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lares, patentes vel cernui; pedicelli apicem versus leviter incrassati, 
pilosi, pilis patentibus, 1-4 — 1-6 cm. longi; bracteae scariosae roseo- 
coloratae, duae par u in supra, tertia parum infra medium positae, 
elliptico-oblongae, apice carinatae, 0-4 — 0-5 cm. longae; sepala erecta, 
anguste ovata, acuta carinata rosea, 0-7 cm. longa; corolla urceolata 
vel globoso-urceolata, obtuse 4-gona, glabra, 0-8 — 0-9 cm. longa, seg- 
ments erectis rotundatis, 0-2 cm. longis, sinubus excavatis; stamina 
inclusa, antheris lineari-oblongis, basi obliquis, pubescentibus, pilis 
patentibus brevissimis, 0-2 cm. longis, cristatis, cristis acutis subin- 
tegris, poro dimidium cellae parum excedente; stigma demum exsertum 
subcapitatum; ovarium 4-loculare globoso-ovoideum glabrum. 
Cape Province : ? Caledon Div. ; obtained at the Wild Flower Show, 
Caledon, Sept. 1915. (Bolus Herbarium, No. 14028.) 
Nearest E. Grisbrookii, Guth. and Bob, but differs in having 4-nate 
leaves, longer pilose pedicels, smaller flowers, sinuses of the corolla 
hollowed out, anther-crests narrower and subentire. Plate XI B. 
E. Westii, L. Bolus (§ Lamprotis), E. corifoliae affinis sed pedicellis tomentosis, 
corolla puberula, antheris angustioribus differt. 
Fruticulus erectus, ramis ad 22 cm. longis, 0-2 cm. diam. ; ramuli 
pedicellique tomentosi; folia 3-nata erecta imbricata linearia acuta 
glabra, obscure sulcata, 0-8 — 1 cm. longa, 0-1 cm. lata; flores 3-nati, 
demum cernui; pedicelli 0-4 — 0-7 cm. longi; bracteae duae medianae 
lineares acuminatae, 0-3 — 0-4 cm. longae; sepala erecta, oblonga vel 
oblongo-ovata, acuminata, apicem versus carinata, roseo-colorata, 0-55 
— 0-65 cm. longa; corolla suburceolata, faucibus vix contracta, puber- 
ula rosea, sepalis subaequilonga, segmentis erectis ovatis subobtusis, 
0-15 cm. longis; antherae inclusae, basi obliquae, lineari-oblongae acu- 
minatae, 0-15 cm. longae, cristatae, cristis incisis acuminatis, fere cellae 
aequilongis, poro dimidio cellae aequilongo vel ultra; stigma simplex; 
ovarium globosum glabrum. 
Natal: Eastern Mountain Province; Drakensbergen, Cathkin Peak, 
alt. 6850 — 7100 ft., fl. Sep. 1912, W . C. West (S.A. Museum Herb., 
No. 4573); Giant’s Castle, alt. 10,000 ft., fl. Oct., J. Wylie (J. M. Wood, 
10555 partly). 
Nearest E. corifolia, L., but differs in having tomentose pedicels, 
puberulous corolla and narrower anthers. Plate XI C. 
E. Symonsii, L. Bolus (§ Lamprotis), E. Westii affinis, sed bracteis remotis, 
corollis glabris, antheris obtusis arista'tis, basi ciliatis differt. 
Fruticulus erectus, 27 cm. altus; ramuli pedicellique tomentosi; 
folia 3-nata erecta imbricata linearia acuta glabra, 0-8 — 1-2 cm. longa, 
ad 0-1 cm. lata; flores 3-nati, demum cernui; pedicelli 0-5 cm. longi; 
bracteae duae remotae oblongae, 0-2 cm. longae; sepala erecta elliptica, 
