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anthesin minuta, sessilia, geminata, crassa, obovoidea, minus quam 

 2 mm. longa. Bacemi 1-4 e quoque nodo, breves, simplices; pedun- 

 culi inter foliorum bases inserti, soepe complanati, 13-20 mm. 

 longi ; pedicelli 1-6, 1-flori, 2-4 mm. longi, bracteis paucis minutis- 

 simis ovatis denticulatis irregulariter involucrati {Gardeners 

 Chronicle, 1911, fig. 91). 



Bushmanland : Kopjes between Kweekfontein and Ougrabies, 

 3789 ; Aggenys, lower and middle slopes facing north, 2946 ; also 

 at Dabainoris. 



Shrub, 90-150 cm. high, with short thick pseudo-dichotomous 

 branches, the ultimate branches of the thickness of a goose-quill. 

 Branches glabrous, pale yellow, with a greyish bloom, beset at 

 intervals of 6 mm., or usually less, w T ith raised cushion-like nodes. 

 Leaves minute, sessile, geminate, thick, obovoid, less than 2 mm. 

 long. Bacemes 1-4, short and simple, arising from each node ; 

 peduncles inserted between the bases of the leaves, often flattened, 

 13-20 mm. long; pedicels 1-6, 1-flowered, 2-4 mm. long, involucrated 

 by a few very minute ovate denticulate bracts. 



3. C. fruticulosa, sp. n. Frutex 30-60 cm. altus rarissime 

 altior, multi-ramosus, ramis virgatis pseudo-dichotomis vel mono- 

 podialibus. Rami graciles, ramulis ultimis gracillimis minus quam 

 1 mm. latis, glabri, rugosi, rubro-fulvi, partibus junioribus saepe 

 pruinosis, nodibus prominentibus pulvinoideis parvis 4-18 mm. dis- 

 tantibus, in quattuor lineis dispositis, plerumque oppositibus. Folia 

 sessilia, geminata, carnosa, complanata, obovata vel oblongo-obovata, 

 minutissime apiculata, 4-6 mm. longa. Flores 1-6 e quoque nodo, 

 pedicellis 1-floris 2-4 mm. longis suffulti. 



Bushmanland: Very abundant on mountains east of Aus, 3,000 ft., 

 4715. Hill-slopes at Ougrabies, 3,000 ft., 2927. Little Namaqua- 

 land: Pass between Stinkfontein and Modderfontein, 5997. Bichters- 

 veld ; stony plain between Daunabis and Bethany Drift, 6030. On 

 rocks above Brakwater pool, near top of Hell's Kloof, 6075, 6076. 

 TcAlee Mountains, middle and upper slopes, 6142. 



A much-branched virgate shrub, 30-140 cm. high, with pseudo- 

 dichotomous or monopodial branching. Branches slender, the 

 ultimate branches being less than 1 mm. in diameter, glabrous, 

 wrinkled, reddish-brown, younger parts often with a whitish bloom, 



