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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
leviter revol utis, undulatis, minute spinelloso-serrulatis, supra saturate 
viridia nitentiaque, subtus, nervo medio excepto, arete araneoso-tomentosa, 
tomento candido, lamina 2 — 16 cm. longa, fere ad 3 cm., saepius 1 — 2 cm., 
lata ; pedunculus superne pubescens, 9 — 35 cm. longus, 3 — 5 foliis anguste 
linearibus, longe acuminatis, glabris, 10 — 1 cm. longis, onustus; involu- 
crum basi profunde intrusum, parce pubescens, segmentis exterioribus 
linearibus acuminatis ciliatis, ealyeem excedentibus, interioribus multo 
longioribus, setaceo-acuminatis, 1 — 2 cm., in cultis 2 — 3 cm., longis; re- 
ceptaculum conicum; ligulae aureae immaculatae, subtus sordide viridi- 
vittatae, circa 2-5 cm., vel in cultis ad 3-5 cm., longae, 1 cm. latae; corolla 
floris disci gracilis, superne leviter ampliata, 0-5 — 0-8 cm. longa, segmentis 
lanceolato-linearibus acutis; aebaenia obliqua, crebre costata, circa 0-3 cm. 
longa, pappi squamis anguste linearibus, longe setaceoque acuminatis. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Albany Div., Port Alfred 
Beach, fl. Jan. 1907, Geo. Potts (Grey College Herbarium, 220); 11. July 
1908, J. Burtt Davy, 7900. Kowie West, Parker (National Botanic 
Gardens, No. 1 fP). 
This species was sent to the National Botanic Gardens in 1917 and has 
now so thoroughly established itself there that self-sown plants are to be 
found in flower throughout the year, especially during the dry summer 
months, as if they were wild. 
Erica latituba, L. Bolus (§ Evanthe). E. unicolori affinis, sed corolla breviore 
latioreque, antheris brevioribus latioribusque, minute denticulatis, denti- 
bus decurrentibus differt. 
Erecta, exempla visa ad 20 cm. longa, ramis adscendentibus pubescenti- 
bus, pilis patentibus albis, sat longis, floriferis dense foliosis, saepius 
1 — 2 cm. longis; folia adscendentia 4-nata linearia, superne leviter angus- 
tata, sulco inconspicuo, glabra ciliata, pilis patentibus albis longis, cum 
petiolo 0-2 cm. longo, ad 1 cm. longa; flores adscendentes vel patentes, 
4-nati vel abortione 1 — 3-nati, pedunculis vix 0-2 cm. longis; bracteae 3, 
approximatae lineares ciliatae foliaceae, infima 0-3 cm., superiores 0-5 cm., 
longae; sepala bracteis simillima, ad 0-6 cm. longa; corollae tubus infra 
medium leviter dilatatus, faucibus vix contractus, haud vel vix obliquus, 
pubescens, pilis sparsis albis, sat longis, cum lobis erectis semiorbiculari- 
bus, circa 0-15 cm. longis, ad 1-5 cm. longus, manu expansus ad 0-7 cm. 
diam. ; stamina inclusa, antheris lateralibus subovatis obtusis, minute 
denticulatis, dentibus decurrentibus, 0-1 cm. longis vel parum ultra, poro 
dimidium lobi excedente; ovarium subobovatum glabrum, 0-2 cm. longum, 
stigmate demum exserto capita to. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div.?. Obtained at 
the Caledon Wild-Plower Show, Sept. 1908, N. S. Pillans, 1451. 
Very distinct in the section, and perhaps nearest to E. unicolor, Wendl., 
