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THE CARRION PLANT. 



eagerly sought by the Hottentots, Caffres, and natives generally, who 

 eat the fruits of the former and the roots of the latter ; the Stapelia 

 hirsuta, or Carrion Plant, and several others of the same genus, whose 

 carrion-smelling flowers are singularly handsome, though their odour 

 is most offensive ; a great number of aloes, particularly the Aloe 

 verrucosa, A. ciliaris, A. plicatilis, and A. arborescens, each distin- 



VEGETABLE LIFE OF CAPE COLONY. 

 1. Helichrysum fruticosum. 2. Erica Cavendishiana. 3. Protea longifolia. 4. Todea Africana. 



guished by a strange wayward boldness of form and figure ; arid, 

 finally, those larger Euphorbias of which I have already spoken, and 

 which yield a white milky juice that hardens on exposure to the air. 

 It is mainly on the slopes or stony hills of the Cape that we meet 

 with numerous and remarkable species of the Immortelles, with their 

 white, yellow, or lilac, and satin-smooth flowers. The woody Immor- 



