BOOK V. 
GEOGRAPHY. 
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Andromeda Myrsinites, Baccharis tridentata, Chiliotrichum amel- 
loides, Ribes magellanicum, Escallonia serrata, Fuchsia coceinea, 
Myrtus nummularia ; Berberis ilicifolia, inermis, microphylla, empe- 
trifolia ; Dry mis Winteri. 
No culture. 
XXIII. Kingdom of Stapelias and Mesembryanthemums. 
( Thunhergs Kingdom^ 
South Africa, from the tropic to 35° S. L. Mean Temperature, 
54-5° to 72-5°. 
Character. — The flora is very rich in forms, but by no means lux- 
uriant ; there are no large thick woods, nor any climbers ; but many 
succulent plants. Characteristic orders : Restiacese, Irideae, Prote- 
aceae, Ericaceae, Ficoideae, Bruniaceae, Diosmeae, Geranieae, Oxalideae, 
Polygaleae. Genera: Restio, Ixia, Gladiolus, Moraea, Watsonia, 
Haemanthus, Strumaria, Agapanthus, Eucomis, Massonia, Strelitzia, 
Aphyteia, Passerina, Gnidia, Protea, Leucadendron, Leucosper- 
mum, Serruria, et Proteacearum pi. genera, Stilbe, Selago, Sta- 
pelia, Erica, Gnaphalium, Elichrysum, Stobaea, Pteronia, Osteo- 
spermum, Tarchonanthus, Relhania, Gorteria, Arctotis^ Othonna, 
Stoebe, Q^dera, Anthospermum, Mesembryanthemum, Vahlia, 
Liparia, Borbonia, Lebeckia, RafFnia, Aspalathus, Staavia, Brunia, 
Phylica, Diosma, Pelargonium, Oxalis, Sparmannia^, Muraltia, Poly- 
gala, Penaea. 
Prevailing forms. On the sandy coasts : Stapelia, Irideae, Mesem- 
bryanthemum, Restio, Diosma. On the mountains : Proteaceae, 
Erica, Crassula. In the dry high-plains (karro) : Acacia capensis, 
GirafFa, detinens, viridiramis; Euphorbia mauritanica, tenax ; Poa 
spinosa, Mesembryanthemum sp., Aloe, Irideae, but not any Pro- 
teaceae, Erica, Diosmeae, Restio. 
Some other remarkable species : Haemanthus coccineus, Ama- 
ryllis toxicaria, Testudinaria montana and Elephantopus, Podo- 
carpus elongatus, Salix Gariepina; Protea mellifera, grandiflora ; 
Leucadendron argenteum, Laurus bullata, Lycium tetrandrum, 
Olea similis, Rhigozum trichotomum, Tarchonanthus camphoratus, 
Stoebe Rhinocerotis, Crassula coceinea, Portulacaria afra; Mesem- 
bryanthemum edule, turbiniforme ; Metrosideros angustifolia, Aca- 
cia elephantina, Zizyphus bubalina, Calodendron capense. 
Cultivated plants : the European cerealia, fruits, and veget- 
ables; also, Sorghum cafFrorum, Convolvulus Batatas, Musa para- 
disiaca, Tamarindus indica, Psidium pomiferum, Citrus decu- 
mana. 
