ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 609 
The following COMPOSITE are found apparently “wild” in many 
parts of the Colony, but being undoubtedly of exotic origin, have been 
omitted in this work :— 
Zinnia multiflora (L. DC. Prod. 5, p.535) ; common on the Eastern 
frontier and at Natal ; escaped from cultivation. A native of Mexico. 
Centaurea Cyanus (L., DC. 1. c. 6, p. 578) ; found in cornfields and 
the borders of gardens. Native of S. of Europe. 
Centaurea Melitensis (L., DC. 1c. p. 593); found on Cape flats 
and about Greenpoint by #. & Z, Native of Malta and Sicily, but 
_ widely dispersed over the globe. 
Cnicus benedictus (L., DC. 1. c. p. 606) ; found about Capetown by 
W. H. H. (1838) and sent from the slopes of the Wittberg by Mrs, 
F. W. Barber | (1863). Native of Persia and Tauria, from whence it 
has found its way to the S. of Europe, and thence to the Andes of f+ | 
Chili! (DCL) ele 
Kentrophyllum lanatum (DC. . c. p. 610) ; found about Capetown = 
by Z. § Z. Native of S. of Europe. 
Cichorium Intybus (L., DC. lc. 7, p. 84); sent from Natal by Mfr. 
Sanderson, Common “ chicory,” a well-known European weed, whose 
cultivated roots are used to adulterate coffee; and its blanched leaves 
eaten as winter salad. 
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