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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate VI. 



Fig. 1. A branched tree of Encephalartos Fridcrici Guilielmi 

 growing on the top of a ridge (4,700 ft.) above Queenstown, with 

 an unbranched specimen in the middle distance on the right. The 

 branch on the left shews a whorl of 5 disintegrating $ cones, and 

 the well-marked alternation of scale- and foliage-leaves. The doleritic 

 boulders among which this species flourishes are also seen (September 

 23, 1905). 



Fig. 2. E, Altensteinii in dense bush on the left bank of the Buffalo 

 Eiver near East London. Among the leaf-bases are numerous plants 

 of the epiphytic Polypodium africaiium. The walking-stick leans 

 against the trunk of Trichocladus ellipticus. A young plant of 

 Buxus MacOwani is seen at the base of the trunk of the Encepha- 

 lartos. A little higher up, placed horizontally and slightly out of 

 focus, are flowering branches of Niebuhria triphylla (April 30, 1906). 



Plate VII. 



Fig. 1. Encephalartos Altensteinii, in open bush on the right bank 

 of the Nahoon Eiver. In front of the branched trunk is a stem of 

 the deciduous Commiphora caricefolia (May 2, 1906). 



Fig. 2. E. villosus, growing a few yards from the E. Altensteinii, 

 shown in Plate VI, fig. 2. In the foreground in front of the walking- 

 stick is an uprooted young plant showing the tuberous stem covered 

 by leaf-bases (April 30, 1906). 



Plate VIII. 



Fig. 1. Eostrum of Phlo&ophagus hispidus with adherent pollen 

 from $ cone of Encephalartos villosus, x 56. 



Fig. 2. Stangcria, sp. Two leaves and a $ cone. Grass-veld 

 near East London (May 2, 1906). 



Fig. 3. Stangeria, sp. ( $ ), from the same locality, showing under- 

 ground branching. In front of the specimen lie a $ cone (obtained 

 by Mr. Eattray " among long grass ") and a footrule. (Photographed 

 by Mr. W. T. Saxton.) 



