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Suffiutex erectus rigidus ramosus ; rami adscendentes vel divaricati , 
foliosi, cum folns viscoso-hispiduh, demum cortice albido papyracco 
vestiti, ad 15 cm. longi, 0 5 cm. diam., iuternodiis 0 2— 0‘3 cm. longis; 
folia adscendentia vel patentia, sessilia, breviter decurrentia, axillis 
lanatis, supra basin articulata, anguste hnearia, basin versus vix 
angustata, ad apicern sensim attenuata, pungent i - m u cf bnata, nervo 
medio conspicuo, subtus prominente, 2'5 — 4 cm. longa, 0‘2 — 0'25 cm. 
lata; capitula sessilia apicibus ramorum ramulorumque, circa 1'4 cm. 
longa, involucro, parte globoso, 0'8 — 1 cm. diam., supra medium 
constricto, squamis multiseriatis, exterioribus foliaceis, interioribus 
subhyalinis rigidis attenuato-mucronatis ciliatis, apice recurvis, intimis 
incurvis, acuminatis ; receptaculum leviter convexum vel planum, 
dense setosum, setis 0‘3 — 0'5 cm. longis; radii ffosculi 8 — 10, corolla 
1'7 cm., disci 1'2 cm. longa; achaenia longe densissimeque pilosa, 
0T5 — 0'2 cm. longa ; pappi squamae exteriores 10, exaristatae, 01 — 
0T5 cm. longae, interiores 10, aristatae, longiores usque ad duplum. 
Kuibis, 8021. 
Very closely allied to G. vigintisquamea, O. Hoffm., but the leaves 
are narrow, linear and entire, the heads terminal and rather larger, 
and the awns on the inner pappus scales are shorter than the scales 
themselves. Plate XIV, A. 
Eremothamnus Marlothianus, O. Hoffm. Shallow ravines, Liideritzbucht, 
8047. 
Berkheyopsis Echinus, O. Hoffm. Railway embankment between Nakies and 
Klein Karas, 7934. 
Berkheya sp. — material insufficient. Kuibis Ravine, 8007. 
Euclea Pseudebenus, E. Mey. Kuibis Ravine, 8005. 
Raphionacme sp. — fruit only. Sandstone plateau, among sandstone blocks, 
8472. 
Microloma longituba, Schinz. Between Griindoorn and Nakeis, in stony 
plains, 8463. 
Asclepias filiformis, Benth. and Hook. f. River-bed above quartzite hill, 
8035. Near bottom of valley W. of Aus, 8056. 
Asclepias Burchellii, Schltr. Bottom of Kuibis Ravine, 8002. 
Codon Royeni, Linn. Quartzite hill, Aus, 8030. 
Convolvulus ulosepalus, Hall. f. River-bed between Klein Karas and Holoog, 
7961. 
Aptosimum glandulosum, Webber and Schinz? Railway embankment 
between Klein Karas and Holoog, 7948. 
Aptosimum viscosum, Benth. Common on dry stony slopes, Aus, 8049. 
Anticharis scoparia, Hiern. Quartzite plains, Kuibis, 8028. 
Sutera Maxii, Hiern. Kuibis Ravine, among rocks, 8003, 801/. 
