Notes

Stems prostrate, 5-rigid. Corolla dull, yellow with red spots on limb, very papillate, upper corolla cream, lower dark purple-black. On very shallow soild on granite rocks with Barbacenia.; Rock red granite; soils:-(a) a red sandy loam on well drained slopes,(b) pale sandy soil near watercourses,(c) a yellowish brown powdery soil on flats, (d) 'Black cotton soil' More information given Commoner than 12628, but very local. Seen on 4 parts of the mt. but only flowering in one. Living specimens sent to Kew, Bally, Pretoria, flowers in spirit.; with mountains rising to 11000m.; Rainfall perhapse between 300 and 400 mm. with maxima in April and probably November. In 1952 the main rains started on 27th March.; A rich Commiphora-Acacia scrub with scattered larger trees such as Delonix, Terminalia, Gyrocarpus.