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vel patentia, imbricata linearia acuta glabra, 0-5 — 1 cm. longa, 0-1 cm. 
lata, petiolo ad 0-2 cm. longo; flores pseudo-axillares, patentes vel 
• nutantes; pedicelli 0-4 — 0-5 cm. longi; bracteae 3, duae supra medium, 
tertia minor, medio pedicelli positae, foliaceae lineares, 0-25 — 0-4 cm. 
longae; sepala lineari-subulata acuta, foliacea vel rubro-colorata, 
0-4 — 0-5 cm. longa ; corolla campanulato-obconica, breviter pubescens, 
saturate rosea, 0-8 cm. longa, 0-9 cm. diam., segmentis ovatis obtusis, 
0-4 cm. longis; antherae inclusae subovatae, basi obliquae, decurrente 
denticulatae, 0-15 cm. longae, poro dimidium cellae excedente; stigma 
capita-turn, manifestum vel brevissime exsertum; ovarium obconicum, 
infra glabrum, superne cano-villosum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; ? Caledon Div. Bought 
fresh in Cape Town, Nov. 1906 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 14027). 
Allied to E. axilliflora, Barth, but differs in having longer and 
narrower sepals, and the corolla much more widened at the mouth. 
Plate X B. 
E. Ethelae, L. Bolus (§ Evanthe), E. glandulosae, var. /3. affinis, sed foliis 
3- natis, corolla glabra, ore haud ampliata, antheris aristatis differt. 
Fruticulus erectus, ramis 20 cm. longis, ad 0-2 cm. diam., pilosis, • 
pilis patentibus vel reflexis, inaequilongis, longioribus simplicibus, 
ceteris obscure plumosis; folia 3-nat-a erecta, saepius internodiis aequi- 
longa, linearia acuta sulcata glabra ciholata, 0-2 : — 0-5 cm. longa, 0-05 — 
0-1 cm. lata; flores 3-nat-i, fere erecti vel cernui; pedicelli pilosi, pilis 
glanduliferis interjectis, 0-3 cm. longi; bracted 3, duae approximatae, 
tertia subapproximata, 0-15 cm. longae; sepala erecta linearia acuta, 
apice carinat-a, glanduloso-ciliata, vix 0-3 cm. longa; corolla tubiformis, 
basin versus parum at-tenuata, faucibus vix contracta, glabra, 1 — 1-1 
cm. longa, segmentis erectis rotundatis, 0-1 cm. longis; antherae sub- 
exsertae vel exsertae, lineari-oblongae, basi obliquae, obtusae, vix 
0-2 cm. longae, aristatae, aristis cellae dimidio brevioribus, poro cellae 
dimidium aequante; stylus exsertus, stigmate capitellato; ovarium 
4- loculare subglobosum glabrum. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; near Port Elizabeth, Ethel 
West, 295. 
A very distinct species, nearest E. glandulosa, Thunb. var. /3, brevi- 
jlora, but differs in having 3-nate leaves, glabrous corolla not widened 
at the mouth, and aristate anthers. Plate X C. 
E. dulcis, L. Bolus (§ Evanthe), E. perspicuae proxime accedit, sed corolla 
obconica breviore distinguitur. 
Fruticulus erectus, ramis elongat-is gracilibus, junioribus pilosis, 
pilis patentibus simplicibus; folia 4-nata adscendentia imbricata line- 
aria subacuta, obscure sulcata, ciliata, juniora pilosa, 0-2 cm. longa, 
