Plants Collected in the Peixi/ Sladcn Memorial Expeditions. 53 



" Cape Eegion. Eidges (south aspoct) of Hex River to outspan of 

 Nov. 26th, 5266." 



"Little Narnaqualand. Scrambling among shrubs at the base of 

 gneissic kopje near Plaatklip, 3061 ; 16.12.08." " Karroid plain 

 8 miles north of Van Rhyn's Dorp, 5456; 2.12.10. 5447 ; 3.12.10. 

 5455; 3.12.10." 



" Little Bushmanland. Kopjes between Plaatklip and Bitter- 

 fontein, 3052; 17.12.10." 



21. G. (§ Spharitis) clavifolia, E. Mey. ; Harvey in Flora Cap., 

 ii., p. 360. 



" Cape Region. Mountain - tops of Hottentots' Kloof, 3912 ; 

 29.11.08." 



22. C. (§ Sphceritis) decipiens, N. E. Br., in Card. Chron., Jan., 

 1903. 



[Information as to locality, &c, doubtful, but probably "Southern 

 slopes of Koeberg (Bushmanland), 6288; 12.1.11."] 



23. C. (i Sphairitis) sericea, Schonl., in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 

 Bd. 45, p. 254. 



" Little Narnaqualand. Low pass immediately north of Nieuwe 

 Rust, northern aspect, 5552 ; 4.12.10." " Upper northern slopes of 

 Rietkloof Mountain, 5721; 9.12.10." "Kopje at Nieuwefontein, 

 2,700 ft. Common, 4954; 21.12.08." " Richtersveld. Bush, 1± ft. 

 Under bushes and granite blocks, TcAlee Mountains, middle slopes, 

 6140 ; 2.1.11." " Klipplaat, 1,600 ft., 3942 ; 16.12.08." 



" Bushmanland. On gneissic kopjes near Bitterfontein, 2,000 ft., 

 3053; 17.12.08." 



This species was described from somewhat imperfect specimens 

 collected by R. Schlechter (11436). As noted by Professor Pearson, 

 it is a bush 1^ ft. high. It branches freely ; the older portions of 

 the stem and branches are efoliate, the leaves are congregated at the 

 ends of the youngest branches, which, like the leaves, are densely 

 pubescent, while the older stems are glabrous. The leaves reach a 

 length of 2 - 5 cm., the larger ones are distinctly contracted towards 

 the base. The peduncle may reach a length of 15 cm. ; the empty 

 bracts on it are oblong, obtuse, and not lanceolate acute, as stated in 

 the original description. 



