Plants Collected in the Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions. 429 



2. D. carnosum, Ait. 1. c. 256. 



Little Namaqualand : Brakrivier, banks of water furrow, 1600 ft., 

 December, 4867. Bushmanland : North-east of Klipplaat, on veldt 

 near Gneissic kopje, 3431. 



Cape : AttisRiver be I, 5382. 



Distribution. — Little Namaqualand to Saldanha Bay. 



3. D. tomentosum, Less. Syn. 61. 



Little Namaqualand: Dry river bed below Modderfontein Pass 

 (Richtersveld), December, 5996. 



Distribution. — Also collected at Angra Pequena. 



DICOMA, Cass. 



1. D capensis, Less, in Linnaea, v. 277. 



Karoo : Prostrate in sand of river-bed at Draaikraal, 1700 ft., 4996. 



Bushmanland : On red sand near outspan, 8 miles south-west or 

 west of Bitterfontein, small plant 1 in. high, 3312; sandy valley 

 leading down to Banian's Drift, branches prostrate, involucral bracts 

 green with white tips, 4698. 



Little Namaqualand : Sandy slopes at Kamabies, 3000 ft., 3779 ; 

 in sand, Eietfontein to O'okiep, 3460. 



Great Namaqualand: About 20 km. north of Raman's Drift, 

 4045 ; sandstone at Sandverhaar, 3100 ft., 4684. 



Distribution. — Western districts and Kalahari region. 



PERDICIUM, Lag. 



1. Perdicuum Taraxaci, Vahl, in Skrivt. Nat. Hist. Selsk. i. ii. 9. 



Cape : Oliphant's River Mountains ; foothills of Cold Bokkeveld 

 opposite Baths, heads white, 6997. 



Distribution.— Paarl, Malmesbury, and Clanwilliam and (according 

 to Harvey) Stellenbosch. 



2. P. leiocarpum, DC. Prodr. vii. 39. 



Cape : Giftberg, in sandy places, 7423. 



Distribution. — Previously collected only by Drege between Pedros 

 Kloof and Leliefontein, Little Namaqualand. 



The indumentum on the lower surface of the leaves appears to be 

 very deciduous, and cannot be regarded as a reliable distinguishing 



