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near the cliffs at the entrance of the large ravine between the Mission 

 Station and Jonathan's village the writer came across a large area on 

 which this species was growing. The other succulent plants noted 

 were MesembriantJiemum s/>p., Crassula *pj>.. Aloe .<^>., Bnlbiiir */<//., 

 and tffn/x'Hii jlnrlroxfri*. Many plants only possess radical leaves 

 which lie more or less flat on the ground. Some of these recorded 

 were Wahlenbergia <ui'lr<i*;-nt, Brrkhei/n (Stocbnt aristosa) , Haplocarpha 

 scaposa, Gerbera piloselloides, G. viridifolia, SoncJius HHI/HN. Chironia 

 /H'htsfrix, Mitinilni crittxifrtlln and Crabbea Jtirxttta. For species with 

 the habit of trees or bush the reader is referred to the enumeration 

 of plants found in the ravines, with the addition of Printzia pyrifolia, 

 Osteospermum moniliferum, Rims spp., Biuldleia salvifolia, HaUrr/n 

 lucida, and Lycium spp., which form bushes from 4-8 ft. high. 



The leaves exhibit xerophy tic characters in various ways and degrees. 

 In indumentum all stages from a pubescent to a woolly leaf are met 

 with. Plants with leaves woolly on both surfaces are Senecio macro- 

 spermus, Heliclinjsum callicomum, H. ceplialoldenm, H. psilolepis, H. 

 aureo-nitens, H. calocephalum (PI. VI, fig. 1), H. adenocarpum, Leo- 

 tonyx squarrosus, Sopubia cana, etc. Helichrysum Mundii, H. latifolium, 

 H. undatum var., Pentzia pyrifolia, Berkheya Kuntzii,B. onopordifolia, 

 B. montana, B. alba, Chilianthus corrugatus, Stachys ruyosa var. have 

 leaves woolly on the under- surf ace only. In Gerbera piloselloides, 

 Mentlia longifolia sub-sp. capensis, Argyrolobium nanum, Lotononis 

 basutica, etc., the leaves are hairy and not woolly. Solanum indicuin. 

 and 8. tomentosum have tomentose leaves. The only plants with 

 glandular leaves are Sutera pristisepala, Drosera burJceana, and D. 

 ri'ineniacea var. Scabrid-leaf plants were more frequent' and were 

 represented by Striga lutea, S.elegans, S. Tfiunbergii, Melasma basuticum, 

 and Verbena venosa. The amount of leaf-surface developed shows the 

 same great range of variation, viz. from reduced leaves in Walilen- 

 bergia denudata and Harveya spp. to the broad leaves of typical 

 mesophytes found in the ravines. Ericoid leaves were the most 

 common, and were noted in Helichrysum athrixii folium , H. rugulosum, 

 H. squarrosum, Pentzia virgata, Atltrixia elata, Mefalasia muricata, 

 fctoebe cineraria, Eriocephalus punctulatus, WaJtlenbergia depressa, 

 LigMfootia denticulata, Lobelia dedpiens,a,n<l Passcrina ericoides. In 

 Gazania armerioides the leaves are involute; in fiiiffrn iitn>jn>r/n/rea, 

 ftp? a go longipedicellata, and Walafrida densiflora the leaves are small 

 and fascicled. Among the plants which develop thorns may lie 

 mentioned Lycium *j>}i., Solanum */>/>., Axiir<njtix spp., and Celnxtnin 

 (Gymnosporia) bn.rif<>J!-nft. 



All the parasitic plants found be-long to the KcrnplniJariaceae. 



