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imbricata 3-nata linearia acuta apiculata, anguste sulcata, viscida 
glabra, cum bracteis sepalisque pectinato-ciliata, ciliis glanduliferis, 
0-3 — 0-4 cm. longa cum petiolo 0-1 cm. longo; flores 3-nati, vel saepius 
6-nati, quasi ramulos terminantes ; pedunculi plus minusve pubescentes, 
pilis crispulatis, glanduliferis interjectis, ad 0-5 cm. longis; bracteae 3, 
infima infra medium, ceterae supra medium, positae, cum sepalis corol- 
laque viscidae, ad 0-25 cm. longae; sepala linearia rubra, 0-25 cm. longa; 
corolla globoso-urceolata pubescens, albida vel dilute rosea, faucibus 
rubro-cincta, 0-4 cm. longa, segmentis erecto-patentibus, ca. 0-1 cm. 
longis; antherae inclusae dorsifixae subovatae, basi obliquae, pallide 
brunneae, breviter aristatae, aristis basin versus de filamento decurrenti- 
bus, poro dimidium lobi excedente; ovarium obovatum stipitatum 
glabrum, stylo corolla parum breviore, stigmate capitellato. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region ; Hottentotsholland Mountains, 
Kogelberg, alt. 3500 ft., fl. Jan., T. P. StoJcoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17201). 
Erica fontana, L. Bolus (§ Ephebus). Fruticulus erectus, 23 — 35 cm. altus, 
ramis ramulisque adscendentibus, junioribus cano-pubescentibus, flori- 
feris ad 2-2 cm. longis; folia saepissime fere erecta, dense imbricata, 4-nata 
linearia acuta, anguste sulcata, tenuiter cano-pubescentia, 0-4 — 0-6 cm. 
longa; flores saepius solitarii, rarius 2-nati; pedunculi pubescentes, ad 
0-2 cm. longi; bracteae 3, infima basali, ceterae remotae, suprema longis- 
sima, pedunculo aequilonga ; sepala e basi lato linearia acuta pubescentia, 
0-3 — 0-4 cm. longa; corolla tubiformis pubescens, pilis brevissimis, 
dilute rosea, 0-8 — 1 cm. longa, lobis ovatis subacutis, 0-1 0T8 cm. 
longis; antherae inclusae dorsifixae muticae suboblongae obtusae, 
0-1 cm. longae, poro lobi dimidium aequante; ovarium subcylindricum, 
breviter stipitatum, glabrum, stylo exserto, basin versus dilatato, 
stigmate capitellato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Cape Peninsula, marshy 
ground, plateau 1 mile west of Buffels Bay, fl. Nov., N. S. Pillans, 411o. 
This may be readily distinguished from E. cyrillaeflora, Salisb., by 
its more robust and erect habit, longer sepals and corolla, exserted style, 
and by other characters. 
Erica limosa, L. Bolus (§ Ephebus). Fruticulus gracillimus, 50—75 cm. altus 
ramis ramulisque adscendentibus flexuosis filiformibus, glabris \c 
minute pubescentibus; folia saepius recurvata, rarius patentia ve 
adscendentia, 3-nata, linearia acuta, glabra vel parce pubescentia, 
anguste sulcata, 0'3 — 0-4 cm. longa, internodiis foliis brevioribus ve 
ad 1-2 cm. longis; flores solitarii, rarius 2-nati, bre\es ramulos, saepius 
decurvatos, terminantes; pedunculi glabri, ca. 0T cm. longi, bracteae ‘ , 
infima basali, ceterae remotae, pedunculo breviores, sepala late ov 
acuminata glabra ciliata, pilis glanduliferis interjectis, 0 1 cm. oi 0 
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