The Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Orange River. 25 



Slight rain. 



Rained heavily all night. 



Collected on plateau (Bokkeveld) 1,200 feet above right bank of Oliphant's River. 

 Road leaves Oliphant's River and crosses dry sandy plain. 



Strong, hot S.E. wind from top of Gift Berg, lasting all night. 



Crossed Widouw's River, in which was no water but a dense growth of Acacia horrida. 

 At Attis much cultivation in river-bed. Vines, fruit trees, corn. 



Road from V.R.D. to Nieuwerust crosses arid plain in which the only surface water was 

 intensely bitter. Mesembryanthema. 



Southern limit of Aloe dichotoma, on this road, is about 1 mile south of Stinkfontein. 



Cape flora. Two Heaths. Leucospermum (all specimens seen were killed by fire) 



Crossed Buffel's River (1,850 feet). Euphorbia Dreyeana occurs south of this. 

 Heavy dew at night. 



