424 Annals of the South African Museum. 



GAZANIA, Gaertn. 



1. G. othonnites, Less. Syn. Comp. 45. 



Little Namaqualand : Forming tufts in sand of river-bed a little 

 south of Tweefontein, 2500 ft., 3773. 



Upper Region: Karieboemfontein, forming "turf" in dry ground 

 near water-furx-ow, 4987. 



Distribution. — Previously known from Piquetberg, Calvinia, and 

 Little Namaqualand. 



2. G. pinnata, Less. Syn. Comp. 43. 



Cape: Giftberg, 1-2000 ft., 7437a ; ray fls. orange with brown 

 " eye-spots," "eye " black at base with two white spots above, 7658. 

 Distribution. — Western districts. 



3. G. serrata, DC. Prodr. vi. 510. 



G. pinnata, Less., var. serrata, Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. 

 iii. 476. 



Cape: Giftberg, 1-2000 ft., common, fls. reddish, 7437; Oliphant's 

 River Mountains ; Top of mountains behind Baths, fls. orange, 6852 ; 

 foot of mountains near Baths, 6970, 7706. 



Distribution. — The above match exactly Drege's type collected in 

 the Drakenstein Mountains, Paarl Division, and later by Rebmann. 



4. G. Lichtensteinii, Less. Syn. Comp. 50. 



Great Namaqualand : In dry sand a little north of Ganus, 3000- 

 3200 ft., fls. yellow, 4498. 



Distribution. — Western districts. 



HIRPICIUM, Cass. 



1. H. echinulatum, Cass, in Bull. Soc. Philom. 1820, 27. 



Little Namaqualand : Near the base of Rattelpoort Mountain, bush 

 6 in. high, 2980 ; sandy flat at Alewyn's Fontein, shrub 6-12 in. high, 

 3344 ; common on sandy slopes, Alewyn's Fontein, fls. yellow, 3327 ; 

 gneissic kopje at Klipplaat, 1600 ft., 3856. 



Bushmanland : Granite kopjes a few miles east of Nieuwefontein, 

 shrub 9-12 in. high, fls. yellow, 3416 ; Nieuwefontein, 2700 ft., on 

 veld, fls. yellow, 3330, 3311. 



Upper Region : Loeriesfontein, lower slopes, 3000 ft., bush 1 ft. 

 high, fls. yellow, 4862. 



Distribution. — Also in Van Rhyn's Dorp. 



