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dissection, they must really be the same species. The altitude of both is 
much the same, but, owing to the difference in the weather-worn character 
of the rocks of the two widely separated mountains, the Drakenstein 
plants are more sheltered from the fierce sweep of the winter winds than 
the Omklaar ones, which grow in the fissures athwart the tops of the 
rocks. . . . The specimens sent you to-day from Drakenstein were thickly 
coated with ice over an inch thick in patches on the flowering branches, 
and the whole of the small bushes were almost solid blocks — evidently 
the result of constant showers freezing where they fell. It was a beautiful 
sight, well worth breasting the south-easter for ; and I was much surprised 
to see them emerge none the worse for their very cold storage.” 
Erica racemosa, Thunb. var. aristata, L. Bolus, var. nov. A forma typica 
antheris aristatis, aristis dimidio lobi parum brevioribus, pedunculis 
brevioribus, 2 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Stellenbosch Div., Drakenstein, 
fl. Sept. 1926, T. P. Stokoe (Plate XIII, C). 
Erica adnata, L. Bolus (§ Eurystoma). Erecta, sat robusta, 40 cm. alta, ramis 
glabrescentibus, ad 3 mm. diam., ramulis dense molliterque pubescenti- 
bus, pilis paten tibus, albis vel paucis brunneis rigidis intermixtis; folia 
patenti-recurvata, 3-nata linearia subacuta, apiculata angustissime sul- 
cata, supra concava, saepe lateraliter subcompressa, glabra lucida, cum 
petiolo 1 mm. longo, ad 4 mm., saepius 3 mm., longa, internodiis multo 
longiora; flores 3-nati densi, ramulos laterales breves terminantes; 
pedunculi saepius decurvati cano-tomentosi, 2 — 3-5 mm. longi; bracteae 3, 
infima medio, ceterae parum supra medium, positae, ovatae acuminatae, 
pallide roseae, scariosae, apicem versus foliaceo-carinatae, apiculatae 
ciliatae, ciliis rigidis, saepe brunneis, 1 — 1-5 mm. longis; sepala bracteis 
simillima sed latiora, basi conspicue imbricata, 2 mm. longa, tubum 
corollae parum excedentia; corolla cyathiformis, basi subtruncata, sub- 
tetragona glabra rosea 3 mm. longa, segmentis, ut videtur, erectis 
obtusis, tubo parum longioribus, ad 1-5 mm. latis; antherae manifestae 
terminales, anguste ovatae, subacutae, basi leviter obliquae, atropur- 
pureae scaberulae, poro lobi dimidio aequilongo, cristato-aristatae, aristis 
lobo subaequilongis, filamento ampliato adnatis, dimidio inferiore libero; 
ovarium depresse globosum, pallidissime roseum, glabrum, stylo exserto, 
superne gradatim incrassato, stigmate vix ampliato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Worcester Div., Omklaarberg, 
alt. 3500 ft., fl. Sept. 1925, T. P. Stokoe, 1266. 
Described from one large dried specimen, broken off, apparently, from 
near the base of the plant. The nearest affinity is with E. lucida, Salisb., 
the chief difference being in the shape of the anther, and especially in 
the adnation of the appendages to the widened filament for at least half 
