Erica oophylla Benth.

3-5 in. high; branches puberulous; leaves 4-nate, spreading, ovoid or subterete, very thick, obtuse, obscurely sulcate, densely hispidulous, scarcely 1 lin. long; flowers 3-nate? or umbellate?; pedicels puberulous, 1 1/2-2 lin. long; bracts remote, linear, about 1 lin. long; sepals lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, puberulous, viscid, coloured, 1 lin. long; corolla urceolate ('ovate', Bentham), throat somewhat contracted, pubescent, viscid, about 1 1/4 lin. long; segments erect or perhaps spreading, shortly acuminate, darker coloured, about 1/3 the length of the tube; filaments rather broad, bent at the apex; anthers included, dorsifixed, oblong, obtuse, over 1/3 lin. long, crested; pore less than 1/2 the length of the cell; crests ovate, ciliolate, about 1/2 the length of the cell; style included; stigma subsimple; ovary short, turbinate, pilose chiefly towards the summit.