186 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Western Eegion of the Cape Province. It has also been found on 

 the Zwartbergen in the Laingsburg Division at an altitude of 

 about 4,000 ft. 



3. L. plumosum, E. Br., in Trans. Linn. Soc, x., 53. 



Cape Eegion : Mountain-tops at Hottentots' Kloof; bush, 1-3 ft., 

 common, 4932, 4933. Oliphant's Eiver Mts. behind Warm Baths, 

 6919c?, 6935?, 6933?, 6627c?, 6926. 



A common species widely distributed over the South-Western 

 Eegion of the Cape Province. Has also been recorded from the 

 Zwartbergen in the Laingsburg Division at an altitude of about 

 4,000 ft. 



4. L. decurrens, E. Br., in Trans. Linn. Soc, x., 59. 



Cape Eegion : Oliphant's Eiver Mts. behind Warm Baths ; 

 shrub 2-2i ft., 6904, 6905, 6906, 6929, 6930, 6940, 6945 ; bush 4 ft., 

 6907 ; bracts greenish-brown cup, 6925 ; same locality, very common, 

 covers mountain-sides with red in patches, 6922. 



This species has been recorded from the Clanwilliam, Piquetberg, 

 Tulbagh, Worcester, Caledon, and Ceres Divisions. 



5. L. lanigerum, Buek., in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 198. 

 Coast Eegion : At base of cliffs on Oliphant's Eiver between 



Lang Kloof and Nardouw Pass; bush 8-10 ft., common, 5347?, 

 5349^. 



Hitherto only recorded from the Paarl, Stellenbosch, and Ceres 

 Divisions. 



6. L. discolor, Buek., in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 198. 



Cape Eegion : Giftberg Eange, 1-2,000 ft., growing near a 

 stream, 7417. 



This specimen has only once previously been collected, viz., by 

 Drege on the Piquetberg. 



7. L. sessile, E. Br., in Trans. Linn. Soc, x., 54. 



Cape Eegion : Oliphant's Eiver behind Warm Baths ; shrub 

 2-3 ft., 6931. 



The type specimen of this species preserved in the British 

 Museum is very fragmentary. A more complete description than 

 that in the "Flora Capensis " is given below. 



Frutex 0-6-1 m. altus. Hamuli pubescentes. Folia 35-5 - 5 cm. 

 longa, 0-5-2"7 cm. lata, lanceolata, apice obtuse-mucronata, basi 



