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Kemarks. 



A flat plain south of Great Karas Berg and almost on the watershed between the Houm 

 and the Kameeldoorn Rivers. Surface here and there of dried mud, elsewhere sandy 

 but very barren. The bush following the numerous small river-beds gives the country 

 the appearance of fallow-fields separated by hedges. Away from the river-beds the 

 vegetation is Karroid — Mesembrianthema, Euphorbias — with a few halophytes. 

 River-bed flora as at Dabaigabis, but without Acacia horrida. A bushy Acacia 

 (?A. hebeclada) is very prominent; A. giraffes is the only tree. 

 Surface sandy, gradually rising. Small broken hills. Vegetation good ; knee-high bushes 



(many dead), grasses, &c. 

 Sandy plain sloping to the east; many broken kopjes near dry bed of Kameeldoorn 

 River. Very dry. Atriplex, Mesembrianthema, grasses, &c, on the plain ; Rhigozum 

 (mostly dead) along minor stream-beds ; Acacia giraffes, Zizyphus, &c, along larger 

 stream-beds. Augea capensis. Many species on kopjes (Oxalis, grasses, Vogelia, &c). 

 Road ascends a little and then drops suddenly about 200 feet to a sandy plain which slopes 

 gently down to Grundoorn. Collected on kopjes to about 4,700 feet. Plains dried 

 up : Hoodia common . 

 Dry. Good water-supply. Collected mainly on low kopjes about 1£ miles east of the 

 farm. Rhigozum, Acacia, hebeclada, A. horrida, A. -giraffes are fairly common in 

 sandy stretches alongside the shallow river-bed. Horses, cattle, sheep, and goats. 

 Over undulating sandy plains, very dry. Vegetation poor. 



Water-hole in a broad, sandy river-bed surrounded by sandstone-capped hills rising about 

 1,000 feet. Near the water-hole, Acacia horrida, A. giraffes, Euclea Pseudebenus, 

 Tamarix, Sisyndite spartea and bushy Euphorbias (as at Aggenys — 39 B). On the 

 hills, Aloe dichotoma, Euphorbia virosa and other Euphorbias, Bauhinia garipensis, 

 Vogelia ajricana, Cadaba juncea, Asclepiads, Blepharids, Amaranths, &c. 

 A broad, sandy valley leading up from Sabiesis towards Holoog was rich in forms includ- 

 ing many annuals. On a broad, sandy plain at the top of this valley a large area is 

 dotted with clumps (10-20 feet in diameter) of the " Aggenys Euphorbia." 

 At this date the railhead. Much of the " Aggenys Euphorbia " on the limestone hills. 

 Rhigozum, Cataphractes, Acacia giraffes, Montinia acris, Asclepiads, grasses, &c, 

 near and in river-beds. 

 About half a mile from the south bank of the LOwen's River, due west of the Little Karas 

 Berg. On the sandy plains south of the river, Parkinsonia, Rhigizum, Acacia giraffes, 

 and much dead bush. South bank fringed by belt of sand-dunes. River had recently 

 flowed; a few pools still left; on the banks, Acacia horrida, (trees), Zizyphus macro- 

 nata, Euclea, Lycium, Tamarix, grasses, &c. Salix capensis apparently absent. 

 Parkinsonia and Hoodia are very common on plains between Gawachab and Seeheim. 

 Seeheim in bed of the great Fish River. River now in flood. Sandstone hills rising 

 600 feet. Collected on hills and in beds of Fish and Schaf Rivers. On river bank 

 Acacia horrida, A. giraffes, Bauhinia garipensis, Sisyndite spartea, Euclea Pseude- 

 benus, &c. No Salix seen. Ophioglossum vulgatum is said to occur here in sand. 

 Aloe dichotoma on the hills between Seeheim and Gobas. Gobas in bed of small tributary 

 of the Fish River. Hills to the south (about 1,000 feet) are of limestone with vertical 

 outcrops of dolerite. Parkinsonia and Aloe dichotoma common. Vegetation dried 

 up. Dolerite quite barren. Grasses, Eicus sp., bulbs, &c, on limestone. 

 " Aggenys Euphorbia " common between Gobas and Keetmanshoep but not seen on the 



sandy plateau east of K. Vegetation poor. Acacia giraffes, grasses, &c. 

 Shallow bed of a tributary of the Fish River (now quite dryj. Sandstone hills rising to 

 about 600 feet; their bases buried in waves of sand. "Aggenys Euphorbia" very 

 abundant on sandstone and shallow sand. Rhigozum, Acacia horrida, A. giraffes, 

 A. hebeclada and another, Aloe dichotoma, Harpagophytum, Zizyphus mucronata. 

 Many annuals, especially Leguminosse, on the sand-dunes. 

 Heavy rains, line washed away. A gravelly plain with low hills of black limestone to the 

 east. Aloe dichotoma, Sarcocaulon (2 spp.), Asclepiads on the hills; Rhigozum and 

 the "Aggenys Euphorbia" with Monsonia ovata (?), Tribulus and other annuals on 

 the plains ; along a dry, sandy stream-bed Cataphractes, Bouchea gariepina, Cadaba 

 juncea, Bauhinia garipensis, Grewia sp., Parkinsonia africana (common), Acacia 

 giraffes, &c. 



