Collections of Dried Plants obtained in South-West Africa. 



Remarks. 



Collected for about 2 miles in the sandy bed of a tributary of the Buffels River. 



Acacia horrida (just flowering), Salix capensis, Tamarix, Labiates, Cyperaceae, 



&c. Bushmanland grasses. 

 Broad, sandy river-bed. ParMnsonia africana, grasses (including Ehrharta spinosa) in 



sand. Aloe dichotoma and a Euclea (tree) on hills. Figs, pears, plums, peaches, 



apricots, quinces, pomegranates, grapes, loquats, dates, lucerne, wheat, under 



irrigation in river-bed. Markets at Springbokfontein and O'okiep. 

 Corn and other cultivation under irrigation on flat lands. Country very mountainous. 



In the considerable rise from Rietfontein to Baviaan's Poort (? 4,000 feet), Amaran- 



taceas are numerous. 

 Mountain west of railway station, about 4,500 feet s.m. Diosma, Selagineae and 



other Cape forms near the summit. Flora rich. Cotyledon fascieularis common on 



lower slopes. 



Namaqualand flora on the hills (rising about 1,000 feet); Bushmanland on the sandy 



plains. Many sheep and cattle. Small Acanthaceae. 

 Portulacaria namaquensis. 

 Sandy valley : hills rising about 1,000 feet. Dunes of red sand. Water-hole dry, receives 



only surface rain-wash. Many young seedlings appearing in the sand. Parkinsonia 



common. Portulacaria sp. on hill-slopes. 

 Roadway heavy; passes over about twenty-four "waves" of red sand-dunes, some of 



which are 40 feet high. Parkinsonia, grasses, Leguminosae, Hermannia, &c. 

 North-west corner of a vast sandy plain, where it abuts abruptly against a group of 



mountains 1,500-2,000 feet high. On the plains a great development of Euphorbias, 



Parkinsonia, Acacia giraffee (one tree), Tribulus, grasses, Mesembrianthema, Sisyndite 



spartea, &c. On the hills, Acanthaceae, Aloe, dichotoma, Thesium, Sarcostemma, 



Ficus, Portulacaria namaquensis, and many other forms. On sand-dunes 4 miles 



to the east, many young seedlings, Ehrharta tpinosa, Parkinsonia, Rhigozum, 



Mesembrianthemum spinosam, Hoodia, Sarcocaulon, etc. Figs and dates under 



irrigation near water- hole. 

 Sandy plains, becoming stony where descent to Pella commences. Zizyphus mucronata 



(in dry river-beds), Cataphractes Alexandri, Melianthus, Mesembrianthema, grasses, 



Euphorbias. 

 Broad, sandy river-bed : high hills (1,000-2,000 feet) to north of mission station. Acacia 



giraffes, Euclea Pseudebenus, TribuluB, grasses, Euphorbias, Sisyndite spar tea, in sand ; 



Vogelia, Kissenia, Aloe dichotoma, small Acanthaceae on hills. All fruits enumerated 



under 34p. and corn under irrigation in mission garden. 



Mesembrianthema, a very fine Hermannia, Sarcocaulon, Rhigozum on the stony plains; 

 trees in narrow ravine. Rhus sp. (" Rozynbosch " — " Raisinbush "), Euclea, Salix. 

 Ficus; Acacia giraffee. 



Many Euphorbias, large Hoodias, and Rhigozum. 



Warte-hole at bottom of a narrow valley, 1-2 miles long, between hills of about 800 feet. 

 Flora very rich. Euphorbias in great abundance. Parkinsonia, Bauhinia, Hoodia, 

 Acanthaceae, Sarcostemma, Acacia giraffee, many seedlings, especially grasses and 

 Cucurbitaceae. 



Much bare ground. Bouchea, Asparagus, Aloe dichotoma, Euphorbias, grasses, thickets 

 of Rhigozum trichotomum, Cadabajuncea and of Zizyphus mucronata, many Hoodias 

 and Parkinsonian. 



Euclea Pseudc1>enus and Tamarix (Dabai) in sand near water-hole; Aloe dichotoma, 

 Pachypodium namaquanum, Bauhinia garipensis, Portulacaria namaquensis, 

 Forskohlea, Acanthaceae and Asclepiadaceaa on hills. Water-supply poor, impreg- 

 nated with H...S. Sisyndite spartea, on sandy plains ; grasses almost absent. 



Road through deep sand falling gently to Orange River. Great development of tall 

 bushes of columnar Euphorbias (including Aggenys Euphorbia) ; Aloe dichotoma, 

 Bauhinia garipensis, few grasses, Parkinsonia, Acanthacese. 



Desert flat separated from river by a broad belt of scrub (see Nature, 1909, p. 406). 



