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sandy river-bed North of Sabiesis, 4123. Buchholzbrunn, 3643. 

 Sandy ground and on kopjes 20 km. North of Eaman's Drift, 4043. 

 Sand at Sandverhaar, 3701. Karroo : River-bed between Pappekuil 

 and Stompiesfontein, 4966. 



These are all forms of M. spartioides, C. B. CL, and connect this 

 species with .1/. Atherstonei and M. pseudopatulum — all three of 

 which are, in our opinion, forms of one species. 



6. M. divaricatum, C. B. CL, I. c, 72. 



Great Namaqualand : River-bed below Railway Station at Buch- 

 holzbrunn, 3678. 



7. M. genistaefolium, C. B. CL, in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr., v., 217. 

 Great Namaqualand : Sandstone at Sandverhaar, 4662. Sandy 



valley North of Sabiesis, 4107. Rocky hills around Holoog, 4140. 

 Among quartzite blocks in Akam River Valley, 4770. Kopje 12 km. 

 West of Sandverhaar, 4635. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



By N. E. Brown, Louisa Bolus, and E. P. Phillips. 

 1. APTOSIMUM. 



1. A. albomarginatum, Mail, and Engl., in Engl. Jahrb., x., p. 249. 

 Great Namaqualand : Gawachab, sandy flat South of Lowen's 



River, 4082. Broad sandy valley North of Sabiesis, 4101. 



2. A. Steingroeveri, Engl., Jahrb., xix., p. 149. 

 Namaqualand : Prostrate in dry sandy river-bed, outspan beyond 



Plaatklip, 3289. Common on sandy slopes, Kamabies, 3,000 ft., 5041. 

 Right bank of Buffels River between Arkoep and Mesklip, 5960. 



3. .4. abietinum, Burch., Trav. S. Afr., L, p. 308. 

 Great Namaqualand : Sand at Gabis, 4329. 



Var. j3, elongata, Benth., in Lindl. Bot. Reg., sub t. 1882. 



Bushmanland : Very common at Groot Rozynbosch, 3827. 

 Common along water-courses between Aggenys and Pella, 3586. 

 Dry rivulet, Wortel, 3681. Great Namaqualand : Rocky ground 

 near Dabaigabis, 4400. Slopes and plateau West of Gobas Station, 

 3743. 



* Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions in South-West Africa. Report No. 74. 



