130 
NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Cape Province: Western Region; Little Namaqualand, between Brak- 
fontein and Oograbries Poort, Oct. 1926, N. S. Pillans, 5773. 
Described from living specimens which flowered in Mr Pillans’ garden, 
May, 1927. 
Erica draconis, L. Bolus (§ Pachysa). Gracilis, ad 15 cm. alta, ramis adscen- 
dentibus, junioribus pubescentibus pilis simplicibus brevissimis, longiori- 
bus glanduliferis interjectis; folia patentia vel leviter adscendentia, 3-nata, 
oblonga vel lineari-oblonga, subacuta, supra setis paucis glanduliferis 
onusta, sat rigide glanduloso-ciliata, apice subpenicillata, demum gla- 
brescentia, subtus sat late aperta, internodiis parum longiora, cum petiolo 
1-5 mm. longo, saepius 6-5 mm., rarius ad 8-5 mm., longa, 2 mm. lata; 
flores 3-nati viscidissimi, pedunculis gracilibus, 1 cm., vel in fructu ad 
1-8 cm., longis; bracteae 3, 2 parum supra medium positae, tertia fere 
basalis, lineares, 2 mm. longae; sepala erecta linearia, crebre minuteque 
glanduloso-ciliata, saturate rubra, 3 mm. longa; corolla globose suburceo- 
lata rosea, 6-5 cm. longa, ad 4 — 5 mm. diam., segmentis erectis rotundatis, 
1-5 cm. longis; stamina inclusa, filamentis explanatis subhyalinis, inferne 
conspicue ampliatis, ovario parum longioribus, 2-5 mm. longis, antheris 
dorsifixis semi-ovatis subacutis, 1 mm. longis vel parum ultra, poro 
dimidium lobi excedente, aristatis, aristis lobis aequilongis; ovarium 
4-loculare globosum glabrum, ovulis saturate rubris, stylo 2 mm. longo, 
stigmate incluso, vix incrassato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Stellenbosch Div., summit of 
Drakenstein Peak, alt. 3500 ft., fruiting Jan. 1921, T . P. StoJcoe, 73; same 
locality, fl. Sept. 1926, id. 1378. 
Nearest E. nubigena, Bolus, from which it may be distinguished by the 
larger, conspicuously ciliated leaves, broad filaments, and glabrous ovary 
(Plate XIII, A). 
Erica Goatcheriana, L. Bolus, var. drakensteinensis, L. Bolus (§ Eurystegia). 
Erecta rigida, ad 90 cm. alta, caule basi 1-2 cm. diam. vel ultra, ramis 
virgatis 1 — 6 mm. diam., ramulis floriferis saepius 1-5 — 3 cm. longis, 
breviter pubescentibus, densissime foliatis; folia 3-nata, adscendentia vel 
rarius inferiora patentia, sexfaria, linearia, obtusa vel subacuta, angus- 
tissime sulcata, glabra, subglauca vel canescentia vel roseo-suffusa, cum 
petiolo 1 — 1-5 mm. longo, 7 — 8 mm. longa, 1-5 — 2 mm. lata, internodiis 
petiolis aequilongis; flores 3-nati, saepius nutantes; pedunculi 2-5 — 3 mm. 
longi, pubescentes, pilis patentibus brevissimis albis, in lineas longitu- 
dinaliter dispositis, bracteis 3, inter se approximatis, supra medium 
positis, infima ovata, 5-5 mm. longa, ad 3 mm. lata, ceteris fere aequilongis 
sed multo angustioribus ; sepala erecta ovato-oblonga, apice carinata, 
pallid e rosea minute cartilagineo-ciliolata, 6 mm. longa; corolla subur- 
ceolata, leviter faucibus constricta, ad 7-5 mm. longa, segmentis erectis 
