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ovatae, basi conspicue obliquae, aristatae, aristis poroque dimidio lobi 
aequilongis; ovarium subglobosum, apicem versus hispidum, stylo 
exserto, stigmate simplice. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., “in shaded 
damp rock-crevices,” near Stanford, fl. April, T. P. Stokoe (Bolus Her- 
barium, No. 15935). 
Allied to E. physophylla, Benth., but distinguished by having shorter 
hairs on the leaves, longer peduncles, two bracts, both being remote 
and much smaller, exserted style, and hispid ovary. 
Erica saxatilis, L. Bolus (§ Orophanes). Nana gracilis, 8 — 12 cm. alta, ramis 
ramulisque adscendentibus pubescentibus, ad 4 cm. longis ; folia patentia 
vel adscendentia, 4-nata, dense imbricata, lineari-lanceolata griseo- 
pubescentia, demum glabrescentia, saepe apice pilo glandulifero onusta, 
leviter inflata, sulco basin versus parum ampliato, ad 0-25 cm. longa; 
flores rite 4-nati, abortione pauciores; pedunculi adscendentes gracillimi 
pubescentes, pilis glanduliferis longioribus intermixtis, 0-4 — 0-6 cm.longi; 
bracteae 3, remotae, infima subspathulata, ad 0-25 cm. longa, ceterae 
minores; sepala lineari-lanceolata acuta, parce pubescentia, ciliata pilis 
distantibus longis glanduliferis, 0-3 cm. longa; corolla tubiformis, fauci- 
bus leviter contracta; glabra, ex siccis sordide carnea, 1 cm. longa, lobis 
rotundatis, vix 0-2 cm. longis; antherae manifestae vel subexsertae, 
dorsifixae lineares acutae, basi obliquae, 0-2 cm. longae, aristatae, aristis 
latis, tertium lobi parum excedentibus, poro dimidio lobi minore ; ovarium 
obovatum, apice concavum, glabrum vel apicem versus parce albo- 
pubescens, stylo exserto, stigmate capitellato. 
Cape Province; South-Western Region; Ceres Div., Mitchells Peak, 
Mitchells Pass, “growing on rocks, rare,” alt. 4500 ft., fl. Dec. 1920, 
T. P. Stokoe, 66. 
Erica montana, L. Bolus (§ Orophanes). Rami ramulique adscendentes, fere 
erecti, pubescentes, ad 27 cm. longi; folia saepissime erecta, internodiis 
parum longioribus, 4-nata linearia acuta, anguste sulcata, glabra, 
0-4 — 0-7 cm. longa, cum petiolo 0-1 cm. longo; flores solitarii vel 2-nati, 
apicem versus ramorum, ramulos perbreves terminantes, dispositae, 
pedunculi minute pubescentes, 0-7 cm. longi; bracteae 3, infima lemota, 
ceterae parum infra medium positae, vix 0-1 cm. excedenres, sepala 
lanceolata acuta, glabra vel rarius minute pubescentia, ciliata rubra, 
0*2 cm. longa; corolla suburceolata glabra rosea, 0-7 0-8 cm. longa, 
segmentis ovatis obtusis, 0-12 cm. longis; antherae mclusae dorsifixae 
ovatae, 0-12 cm. longae, aristatae, aristis latis ciliatis, lobo fere aequi 
longis, poro tertium lobi aequante; ovarium obovatum glabrum, inter 
dum imperfecte 8-loculare, stylo exserto, stigmate capitellato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; mountains between \\ or- 
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