4/0 A COLLECTING TRIP TO FRENCH JIOEK. 



P. neriifol'm, R. Br. 



Ravine behind Kriel's Farm, 1,500 ft. A bush 5-8 ft. high; 



]>racts fleshy-pink, tipped with black hairs. 

 Only about six specimens of this species were seen round 

 F'rench Hoek. 

 P. iH'ellifcra, Thunb. 



Top of hill iK^hind i.e Roux's Farm. 2.000 ft. Bracts pink, 

 viscid. 

 P. lorca, R. Br. 



Damp flats near Kriel's Farm, c. 900 ft. ; mountain slopes 

 between Robert's Valley and the Berg River \'alley, 

 1,500 ft. The young leaves are of a reddish colour and 

 villous, with long white hair ; bracts white, delicately 

 tinged with ])ink ; perianth and style yellowish white, 

 villous with white hairs above. This species forms large 

 " clumps " on the ground. 

 P. acatdis. Thunb. 



Mountain slopes and summits, 1,000-^^,300 ft. This species 

 was flowering freely at altitudes above 2,(joo ft., but on 

 the lower slopes only young buds were found. 

 Leucospermiim conocarpum, R. Br. 



Slopes between Kriel's Farm and the foot of the Pass, 

 1,000 ft. A bush 6-8 ft. high ; flowers yellow. Commot>. 

 L. linear e, R. Br. 



Fields near Kriel's Farm, and mountain slo])es near Robert's 



Valley. A bvish t-2 ft. high. 

 The specimens I saw growing on the higher slopes had pale 

 yellow flowers, while those on the flats were tinged 

 with red. 

 L. hypophyllmn, R. Br. 



Sand flats at Robert's Valley, 900 ft. A j^rostrate creeper; 

 flowers yellow. 

 Mimetes ly rig era, Kn. 



Hills above Le Roux's Farm. 1,500 ft. Bracts red. 

 DiasteUa ericcc folia, Kn. 



Roadside between French Hoek and La Provence, 700 ft. A 

 spreading prostrate shrub; flowers pinkish. 

 Serrnriu K night ii, Hutch. 



Damp flats near Kriel's Farm, c. 850 ft. Flowers ])inkish. 

 S. gracilis, Kn. 



Mountain slopes behind Kriel's Farm, 1,000 feet. A pros- 

 trate plant ; flowers pink. 

 5. barhigera, Kn. 



Ix)w kopjes beyond French Hoek. i.ooo ft. Bush 2-3 ft. 

 high ; peduncles, bracts, and flowers pinkish. 



ThYMEL.'TlACE.^. 



Passerina filiformis, Linn. 



Between Kriel's Farm and the foot of the Pass, i.ooo ft. A 

 bush 2-5 ft. high ; flowers red or whitish-red. \''ery 

 common. 



