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]ia7iia sp. (Xo. 152), which is sometimes dominant on 

 very dry i)laces and at high altitudes. Under the shrubs 

 Helichrysum capiUaceiim occurs, also Crassula filamoi- 

 tosa^ while in damp places Oxalis sp, {? Smithii) is 

 abundant. Associated plants are Poly gala rarifolia. 

 Cotyledon orhiculata, Hyohanche rubra, Melasma oro- 

 l)anchoides, A^rostis laofmanthay Nemesia Flanagarii, 

 n.sp. (No. 54), Cerastium capense, Silene Burclielii, Les- 

 sertia flexuosa, Euryops lateriflorus. Other mountain 

 plants are: — Athrixia angnstissima, Hypoxis rigidula, 

 Alepidea ciUaris^ Helichrysum erosum, Senecio digitalis 

 folius, Nidorella auriculata, Schizoglossum Imifolinm, 

 Dierama pendula, Hehenstreitia comosa. 



In tiic crevices on the precipices the following plants 

 are found: — Crassula papulosa, Crassula filamentosa, 

 Crassula hasutica, Crassula ruhescens, various species of 

 Mesenibrianthemum, Ficinia sp., Disperis sp. ( ? Bolus- 

 iana), Lobelia erinus, Zaluzianshia alpestris, Eucomis 

 sp., Galtonia sp. {? princeps), various Nemesias, Helio- 

 pliila sp., Oniithogalum sp., Oxalis sp., etc. 



Where the mountains have been overstocked and the 

 vegetation frequently burned, Leucosidea sericea and 

 Arundinaria tesselata have been destroyed, and the tus- 

 socks of grass are rapidly being replaced by Chrysocoma 

 tenuifolia, Salvia repens, Senecio pamciilatus, Senedo 

 asperulus, etc. Most of these plants are useless as food 

 for stock, and so the value of the mountain veld is de- 

 teriorating. 



A List of Some op the Ferns. 



Adiantimi capillus-veneris, Asplenium monantliemum, 

 A. sp. (near A. trichomanes), A. praemorsum, A. sp. (f 

 lumilatum) , A. Kraussii, Blechnum australis, Cheilan- 

 thiis liirta, Dryopteris athamantica, D. elongata, Mohria 

 caffrorum, Nothochlaena Ecldoniana, Pellaea quadripin- 

 nata, Polystichum pungens^ Polypodium lanccolatiim, P. 

 milgare, Pteri$ cretica. 



