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slopes of pass between Daunabis aiid Bethany Drift, bush li-2 ft., 

 6026. 



Great Namaqualand : Near base of kopje on pass leading down to 

 Griindoorn, 3130 ; Akham River, 4736 ; among stones in Akain River- 

 bed, fls. yellow, 4747. 



Distribution — Bushmanland and the South-West African Protec- 

 torate. 



2. P. jiolygalaefolia, Less. Syn. 200. 



Little Namaqualand : Base of kopje at Klipplaat, 3301 ; kopjes 

 near Nieuwefontein, bush 2 ft., fls. yellow, 3352. 



Khamiesberg : Common on the upper North slopes of Reitkloof 

 Mountain, 5708. 



Bushmanland : Kweekfontein, granite hill, 3400 ft., bush 3-4 ft., 

 3799 ; near base of gneissic kopje between Bitterfontein and Nieuw- 

 fontein, 2000-2300 ft., 3851. 



Distribution. — Upper Region generally. 



GEIGERIA, Griesl. 



1. Geigeria pectidea, Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 127. 



Great Namaqualand : Buchholzbrun, sandy river-bed, bush 1-1.! ft., 

 fls. yellow, 3659; sandy river-bed near Dabaigabis, bush 1* ft., rls. 

 yellow, 4395 ; by river-bed between Ganus and Grundovra, 3300 ft., 

 4493 ; dry river-bed and saline flat, plains North of Ganus, shrub 

 1-2 ft., fls. yellow, 4506. 



Distribution. — Griqualand West. 



2. G. na?naquensis, Hutchinson, sp. nov. (fig. 4) ; affinis G. viginti- 

 squamae, O. Hoffm., sed foliis denticulatis parce lanatis differt. 



Sitffrutex e basi ramosus, usque ad 0*35 mm. altus ; rami rigidi, 

 straminei, cortice subdeciduo induti ; ramuli juniores foliati, puberuli, 

 sicco sulcati. Folia, oblanceolata vel lineari-oblanceolata, apice spinoso- 

 acuminata, ad basin sensim attenuata, 2-4 - 5 cm. longa, 0*5-1 cm. lata, 

 repando-denticulata, infra parce lanato-puberula ; nervi laterales 

 ascendentes, utrinsecus 3-4, infra conspicui. Caqntula terminalia et 

 in ramis unilateralibus disposita sessilia. Involucri bracteae foliaceae, 

 circiter 5-seriatae, oblongae vel spatulato-oblongae, usque ad 1 cm. 

 longae, pubescentes vel subvillosae, basi induratae. Flores radii fiavi ; 

 corollae tubus 2 mm. longus, glaber ; limbus late oblongus, apice 

 trifidus, 6 mm. longus, 2*75 mm. latus. Flore* <li.<ci numerosi ; 

 corollae tubus 4 mm. longus ; lobi lanceolati, sul)acuti, extra setuloso- 



