348 FLORA OF THE TRANSVAAL AND SWAZILAND. 



1912. — Thiselton-Dyer, Sir W. T., " Flora of Tropical 

 Africa," Vol. vi, sec. 1, Part 4 (issued 1912). Records Bridclia 

 cathartica Bertol, and B. mollis Hutch., as occurring in the 

 Transvaal. 



Amphidoxa gnaphalioides DC, " Prodr.," vi, 246 ; Flora 

 Capcnsis, iii. 263; No. 3,022 of the Check-list (Compositse). — 

 This pretty little plant has the aspect of a Gnaphalium or of 

 Helichrysnni declinatum, as pointed out by Harvey. From 

 Helichrysum it differs in the absence of pappus to the numerous 

 marginal female flowers. I have collected it in the following 

 localities :— 



Bloemhof Dist. : Kaffraria, Christiana, March 8th, 1912, wet 

 ground and on islets in shallow dam, associated with Panicum 

 Holubii; Burtt-Davy,, 12801. 



Maf eking Div. : Setlagoli Native Reserve, November 13th. 

 191 1, Burtt-Davy, 11040. 



Vryburg Div.: Mimiesfontein (H. Hobson's), November 

 15th, 191 1, Burtt-Davy, 11097. 



Boshoff Dist. : Smitskraal, near Christiana, in brak soil 

 along the Vaal River, September 21st, 1911, Burtt-Davy, 10855. 



Its occurrence in the Southern Bechuanaland Region is an 

 interesting extension of known range, as the Flora Capensis 

 records it only from the vicinity of Uitenhage and Port 

 Elizabeth. 



*(Andropogon pertusus Willd., var. capensis Hack. (?) 

 Andropogon. In " DC. Monogr. Phan.," vi, 479; Flora Capensis, 

 vii, 345. (Gramineae). — Included in Burtt-Davy and Appleton, 

 loc. cit. The specimen was not seen by Dr. Stapf. As there is 

 no mention of the locality from which Lieut. -Col. Appleton 

 obtained the specimen, and as it is known that his collections 

 included some grasses from other parts of South Africa, this 

 cannot be taken as a definite record, and must be queried until 

 actual Transvaal material is obtained, especially as the range of 

 the species appears to be restricted to the " Coast " and 

 "Eastern " Regions of the Flora Capensis. 



Androstachys Joiinsonii Prain, in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 

 p. 439!; Thiselton-Dyer, " Flora of Tropical Africa," vi, sect. 1, 

 part iii (1912) ; Weihea (?) subpeltata Sim, "Foreign Flora of 

 Portuguese East Africa," p. 66, t. lxi (1909) (Euphorbiacese).— 

 Mr. Sim had neither flowers nor fruit, and was unable to do 

 more than guess at the family and genus. Through the 

 courtesy of Mr. Warner, Resident Magistrate at Stegi, on the 

 Lebombo Mountains, fruiting material was recently obtained, 

 which suggested the family Euphorbiacese, though the fruits 

 were sometimes 4-locular. Looking through the description in 

 the recently-issued part of the " Flora of Tropical Africa," that 

 of Androstachys Johnsonii seemed to fit my specimens; material 

 was submitted to Kew for comparison with the type, and the 

 tentative determination confirmed. 



