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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
senioribus cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum conspicue notatis; folia 
4-nata erecta, dense imbricata, linearia subacuta, ad 0-5 cm. longa, 
petiolo 0-1 cm. longo; flores 4-nati, ad apices ramulorum aggregati; 
pedunculi decnrvati, tenuiter tomentosi, 0-6 cm. longi, bracteis 2, medio 
vel supra medium positis, ad 0-3 cm. longis; sepala ovata subapiculata 
pectinato-ciliolata colorata, 0-3 cm. longa; corolla subcyathiformis ore 
vix contracta, basi tetragona, sulcis sepalis oppositis, glabra vel pube- 
rula, 035cm. longa, segmentis oblongis, apice rotundatis, tubum aequan- 
tibus vel parum excedentibus; stamina inclusa, antheris suboblongis 
obt.usis, basi obliquis, fere 0-1 cm. longis, anguste cristatis, poro dimi- 
diurn lobi excedente; ovarium depresse globosum hispidulum, praecipue 
apicem versus, stylo corolla breviore, stigmate capitato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Stanford, 
fl. Nov., T. P. Stokoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 16070). 
Allied to E. irregularis, Benth., but differs in having shorter and 
more densely imbricate leaves, flowers collected towards the end of the 
branches (as in E. seriphiifolia, Salisb.) and smaller, two bracts, and 
the ovary hispidulous. 
Described from dried specimens. Flowers pink. (PI. iv, d.) 
Erica Goatcheriana, L. Bolus, E. lanipedi affinis, sed robustior, foliis crassiori- 
bus subglaucis, ramis ramulisque dense tomentosis, pedunculis multo 
brevioribus crassioribusque, corolla angustiore, segmentis multo breviori- 
basi vix cordatis. 
Fruticulus erectus robustus, ramis dense foliosis, ad 30 cm. longis, 
0-3 cm. diam., cum ramulis pedunculisque dense cano-tomentosis, 
capillis barbellatis; folia adscendentia vel erecta, linearia subacuta 
glabra, minute ciliolata, subglauca, dense imbricata, 0-4 — 0-9 cm. 
longa; pedunculi decurvati, 0-8 cm. longi, bracteis duobus medio, 
tertia parum infra medium positis, obovato-oblongis apiculatis glabris, 
0-6 cm. longis; sepala obovato-oblonga vel ovalia, 0-6 — 0-7 cm. longa; 
corolla elongato-urceolata, ad os gradatim angustata, glabra, 1 cm. 
longa, segmentis leviter patentibus vel suberectis, apice rotundatis, 
0-15 cm. longis; stamina inclusa, filamentis complanatis, 0-3 cm. longis, 
fere 0-1 cm. latis, antheris lineari-lanceolatis acutis, basi obliquis, 
0-25 cm. longis, cristatis, cristis rotundatis crenulatis, poro lobi dimidio 
aequilongo; ovarium globosum glabrum, stylo incluso, stamina parum 
excedente, stigmate simplici. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Ceres Div., fl. Oct. (Bolus 
Herbarium, No. 16653). Obtained at the Cape Town Wild Flower Show, 
Oct. 1920. 
Allied to E. lanipes, Guthr. and Bolus, but may be distinguished by 
the more robust habit, thicker, rather glaucous leaves, tomentose 
