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Allied to some of the forms of E. campanulata, but differs in having 
thicker sepals, longer straw-coloured corolla, subexserted aristate anthers, style 
well exserted and capitate stigma. 
2. Erica Hameriana, L. Bolus ( Euerica , § Oroplianes). E. sitienti 
affinis sed pedicellis multo longioribus, floribus majoribus, antheris aristatis 
differt. 
Suffruticosa, ramis pubescentibus, demum glabris, ad 40 cm. longis ; folia 
adscendentia vel erecta, saepissime imbricata, 4nata, breviter petiolata, linearia 
subacuta, angustissime sulcata, glabra, 0'4-0'7 cm. longa, vix 0'1 cm. lata; 
flores 4nati, vel saepe 3-lnati, patentes vel adscendentes, cremesini, pedicellis 
glabris, ad 0'8 cm. longis ; bracteolae 3, infima pedicelli medio vel infra, aliae 
supra medium positae, lineari-lanceolatae, scariosae, O' 15-02 cm. longae, 
sepala subulata, longe attenuata, glabra, margine scariosa, inconspicue ciliata, 
0'5 cm. longa; corolla obliqua tubularis, basi attenuata, fauce leviter constricta, 
1'2 cm. longa, segmentis rotundatis, albis vel tubo pallidioribus, O' 1 5 cm. 
longis ; antherae inclusae, parum supra basin dorsifixae, late ovatae, hispidulae, 
atro-purpureae, 0'07 cm. longae, poro vix dimidio cellae, aristatae, aristis 
ciliatis, cella longioribus ; ovarium 41oculare obconicum glabrum, 0'2 cm. 
longum, stigmate exserto capitellato. 
Cape Colony: South-Western Region ; Caledon Division, probably near 
Sir Lowry’s Pass; bought from the flower-sellers in Cape Town, Feb., 
N. S. Pillans, 1079. 
Suffruticose, the branches pubescent, finally glabrous, up to 40 cm. long ; 
leaves ascending or erect, usually imbricate, 4nate, shortly petiolate, linear 
subacute, very narrowly sulcate, glabrous, 0'4-0'7 cm. long, scarcely 0T cm. 
broad ; flowers 4nate, or often 3-lnate, spreading or ascending, crimson, the 
pedicels glabrous, up to 0'8 cm. long ; bracteoles 3, the lowest medial or below 
the middle of the pedicel, the others above the middle, linear-lanceolate, 
scariose, 0'15-0'2 cm. long; sepals subulate, attenuate, glabrous, the margin 
scariose, inconspicuously ciliate, 0'5 cm. long ; corolla oblique tubular, narrowed 
at the base, slightly constricted at the throat, 1'2 cm. long, the segments 
rounded, white or paler than the tube, 0'15 cm. long; anthers included, dorsi- 
fixed a little above the base, broadly ovate, hispidulous, dark purple, 0 07 cm. 
long, the pore less than half the length of the cell, aristate, the awns ciliate, 
longer than the cell ; ovary 4-celled obconic glabrous, 0'2 cm. long, stigma 
exserted capitellate. 
Allied to E. sitiens but differs in having much longer pedicels, laigei 
flowers, and aristate anthers. 
Named in honour of Mr A. Handel Hamer, an ardent worker in the cause 
of the protection of wild flowers. 
