Seven species of Euryops (Compositae) occur in South West Africa. Of these, E. lateriflorus (L.f.) DC. and E. subcarnosus DC. are widely distributed in southern Africa. The latter is commonly called E. multifidus (Thunb) DC, which is a different species confined to the Western Cape Province. E. asparagoides (Licht. ex Less.) DC. has a disjunctive area with an outpost in South West Africa. E. walterorum Merxm. is a local endemic of the Great Gamsberg. E. mucosus B. Nord. sp. nov. is known from a single collection in southwest. It is allied lo E. dregeanus Sch. Bip., a species of Namaqualand and Bushmanland recently found also in South West Africa. E. namibensis (Merxm.) B. Nord. stat. nov. is confined to the lower Orange River area, occurring on both sides of the river. The term "Gariep element" is suggested to designate a phytogeographical group of taxa with this type of distribution. Many species and even some genera belong to this element. The genus Euryops (Compositae) is predominantly South African but has representatives also further to the north. Along the east of Africa it ranges as far as Ethipoia and Somaliland and one species exlends into southern Arabia. In the west, however, the genus reaches its northern limit in South Wesl Africa (in the following abbreviated to SWA). Seven species of Euryops occur in SWA, two of which are not known outside the area.