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Senecio prenanthiflora, Benth. et Hook. f. 



Senecio prenanthiflora, Benth. et Hook, f., Gen. Hani, ii. p. 448. 



Lachanodes prenanth (flora, Burch, in DC. Prodr., vi. p. 442; Hook., Io. PL, xi. t. 1054; Melliss, 



St Hel., p. 289, t. 43. 

 Mikania arborea, Roxb. in Beatson's St Helena Tracts, p. 313, non Kunth. 

 Solidago leueadendron, AVilkl., Sp. PL, iii. p. 2054, non Forst, 



St Helena. — Endemic. Half way up Diana's Peak and Sandy Bay Ridge — Burchell, 

 156 ; north slope of Diana's Peak, at 2500 feet — Hooker, 282 ; without locality— Bennett ; 

 Central Ridge— Morris, in 1S83. 



"She Cabbage-tree." 



This still occurs rather plentifully on the Central Ridge at 2000 to 2600 feet. There 

 are specimens in the herbarium of the British Museum brought home by Cook on his 

 first voyage. 



Senecio leueadendron, Benth. et Hook. f. 



Senecio leueadendron, Benth. et Hook, f., Gen. Plant., ii. p. 448. 



Pladaroxylon leueadendron, Hook. f. in Hook. Ie. PL, xi. t. 1055 ; Melliss, St Hel., p. 289, t. 44. 

 Lachanodes leueadendron, DC, Prodr., vi. p. 443. 



Solidago leueadendron, Forst., Comment. Soc. Gcett., p. 59, ex Willd., Sp. PL, iii. p. 2054 ; Roxb. in 

 Beatson's St Helena Tracts, p. 323. 



St Helena. — Endemic. Diana's Peak and Sandy Bay Ridge — Burchell, 154; Diana's 

 Peak, at 2000 feet — Hooker; Central Ridge — Melliss; without locality — Bennett; Central 

 Ridge — Morris, in 1883. 



" He Cabbage- tree." 



This forms, according to Melliss, a conspicuous part of the indigenous vegetation on 

 the Central Ridge, growing at elevations of 1900 to 2600 feet, descending much lower than 

 any of the other " cabbage-trees." 



It is in the older collections at the British Museum, collected by Forster, Robertson 

 (1773), and Staunton. 



Tripteris burchellii, Hook. f. 



Tripteris burchellii, Hook. f. in Melliss's St Hel., p. 290, t 45. 

 Oligocarpus, Benth. et Hook, f., Gen. Plant., ii. p. 455. 

 Osteospermum, sp., Hook, f., Lecture on Insular Floras, reprint, p. 7. 



St Helena. — Endemic. From the Waterfall, and the Gut under Lot's W.ife, towards 

 Sandy Bay— Burchell, 149 ; Melliss. 



" A native of the rocky, barren land near the coast, where it grows with Mesembryan- 

 themum cryptanthum. It springs up after the winter rains in July or August, blossoms 

 and seeds freely, and dies in the following summer weather, about February or March. 

 It is not abundant, and grows chiefly in the neighbourhood of Sandy Bay beach. I have 



