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Berkhcya carHnoidcs, W'illd. 



Kopjes beyond French Hoek, i,ooo ft. An erect plant; rays 

 and disc yellow ; bracts jg^reen. 

 Gcrhera toiueiifosa. D.C. var. laiiata, Harv. 



Mountain Ranoe l)ebind French Hoek, 3.000 ft. Rays 

 bright yellow. 

 Hicracium cap ens e, Finn. 



Roadside between French IToek and Fa Provence. 700 ft. ; in 

 fields rt^imd Kriel's F'arni. Flow^ers yellow. 



CA^rI^\^'^LA^K.^•:. 



Lobelia corymbosa. (irah. ' 



Growinq- at the side of a rock on mountain ridges behind 



Kriel's Farm. 3.000 ft. A decumbent plant ; petals white 



or pinkish, with bright red spots near the base; stamens 



bluish. 



L. pnufolia, Finn. 



Mountains behind Kriel's Farm and roadside leading up to 

 French Hoek Pass, 2,000 ft. A bush 1-2 ft. high; 

 flowers blue. 

 L coroiiopifolia, Linn. 



Mountain slopes near the top of the Pass. 1,400 ft.; fa^t of 

 low kopjes beycMid the village, 900 ft. Petals dark blue, 

 tinged with red in the tube; li]D with two raised white 

 ridges. 

 L. Eriiius, Finn. 



In a deepkloof behind, the French Hoek Range, 1,200 ft. 

 Flowers blue. 

 L. pubescens, Ait. 



In shade of rocks, mountain slopes above Robert's Valley, 

 1,000 ft. Flowers white, base of tube tinged with blue. 

 Cyphia Phyteitnia, Willd. 



Kopje between Kriel's Farm and Robert's Valley, 1,500 ft. 

 Leaves in a basal rosette : tl<nvers white-tinged, with 

 minute blue sjwts. 

 C. sylvatica, Eckl. 



Near a stream on mountain slopes above the village, 

 1.650 ft. A twmer; flowers white, with a bluish tinge; 

 the limb of the three segments with a red mark at the 

 base. 

 IVahlenbergia capensis, A.D.C. 



Foot of kopjes beyond French Hoek, 900 ft. Petals pale 

 blue, with a dark spot in each sinus. 

 /['. licklonii, Buek. 



Low kopjes near the village. Petals pale blue. 



Ericace.e. 

 Erica scariosa, Thunb. 



Common at foot of mountains near Kriel's Farm. <Soo ft. A 

 bush T-2 ft. high ; flowers white or pink. 



