27-30 mm. longus; (capsula rarissime [E. ei Z. 259 pr. 
p-] subsessilis). 
Silene Capensis Otth in DC. prodr. 1, 379. 
Melandryum Gapense (Otth) Rohrb. monogr. Sil. 832. 
Hab. in arenosis prope „Brackfontein“ fuviumque „Berg- 
river“ (BE. et Z, 259!), Grahamstown et in Caflraria (E. et 
Z.), Kuysna (Pappe), ad montes „Giftherg“ (Drege 70691) et 
„Nieuweveldsberg“ (id. 730!), Slaagkraal (Burke), Port Na- 
tal (Miss Owen). 
4%. Mi. bellidiosde (Sond.) Rohrb. 
Canles erecti simplices vel superne ramosi, scabride pu- 
hbescentes subviscidi; folia suhcarnosa, inferiora spathulata 
obtusa apienlata in petiolum attennata, caulina parva oblonga 
vel obovata, omnia dense scabride puhescentia; Nlores pauci; 
calyx %7 mm. lougus, elongato-elavatus infra capsulam levi- 
ter eonstrietus, pubescens, striis viridibus, dentibus subulato- 
lanceolatis acutis anguste albo-marginatis ciliolatis; petala 
alba, unguihus utringue acute auricnlatis exsertis, bipartita 
lobis ovato-oblongis, appendicibus hinis truncatis; capsula ob- 
longa carpophoram quater superans; semina dorso faciebus- 
que plana tuberculata. 
Silene bellidioides Sond.! H. cap. I, 125. 2%. 
Melandryum Capense (Otih) var. serietum (Fenzl) Rohrb. 
monogr. Sil. 232. 
Silene bellidifolia E. et Z. 261!; non Jacq. neo Thhg, 
Silene beilidifolia var. stricta Fenzl! in herb. Dröge. 
Hab. in campis ad fl. „Zwartkopsriver“ (E. et Z. 261), 
pr. Port Elizabeth (Drege!), Knysna (Krauss!). 
Differt a speciei prioris varietate 7, quacum olim, et per- 
peram quidem, ut mihi nunc videtur, coniunxi, perenmitate, 
