may possibly have been the result of 
