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from which it differs chiefly in the shorter and broader corolla, and the 
shorter and broader anthers which are decurrent-denticulate. 
E. tenax, L. Bolus (§ Pleurocalhs). E. Hibbertiae affinis, sed foliis 7-natis, 
bracteis brevioribus, sepahs longioribus, antheris longioribus angustiori- 
busque, denticulatis, dentibus decurrentibus, distinguitur. 
Erecta, ramis virgatis, brevissime tomentosis, dense foliosis, ad 23 cm. 
longis, 04 cm. diam.; folia fere erecta vel inferiora patentia, 7-nata 
linearia acuta, angustissime sulcata, glabra, sat viscida, ad 1 cm. longa, 
saepius 0-1 cm. lata, petiolo fere ad 02 cm. longo; pedunculi adscendentes, 
demum patentes, cum bracteis, sepalis, corollaque, viscidissimi, 1-5 cm. 
longi; bracteae 3, infima parutn supra medium posita, ceterae intermediae, 
lanceolato-subulatae, 0-35 cm. longae; sepala lanceolata, longe attenuata, 
coriacea foliacea, 1-3 cm. longa; corolla leviter obliqua, faucibus contracta, 
superne puberula, saturate viridis, cum segmentis rotundatis, 0-2 cm. 
longis, ad 2-7 cm. longa; antherae manifestae vel subexsertae, lineares 
subacutae, basi vix obhquae, circa 0-3 cm. longae, poro dimidium lobi 
excedente, filamento in connectivum 2-denticulatum ampliato; ovarium 
subobovatum glabrum, 0-3 cm. longum, stigmate capitellato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Palmiet River 
Valley, fl. Jan., T. P. Stolcoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17623). 
Very like E. Hibbertia, Andr., in having extremely viscid flowers, long 
peduncles and a glabrous ovary, but easily distinguished by the 7-nate 
leaves, shorter bracts, longer sepals, longer and narrower anthers which 
are decurrent-denticulate. Plate I, B. 
E. Thomae, L. Bolus (§ Pleurocalhs). E. tenaci affinis, sed pedunculissepalisque 
brevioribus, corollae tubo infra medium contracto 4-sulcatoque, antheris 
angustioribus et magis acutis, distinguitur. 
Erecta, ramis breviter griseo-tomentosis, ad 30 cm. longis, 0-5 cm. 
diam., dense foliosis; folia adscendentia, fere erecta, 7-nata linearia acuta, 
angustissime sulcata, glabra, leviter viscida, cum petiolo 0-2 cm. longo, 
1-5 — 2 cm. longa, saepius 0-1 cm. lata; pedunculi adscendentes, demum 
patentes, 0-9 cm. longi, cum bracteis, sepalis, corollaque, viscidissimi; 
bracteae 3, infima circa medium posita, ceterae approximatae vel sub- 
approximatae, lanceolatae, 0-3 cm. longae; sepala lineari-lanceolata, 
longe attenuata, coriacea fohacea, 0-8 — 1 cm. longa; corolla subobliqua, 
inferne 4-sulcata leviterque constricta, quasi apicibus sepalorum, deinde 
superne gradatim amphata, scaberula alba, cum segmentis late ovatis, 
0-2 cm. longis, 2-5 — 3 cm. longa; antherae manifestae vel subexsertae, 
lineares, acutae vel acuminatae, basi obliquae, obscure denticulatae, denti- 
bus decurrentibus, 0-3 cm. longae, poro lobi dimidium parum excedente; 
ovarium subobovatum glabrum, circa 0-3 cm. longum, stylo basi dilatato, 
stigmate capitellato. 
B. H. 
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