Contents:
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Maps of Southern Africa ........... VI-IX

Preface ...........................     X

Acknowledgements ..................    XI

Illustration Credits ..............   XII


1 MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE - Veld vygies or fig marigolds ......   1

2 PORTULACACEAE - Anacampseros and related genera .........  45

3 CRASSULACEAE - Crassula and related genera ..............  53

4 EUPHORBIACEAE - Euphorbia and related genera ............ 109

5 APOCYNACEAE & PASSIFLORACEAE - Pachypodous plants ....... 153

6 STAPELIEAE .............................................. 159

7 ALOACEAE - Aloe ......................................... 213

8 ALOACEAE - Five minor genera ............................ 262

GLOSSARY .................................................. 282

INDEX ..................................................... 285