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NOYITATES AFRICANAE 
vix 2 mm. longis ; stamina inclusa, ultra dimidium tubi attingentia, 
antheris suboblongis obtusis, basi subobliquis denticulatis, saturate 
brunneis, scaberulis, 1 mm. longis vel parum ultra; ovarium depresse 
globosum, stylo basin versus conspicue dilatato, stigmate capitellato, 
corolla paullo breviore. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Palmiet River 
Valley, Sept. 1924, T. P. Stokoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18747). 
This species has presented some difficulty. There is no doubt of its 
very close affinity with E. campanulata, Andr., and Guthrie and Bolus, 
who, however, recognized and noted the differences, regarded it as a 
robust variety of that species. Extreme forms of the two look very 
distinct. Named in honour of Miss Mary M. Page, whose drawing is 
reproduced on Plate XII, A. Specimens bought in Adderley St. and 
distributed under Bolus, 6872 and Bolus Herbarium, No. 17261 are this 
species (Plate XII, A). 
Erica viscidula, L. Bolus (§ Arsace). Diffuse ramosa, ramis primariis ad 
3 mm. diam., ramulis gracillimis, ultimis pubescentibus, pilis brevissimis, 
paucis longioribus glanduliferis intermixtis ; folia patentia 3-nata, lineari- 
lanceolata vel subovata, sulco plus minusve aperto, subacuta, parce 
pubescentia, pilis sat longis, basi minute tuber culatis, marginalibus 
interdum glanduliferis, leviter viscida, cum petiolo fere ad 1 mm. longo, 
2 — 4 mm. longa; flores 3-nati, pedunculus viscidulus, 2 mm. longus; 
bracteae 3, infima medio vel parum infra medium, ceterae parum supra 
medium, positae, marginibus pubescentibus, 1 — 1-5 mm. longae; sepala 
basi brevissime connata, ovato-lanceolata, roseo-purpurea, superne pubes- 
centia, ciliata viscidida, 1-5 mm. longa; corolla cyathiformis roseo- 
purpurea viscidula, ad 2 mm. longa, segmentis erectis obtusis, dimidio 
tubi subaequilongis ; antherae manifestae terminales subovatae acutae, 
dorso longitudinaliter convexae, basi obliquae, muticae, lobis apicem 
versus divergentibus, poro lobi dimidio breviore, fere 1 mm. longae; 
stylus brevissime exsertus, stigmate peltato, margine subundulato, ovario 
subgloboso, apicem versus pubescente, pilis erectis longis albis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Worcester Div., Fontainsberg, 
“on grassy slopes, near rocks, usually tangled up with grass,” alt. 5000 ft., 
fl. Sept. 1925, T. P. StoJcoe, 1267 (Plate XII, B). 
Erica Patersonii, L. Bolus (§ Pleurocallis). Erecta rigida, 30 — 40 cm. alta, 
caule basi ad 7 mm. diam., ramis virgatis, ad 25 cm. longis, 1-5 — 5 mm. 
diam.; folia adscendentia incurva, rarius inferiora patenti-incurva, 5 — 
6-nata linearia acuta glabra, sulco inconspicuissimo, cum petiolo 1-5 mm. 
longo, ad 1 cm., saepius 7 — 9 mm., longa, -75 mm. lata, internodiis petiolis 
aequilongis vel parum longioribus ; flores laterales, ad apicem ramulorum 
aggregati, inflorescentiam 1 — 2 cm. longam formantes, axi folioso parum 
ultra flores producto ; pedunculi minute glanduloso-pubescentes, 2 — 3 mm. 
