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Ericoid shrubs. Branchlets hairy when young. Leaves opposite and decussate, concave, woolly-hairy within. Inflorescences consisting (in ours) of clusters of flowers terminating short branchlets. Flowers 4-merous, bisexual, yellowish, pinkish or red. Calyx-tube flask-shaped, inflated at base; lobes 4. Petals 0. Stamens 8. Ovary 1-locular. Fruit dry (in ours). Worldwide: c. 15 species in South Africa, with one (montana) extending to Angola and Zimbabwe Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| montana Thoday | MS | Description, Image |
| montivaga Bredenkamp & A.E. van Wyk | MS |
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