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E. lananthera, L. Bolus (§ Euryloma). Ab omnibus ceteris in sectione forma 
corollae distinguitur. 
Erecta, ad 28 cm. alta (ad 50 cm., fide Stokoe), ramis adscendentibus 
virgatis glabris foliosis; folia fere erecta vel patentia vel rarius recurva, 
4-nata, lineari-oblonga vel anguste ovata, subacuta, rigide breviterque 
ciliata, cum petiolo 0-1 cm. longo, 0-2 — -0-4 cm. longa, cum bracteis 
sepalisque apice aristata, arista brunnea, saepius laminam excedente; 
flores 4 — 16 apice ramulorum aggregati; pedunculi demum decurvati 
glabri viscidi, 0-7 — 1 cm. longi; bracteae 3, infima remota, ceterae parum 
infra medium positae, spatbulatae foliaceae, sine arista 0-2 — 0-3 cm. 
longae; sepala oblonga, apicem versus leviter angustata, foliacea, 0-25 cm. 
longa; corolla tubulato-campanulata glabra viscida rosea, 0-7 cm. longa, 
cum segmentis patentibus, demum recurvis, late ovatis, acutis, circa 
0-2 cm. longis; stamina inclusa, filamentis vix 0-3 cm. longis, apicem 
versus conspicue dilatatis, antheris subovatis acutis, basi prognathis bi- 
lobis lanato-barbatis, rarius apice breviter lanato-barbatis, muticis, vix 
0-15 cm. longis, poro dimidium lobi subaequante; ovarium subobovatum 
glabrum, 0-15 cm. longum, stigmate manifesto capitellato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Palmiet River 
Mts., fl. Dec., T. P. Stokoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17573); fl. March, id. 
(Bolus Herbarium, No. 17651). 
This may be distinguished from all the other species in the section by 
the shape of the corolla. The woolly indument on the anthers is similar 
to that found on the anthers of E. retorta, Montin. Plate I, C. 
E. Savilea, Andr., var. mutica, L. Bolus. Pedunculi 1 — 1-6 cm. longi; antherae 
muticae. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Tulbagh Div., Witsenberg 
Range, fl. Jan., K. White, R. Primos (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17691). 
E. fastigiata, L., var. longituba, L. Bolus. Sepala 0-7 — 0-8 cm. longa; corollae 
tubus 1-5 cm. longus, segmentis immaculatis, 0-3 cm. longis. 
Exact locality unknown, but most probably from the Caledon Division, 
fl. September, N. S. Pillans, 1893. 
E. velitaris, Salisb., var. parvibracteata, L. Bolus. A forma’ typica bracteis 
minoribus, infima vix 0-1 cm. excedente. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region ; Caledon Div., near the mouth of 
the Palmiet River, fl. March, T. P. Stokoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17649); 
exact locality and collector unknown (Bolus Herbarium, No. 10461). 
E. curvirostris, Salisb., var. longisepala, L. Bolus. Folia parce pubescentia, 
demum glabrescentia; sepala ad 0-3 cm. longa; antherae late aristatae, 
fere aequilateraliter triangulares, angulis rotundatis. 
E. cyathiformis, Salisb., var. orientalis, L. Bolus. Erecta, ad 23 cm. alta, 
ramis pubescentibus, pilis patentibus, ramulis floriferis ad 1 cm. longis; 
folia saepius erecta vel suberecta, 4-nata, internodiis aequi longa vel imbri- 
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