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corolla crateriformis, parce pubescens, dilute rosea, 0-25 cm. longa, tubo 
inconspicue quadrisulcato, segmentis patentibus, late ovatis, tubo fere 
aequilongis; antherae inclusae vel manifestae, dorsifixae muticae ob- 
longae, basi subprolatae, obtusae, poro dimidio lobi minore; ovarium 
depresse globosum glabrum, stylo corolla multo breviore, stigmate 
capitellato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Cape Peninsula, Steenberg, 
“plentiful among Restionaceae and other plants in the marsh above the 
reservoir,” fl. Oct., N. S. Pillans, 4108. 
Erica paludicola, L. Bolus (§ Ephebus). Fruticulus gracillimus, ad 1 met. 
altus vel ultra, saepius 0-2 — 0-3 met. altus, ramis adscendentibus, cum 
ramulis filiformibus, glabris brunneis; folia adscendentia, patentia vel 
recurvata, rite 3-nata, anguste linearia, acuta glabra, 0-3— 0-5 cm. longa, 
sine petiolo 0-05 cm. longo, internodiis saepius foliis parum brevioribus; 
flores solitarii vel rarius 2-nati, sat pauci, ramulos laterales breves 
terminantes; pedunculi minute pubescentes, 0-2 cm. longi; bracteae 
3, minutae, inhma basalis, superiores parum supra basin positae; sepala 
subulata acuta, minute pubescentia, 0-2 cm. longa ; corolla cyathiformis, 
breviter parceque pubescens, rosea, 0-5 cm. longa, cum segmentis erectis, 
late ovatis, obtusis, 0-15 cm. longis; antherae inclusae dorsifixae muticae 
ovato-oblongae acutae, scaberulae, saturate brunneae, 0-12 cm. longae, 
poro minore dimidio lobi; ovarium subobovatum glabrum, 0-12 cm. 
longum, stigmate exserto capitellato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Cape Peninsula, marshy 
ground, middle part of Silver Mine Valley, fl. March, N. S. Pillans, 
4126. 
Described from several dried specimens. The general appearance of 
the plant is similar to that of E. cyrillaejlora, Salisb., from which, 
however, it differs in several respects. 
Erica utriculosa, L. Bolus (§ Ceramia). Nana, e basi ramosa, interdum caespi- 
tosa, ramis decumbentibus vel prostratis, pubescentibus, pilis glanduli- 
feris intermixtis, ad 8 cm. longis, internodiis 0-1 — 0-7 cm. longis; folia 
saepius patentia 3-nata utriculoso-inflata, suborbicularia vel ovata vel 
oblongo-ovata, marginibus veris recurvatis, breviter denseque ciliatis, 
falsis distanter glanduloso- ciliatis, interdum paucis pilis glanduliferis 
pagina sparsis, aliter glabra, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. longa, sine petiolo ad 0T cm. 
longo; flores rite 3-nati, saepius solitarii vel 2-nati, apicem versus ra- 
morum dispositi; pedunculi brevissime pubescentes, glandulis stipitatis 
interjectis fere ad 0-5 cm. longi; bracteae 3, parvae, infima basali, ceterae 
infra medium positae; sepala ovato-lanceolata acuta glanduloso-ciliata, 
0-2 cm. longa; corolla subcyathiformis, obscure tetragona, glabra, cum 
lobis brevibus obtusis 0-25 cm. longa; antherae inclusae dorsifixae sub- 
