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SAXIFRAGACEAE. 
Vahlia capensis, Thund. 
Kwebe Hills, 3,300 ft., around swampy places, Mrs. Lugard, 145, 
Plant growing to 6 in. high, with golden flowers, 
CRASSULACEAE, 
Crassula elata, V. £. Br. Herba elata, pubescens. Folia opposita, 
superioria oblonga, subacuta, ciliata. Verticillastri densi, multi- 
ori, in spicam interruptam elongatam dispositi. Sepala oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuta, Petala lineari-oblonga, dorso ad apicem apicu- 
lata, glabra, rubescentia. 
An erect herb about 2 ft. high, everywhere, with the exception 
of the corolla and inner parts of the flowers, clothed with a short 
white pubescence. Lower part of the stem not seen, upper part 
ending in a narrow, interrupted, spike-like inflorescence a foot long. 
Upper stem-leaves about 14 in. long, 5-6 lin, broad, oblong or lanceo- 
late-oblong, sub-acute, gradually passing into small ovate bracts, 
ciliate. Flowers in small dense sessile cymules or verticillasters 
about }-in, diam, along the terminal part of the stem, very numerous 
and about }-in. apart. Bracteoles 14-24 lin. long, linear-lanceolate or 
subulate. Pedicels 14 lin. long. Sepals 14 lin. long, oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Petals slightly exceeding the sepals, 
1§ lin, long, narrowly oblong, obtuse, with a dorsal apiculus at the 
apex, glabrous. Stamens not exserted, glabrous. Hypogynous 
scales quadrate, bifid, Carpels oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; stigma 
quite sessile, slightly oblique. 
Bechuanaland ; near Palapye, 3,000 ft., Lugard, 247. 
This species is allied to C. tomentosa, Thunb., differing in its more 
numerous, more crowded whorls of flowers and short petals, which, 
according to Lugard, are brown, but in the dried specimen appear 
to have been dull reddish, | 
Kalanchoe multiflora, Schinz. 
Kwebe Hills, Mrs. Lugard, 224. 
Corolla green, edged with yellowish-red on the lobes. 
Kalanchoe glandulosa, Hochst. var. ? 
Kwebe Hills, Mrs, Lugard, 227, 
Flowers brick-red. 
COMBRETACEAE. 
Terminalia sericea, Burch, 
Kalahari Desert; at T’Klakane Pits, 2,500 ft? Lugard, 306. 
The common scrub-bush of the desert everywhere where no 
water is. Usually a bush up to 6 ft., but sometimes grows to a tree 
