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0-25 cm. longi; bracteae 3, duae medianae, tertia major basalis, 0-1 
O' 2 cm. longae, sepala erecta oblonga subacuta, supra basin le viter 
constricta, apiC6 cannatia, ciliata, vix 0*2 cm. longaj corolla cyathi- 
formis glabra, fere 0-3 cm. longa, segmentis erectis rotundatis, vix 
0-1 cm. longis; antherae inclusae, anguste ovatae obtusae, basi obliquae 
dilute brunneae, poro cellae dimidio breviore, aristatae, aristis ciliolatis 
albidis, cellae dimidio longiori bus; stigma exsertum capitatum; ovarium 
globosum glabrum. 
Natal: Eastern Mountain Province; Drakensbergen, Mont-aux- 
Sources, alt. 10,000 ft., fi. April, E. Dyke (in Herb. Marloth, 5363). 
Allied to E. salax, Salisb., but differs in having a basal bract, longer 
corolla, with the segments much shorter than the tube, shorter anther- 
pore, and smaller exserted stigma. Plate XII C. 
E. Pearsoniana, L. Bolus (§ Polycodon), E. rhodanthae affinis, sed foliis longiori- 
bus, ramulis floriferis vix evolutis, pedicellis longioribus, antheris 
manifestis differt. 
Fruticulus ramosus, ad 30 cm. altus; rami erecti vel adscendentes, 
juniores minute pubescentes capillis plumosis; folia 3-nata erecta im- 
bricata petiolata, petiolo 0-1 cm. longo, linearia acuta, glabra vel cilio- 
lata, inconspicue sulcata, 0-8 — 1 cm. longa, 0-1 cm. lata; flores 3-nati, 
patentes vel cernui, in ramulis axillaribus, valde abbreviatis dispositi, 
rosei; pedicellus minute floccoso-pubescens roseus, 0-5 cm. longus; 
bracteolae 3, 1 medio pedicelli vel parum infra, 2 supra medium positae, 
ovatae scariosae pallidae, 0-1 cm. longae; sepala bracteolis similia, sed 
suborbicularia, 0-15 cm. longa, fere 0-2 cm. lata; corolla cyathiformis, 
sulcis 4, sepalis oppositis, vix 0-3 cm. longa, limbo tubo subaequilongo, 
segmentis erectis obtusis; antherae manifestae dorsifixae semi-ovatae 
scaberulae atro-brunneae muticae, 0-1 cm. longae, poro dimidio cellae 
breviore; ovarium depresso-globosum, dense cano-pubescens,4-loculare, 
0-1 cm. diam., stigmate subcyat.hiformi, vix 0-05 cm. diam. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Mossel Bay Div., J. Muir, 
1303. 
Allied to E. rhodantha, Guthrie and Bolus, but differs in having 
longer leaves, the flowering branchlets scarcely developed so that the 
3-flowered tufts appear to be lateral, longer pedicels, and manifest 
anthers. In general appearance recalls E. lavandulifolia, Salisb. Plate 
XIII B. 
E. arenaria, L. Bolus (§ Arsace), E. salad affinis, corolla subcrateriformis, sed 
antheris late ovatis, stylo longe exserto, stigmate capitato, ovaiio 
hispido differt. 
Fruticulus ramosus, circa 25 cm. altus ; ramuli pedicellique tomentosi, 
capillis plumosis; folia 3-nata, patentia vel patenti-recurvata, lineaii- 
