390 Annals of the South African Museum. 



CENIA, Comm. 



1. C. turbinata, Per. Euch. ii. 465. 



Cape: Olipliant's River Mountains; fool of mountain at right hand 

 side of valley near Baths, 2 in. high, heads yellowish white, 6985; 

 burnt ground, lower slopes of mountain behind Farmers 1 Baths, fls. 

 yellow, 6986; without precise locality, 771U. 



Distribution. — Western and southern districts. 



ASAEMIA, Harv. 



1. A. axillaris, Harv. in Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 187, nam e 

 only in syn. ; Icon. Plant, t. 2231. 



Cape: Doom River- bed, bush 3 ft., 54' Ml. 



Karoo : Dry stream-bed (saline) near rocky outcrop North of 

 Stompiesfontein, bush 1-2 ft., 8072. 



Bushmanland : River-bed near outspan a few miles East of Nieuwe- 

 fontein, common shrub, 2-3 ft., 3410. 



Upper Region : Irrigated land at Calvinia, 3968. 



Distribution. — Known previously from Touws River district and 

 from Aberdeen near Graaff Reinet. 



This plant is " said to cause fever in cattle of certain colours, but 

 not in others" {Pearson). 



PENTZIA, L. 



1. P. globifera, Hutchinson in Kew Bull. 1916, 251. 



Upper Region : Loeriesfontein, ravine 2500 ft., fls. yellow, 4S42. 



Little Namaqualand : Mountain pass south of Klipplaat, 170 ft., 

 also on sandy plains, 3862. 



Bushmanland: Between Klipplaat and a point about 10 miles north- 

 east, 3305. 



Distribution. — Common weed throughout South Africa. 



2. P. yrandiflora, Hutchinson in Kew Bull. 1916, 250. 



Cape: Roadside between Clanwilliam and Lang Kloof, bush 1 ft., 

 5345; sand flat between Brief ontein and Heerenlogement, fls. yellow, 

 6808. 



Distribution. — Clanwilliam to Namaijualand. 



3. P. tanacetifolia, Hutchinson in Kew Bull. 1910, 253. 

 Cape: Sandy cornlands, Clanwilliam, 5340. 



Karoo : Common in irrigated land at the " Bosch " near Sckurkraal, 

 3079. 



