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giving its branches a Cupressus-like appearance, while its greyish 
colour helps to give a lighter tint to the vegetation. Various 
forms of Helichrysuui, of Ostcospermum, with conspicuous yellow 
flowers and hard stony fruits, and numerous species of Senccio 
are among the more prominent of their family. Of the genus 
Erica, 90 species are found in the Cape Peninsula, growing as 
stated above, more or less singly among the other shrubs. In 
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Fig. 47. 
Fisc. 48. 
Fig. 50. 
Types of reduced foliage from the “ Bush.” 
Fig. 46 .—Britain nodifiora. Fig. 47 .—Passeriua filiformis. 
Fig. 48 .—Elytropnppus rhinocerotis. Fig. 49 .—Mural tin. 
Fig. 50.— Cliffortia. Fig. 51 .—Phy licit. 
August the beautiful Erica ccrintlioides was in full bloom, while 
Erica baccans and E. Plukenctii were among the more showy forms. 
These narrow-leaved heaths and the hard-leaved Brunia nodijlora 
(Fig. 46) with its globular tufts of white flowers were to be seen on 
