diametroque, floribus sessilibus ; coma e foliis circa 30, lanceolatis acutis 
subundulatis, marginibus purpureis membranaceis, composita ; perianthii 
segmenta oblonga obtusissima viridia, interdum purpureo-notata, 
1-25 cm. longa.; stamina stylo incurvata, 0-6 cm. longa, filamentis 
lanceolatis; ovarium obovatum, 0-5 cm. longum, 0-6 cm. diam., stylo 
0-3 cm. longo. 
Cape Province: Western Region; Namaqualand, Bowesdorp, N. S. 
Pillans (Bolus Herbarium, No. 16633). 
Allied to E. nana, Ait., but differs in having shorter and more broadly 
spathulate leaves, pressed closely to the ground, and a smaller peduncle 
and raceme. 
Described from a living specimen which flowered in Mr N. S. Pillans’ 
garden, Rosebank, near Cape Town, August 1920. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES 
PLATE VII. 
A. Erica font ana, L. Bolus. B. Erica Nevillei, L. Bolus. C. Erica limosa, L. Bolus. D. Erica 
quadrisulcata, L. Bolus. E. Erica paludicola, L. Bolus. 
A, B, C, D, E. Fig. 1, node; 2, leaf; 3, flower; 4, bracts and calyx; 5, sepal; 6, corolla; 
7, anther, side view; 8, anther, back view; 8a, anther, front view; 9, gvnaeceum — - 
variously enlarged. 
PLATE VIII. 
A. Erica saxatilis, L. Bolus. B. Erica cincta, L. Bolus. C. Erica montana, L. Bolus. D. Erica 
coruscans, L. Bolus. E. Erica coruscans, L. Bolus, var. minor. F. Erica utriculosa, 
L. Bolus. 
A, B, C, D, E, F. Fig. 1, node; 2, leaf, back view; 2a, leaf, front view; 3, flower; 4, bracts 
and calyx; 5, sepal; 6, corolla; 7, anther, side view; 8, anther, back view; 8a, anther, 
front view; 9, gynaeceum. 
PLATE IX. 
A. Erica fervida, L. Bolus. B. Erica autumnalis, L. Bolus. C. Erica annectens, Guthrie and 
Bolus. D. Erica Eylesii, L. Bolus. E. Erica Duthieae, L. Bolus. 
A, B, C, D, E. Fig. 1, node; 2, leaf; 3, flower; 4, bracts and calyx; 5, sepal; 6, corolla; 7, anther, 
side view; 8, anther, back view; 9, gynaeceum. 
ERRATA. 
Page 73, for PI. Ill, D. read PI. Ill, E. 
Plate III. For D. Erica Eustacei, L. Bolus read D. Erica brachysepala, Guthrie and Bolus ; 
and for E. Erica brachysepala, Guthrie and Bolus read E. Erica Eustacei, L. Bolus. 
