Plants Collected in the Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions. 413 



elongata, glabra, 1'25 mm. longa. Pappus minus copiosus, ceterum 

 ut in floribus radii. 



Khamiesberg : In clefts of rocks, upper North-west slopes of 

 Sneeuwkop, Pearson & Pillans, 5795 ; South-east slopes of Sueeuw- 



Fig. 15. — Othonna euphorbioides, Hutchinson, n. sp. A, flowering shoot, 

 nat. size ; B, female corollas and achene ; C, male flower, and D, pappus 

 seta of same ; E, flower head, x 4. 



kop, above Modderfontein, rock crevices, Pearson & Pillans, 5858 ; 

 cushion plant, 9 in. to 1 ft. high, in crevices of granite on Beacon 

 Hill, North-west of Leliefontein, 5500 ft., Pearson, 6326. 



This is a very remarkable species with the habit of a Euphorbia ; 

 the peduncles become indurated and spiny. 



