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their length. The set of the leaves is different and the corolla-tube 
shorter. In their general appearance the flowers resemble those of 
E. consobrina, Guthrie and Bolus and E. rhodantha, Guthrie and Bolus 
(Plate XIII, D). 
Erica petrophila, L. Bolus (§ Ceramia). Nana, partibus herbaceis cum corolla 
parce pubescentibus, plus minusve viscidulis, ramis filiformibus, saepe 
5 — 6 cm. longis; folia adscendentia vel patentia, 3-nata vel rarius 2-nata, 
internodia bene excedentia, linearia vel oblonga, angustissime sulcata vel 
cum aetate marginibus explanatis subovata, 1-5 — 2 mm. longa, saepius 
fere 1 mm. lata; flores rite 3-nati, ramos, vel saepius ramulos breves, 
terminantes; pedunculi 2 — 2-5 mm. longi, bracteis 3, vix 1 mm. longis, 
2 medio, infima parum supra basin, positis ; sepala herbacea cum aetate 
transverse rugosa, pallida molliaque, intus viscidissima, ovato-oblonga 
subobtusa, nervo medio conspicuo, 1-75 mm. longa; corolla subcrateri- 
formis, ad 2-5 mm. longa, segmentis obtusis, tubo aequilongis; antherae 
manifestae terminales muticae, lateraliter visae oblongae vel ovato- 
oblongae, basi obliquae, pallidissime brunneae, -75 mm. longae, poro 
dimidium lobi excedente, filamentis latis planis; ovarium globose ovoi- 
deum glabrum, stigmate vix exserto, capitellato, seminibus subcompressis 
oblongis, latere altero excavatis, pallidis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Worcester and Caledon Divs., 
Wildepaardeberg, “in rock crevices, rather dry,” alt. 3500 ft., fl. Jan. 
1925, T. P. Stokoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18354). Stellenbosch Div., 
Helderberg, “growing pressed to the rocks,” fl. Dec. 1923, T. P. Stokoe, 327. 
Nearest to E. leptoclada, Van Heurck and Muell. Arg., but differs in 
the shape of the sepals and corolla, shape and colour of the anthers, and 
the included style (Plate XIII, E). 
Erica Pageana, L. Bolus (§ Leptodendron). E. campanulatae, Andr. proxima, 
sed habitu robustiore, foliis 4-natis, floribus 3 — 4-natis, corolla infra 
medium constricta, filamentis longioribus distinguitur. 
Fruticulus erectus, ca. 20 — 30 cm. altus, multo ramosus, ramis adscen- 
dentibus glabrescentibus ; folia adscendentia vel patentia, apice incurva, 
4-nata, dense imbricata, linearia subacuta, angustissime sulcata, glabra 
vel juniora puberula, cum petiolo 1 mm. longo, saepissime 7 mm. longa; 
flores 4-nati vel abortione 2 — 3-nati, brevissimos ramulos, apicem versus 
ramorum aggregatos, terminantes, inflorescentiam cyhndricam plus 
minusve densam formantes; pedunculi patentes vel decurvati, minute 
pubescentes, pilis patentibus, saepius 3-5 — 4 mm. longi; bracteae 3, 
infima parum supra basin, ceterae parum infra medium, positae, 1 — 
1*5 mm. longae; sepala e basi scarioso ovato vel ovato-orbiculari abrupte 
acuminata, superne subfoliacea, 3 mm. longa; corolla lutea campanulata, 
tubo infra medium constricto, 7 mm. longa, segmentis semiorbicularibus, 
