8o Plants and their Ways in South Africa 



Colony, their leaves are much in evidence. The plants of the 

 Karroo have to defend themselves against the lack of rain by 



Fig. 82. — Meseinbryantlion uni felimivt. 



Fig. 83. — Meseiiihryavtiioiinin holnsli. A native of the dryest part of the Karroo 

 coming from the neighbourhood of Prince Albert. The water-storing iea\-es enable 

 the plant to live through long droughts. (Photograph by A. J. Fuller, Esq., 

 Cape Town.) 



