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0-25 cm. diam. ; folia erecta 4-nata, dense imbricata, in longitudinem 
8 definitas series formantia, linearia acuta sulcata, sulco angustissimo, 
glabra glauco-viridia, saepius 0-8 cm. longa cum petiolo 0-15 cm. longo; 
flores 4-nati, in ramis adscendentibus brevibus lateralibus, ad 1 cm. 
longis, dispositi, 4 — 6 foliis expansis roseis viridi-apiculatis bracteiformi- 
bus, ad 0-5 cm. longis, involucrati; pedunculi saepius decurvati, pubes- 
centes, pilis brevissimis, 0-8— 1-2 cm. longi; bracteae 3, roseo-rubrae, 
infima oblongo-ovata acuta, 0-7 cm. longa, parum supra dimidium posita, 
ceterae subapproximatae lanceolatae, 0-6 cm. longae; sepala erecta 
ovata roseo-rubra, 0-3 — 0-4 cm. longa; corolla urceolata rubra viscidis- 
sima, 0-8 — 0-9 cm. longa, cum segmentis patentibus rotundatis, 015— 
0- 2 cm. longis; stamina inclusa, filamentis sub antheris extensis, basi 
conspicue dilatatis, 0-5 cm. longis, antberis linearibus subacutis aristatis, 
arista poroque dimidium lobi aequantibus, 0-2 cm. longis; ovarium globo- 
sum glabrum, 0-2 cm. diam., stigmate capitellato, apicem corollae fere 
attingente. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Barrydale, mountains, fl. 
Aug. 1923. Comm. G. H. Lewis (Bolus Herbarium, No. 15198). 
Erica sociorum, L. Bolus (§ Trigemma). Nana, sat robusta, ramis decumbenti- 
bus, ad 20 cm. longis, ramulis adscendentibus, minute pubescentibus, 
floriferis 1 — 4 cm. longis; folia adscendentia vel patenti-recurvata, saepe 
falcata, dense imbricata, 3-nata linearia acuta, rigide apiculata, glabra 
luteo-viridia subcoriacea, sulco angustissimo, ad 0-2 cm. lata, 0-/ 
1- 3 cm. longa sine petiolo ad 0-2 cm. longo; flores rite 3-nati vel abortione 
pauciores, terminales; pedunculi fere erecti, minute pubescentes, ad 
0-6 cm. longi; bracteae 3, lineares acutae pallidae, ad 0 - 5 cm. longae, 
infima remota, ceterae parum infra medium positae; sepala lanceolata, 
longe acuminata, glabra pallida, 0-7 — 0-8 cm. longa; corolla subtubi- 
formis, faucibus leviter contracta, glabra, pallidissime viridis, ad 1 cm. 
longa, segmentis erectis rotundatis, vix 0-1 cm. longis; antherae inclusae 
dorsifixae lineares acutae, basi obliquae, 0-2 cm. longae vel ultra, aristatae, 
aristis dimidio lobi aequilongis vel parum brevioribus, poro dimidium 
excedente; ovarium obovatum glabrum, stylo bene exserto, stigmate 
capitellato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Cape Peninsula, krantzes 
on south side of Noord Hoek Mountain, fl. Feb., A. S. Pillnns, 4130, 
E. L. Stephens. _ .. 
Blaeria Muirii, L. Guthrie, B. dumosae affinis, sed ramis puberulis, corol ae 
lobis circa stamina conniventibus, ovario pubescente, differt. 
Fruticulus ca. 35 cm. altus, ramis adscendentibus puberulis ; o la 
erecta adpressa 3-nata lineari-oblonga glabra, marginibus W 
minute ciliolatis, breviter petiolata, 0-15 0-23 cm. longa, ca. /cm. 
