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Remarks. 



Cape flora predominates above 3,800 feet. 



Restio and other Cape genera on hills. 



Sisyndite spartea. Hesembryanthemum Barklyi. Euphorbia Dregeana. Ehrharta 



spinosa. 

 E. Dregeana : Ceraria Namaquana. Aloe dichotoma (tree and bush). 



Bushy Aloe dichotoma. Cotyledon fascicularis (abundant), Euphorbia Dregeana, and E. 

 mauritanica. Mesembryanthemum Barklyi. Vogelia africana. 



Great development of Mesembryanthemum Barklyi. 



Euphorbia Dregeana. Acacia horrula. Tamarix. Euclea Pseudebenus. Mesembryan- 

 themum Barklyi. 



Euphorbias and Mesembryanthema only. Euphorbia Dregeana. Undulating Karroid 

 plain. 



Heavy mist and dew. Doornpoort is situated under N.E. corner of TcAlee Mountain 



Mass. 

 Eoad from Doornpoort passes through remarkable ravine whose sides are composed of 



indurated sand and fine gravel, thence gradually descending over undulating plain 



to Daunabis. Flora rich in ravine. Euphorbia mauritanica. E. Dregeana at 



Daunabis. 

 Sky overcast after 5 a.m. No fog nor dew. Eoad from Daunabis ascends to about 



1,800 feet. Both varieties of Aloe dichotoma common. 

 Sisyndite spartea very common. Mesembryanthemum Barklyi. Euphorbia Dregeana. 



Aloe dichotoma, both forms. Other vegetation very similar to that which occurs 



between Henkriesfontein and Raman's Drift. 

 Path rises to about "2, 500 feet. On the hills occur Aloe Pearsoni, Ceraria Namaquensis, 



C. fruticulosa, and Euphorbia Dregeana, all very abundant. Around the water-hole 



near the top of Hell's Kloof, Adiantum Mthiopicum. 



Mesembryanthemum Barklyi in Doornport Ravine. 



No Cape forms. Heavy rain on TcAlee on night of January 2. 



Cloudy. 



Sky overclouded. Barometer falling. 

 Rained heavily from 11 p.m. onwards. 

 Rain ceased at 1 p.m. 

 Little rain had fallen here. 



Heavy rain with thunder commencing 2-55 p.m. A second thunderstorm during the 

 night. Rain ceased 7 a.m. 



Junction of Bushmanland and Namaqualand. Montane floras distinct. 



Isolated hill (about 400 feet) in S.W. Bushmanland. Vegetation mainly succulent and 



of Namaqualand affinity — quite distinct from that of the plains of Bushmanland. 



Aloe dichotoma and Ceraria are both absent. No Ficus seen. 

 Acacia giraffm. Augea capensis. Ophioglossum oulgatum. Grasses. 

 Euphorbia Dregeana very abundant. This locality was visited on December 26-27, 



1908 (Ann.' S. Afr. Museum, ix., 1, p. 8). 

 Road passes among the eastern foothills of the Khamiesberg. Aloe dichotoma (tree) 



remarkably abundant. Euphorbia mauritanica and E. Dregeana, Ficus sp.; Acacia 



horrida in river-beds. 

 Flora similar to that of Sneeuwkop, but no Heaths nor Leucospermum. 



