Plant* Collected in the Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions. 383 



LEYSSEKA, Linn. 



1. L. gnaphaZioides, Linn. Sp. PI. 1249. 



Khamiesberg : Granite knoll at Brakdam, 5660. 



Distribution. — General in the Western and Cape Districts. 



L. gnaphalioides, Linn., var. gracilis, Harv. in Harv. et Sond. El. 

 Cap. iii. 294, ex descriptionc 



Cape: Roadside between Hottentot's Kloof and Karoopoort, 4832 ; 

 lower slopes of Kradouw Krantz, fls. yellow, 5283. Oliphant's River 

 Mountains: foot of mountain near Baths, 6969. 



Distribution. — Tulbagh; evidently much rarer than the species. 



2. L. tenella, DC. Prodr. vi. 279. 



Little Namaqualaud : In sand at Stinkfontein, -5520. 



Bushmanland : Common on veld between Klipplaat and a point 

 10 miles to the north-east, prostate, fls. yellow, 3304, 3403. 



Distribution : Eastward through the Upper Region to Stocken- 

 strom Division ; also collected by Burchell at Mossel Bay. 



HETEROLEPIS, Cass. 



1. H. decipiens, Cass, in Diet. Sci. Nat. xxi. 120. 



Cape : Hillside at Leeuwfontein, 3208 ; between clefts in rocks, 

 southern slopes above Pickenier's Pass, rare, spreading bush, 5188. 



Distribution. — South -western districts. 



In Harvey's key to the Gompositae in the " Flora Capensis," this 

 plant works down to Minurothamnus, DC, a genus which was not seen 

 by Harvey. I think from the description of Minurothamnus that it is 

 very probably identical with Heterolepis decipiens. 



PRINTZIA, Cass. 

 1. P. Bergii, Cass, in Diet. Sci. Nat. xliii. 324. 



Cape : Giftberg, 1-2000 ft., bush 3-4 ft. high, 7430 ; Oliphant's 

 River Mountains; foothills of Cold Bokkeveld opposite Warm Baths, 

 6947 ; kloof below the Baths, 6948. 



Distribution — Widely spread throughout the Colony. 



PEGOLETTIA, Cass. 



1. P. oxydonta, DC. Prodr. vi. 481. 



Little Namaqualand (Richtersveld) : By the roadside on southern 



