354 FLORA OF THE TRANSVAAL AND SWAZILAND. 



Boshof District, September 21st, 191 1, Burtt-Davy, 10818; more 

 abundant further south in the Orange Free State ; apparently 

 one of the characteristic species of certain soils in parts of the 

 Composite-Karroo Region. Burchell collected it in very dry., 

 stony places, between the Zak and Gariep Rivers, and Drege 

 found it " on the Karroo and the Sneeuwberg " (Flora Capcn- 

 sis). An allied species (N. humilis Less) occurs near Uitenhage 

 and GraafT-Reinet, which differs in its larger size and villoso- 

 tomentose or woolly leaves. 



Oldenlandia stricta (Smith) K. Schum. (Rubiaceae). — 

 Kaffraria, Christiana, March, 191 2, Burtt-Davy, 12478 and 

 12819; fide Miss Kensit. Plentiful; the flowers open in the 

 evening, and are then fragrant and conspicuous, white within, 

 yellow without, but are inconspicuous when closed during the 

 day. The Flora Capensis records this speices from the Winter- 

 veld and Xieuweveld, Thaba 'Nchu, Gamariver, Springbok- 

 Keel and Namaqualand. 



Panicum minus Stapf, var. planifolium Stapf. — The 

 note in Burtt-Davy and Appleton, loc. cit., does not refer to 

 this species, but to P. Icevifolium, which was the grass originally 

 submitted to me by Colonel Appleton. Panicum minus, var. 

 planifolium, also occurs in the Transvaal, and apparently a speci- 

 men of this grass was sent to Kew with my note on Panicum 

 Icevifolium attached. 



( Pelargonium Bowkeri Harv., Flora Capcnsis, ii, 592, 

 1862).— In "Natal Plants," loc. cit., Mr. Medley Wood cites 

 the locality of Bowker's collection as the " Transvaal " ; this is 

 clearly a typographical error for the Transkei {vide Flora Capcn- 

 sis, loc. cit. ) We have no record of the occurrence of this species 

 in the Transvaal. 



*Pharnaceum gracile Fenzl. (Aizoaceae). — Kaffraria, 

 Christiana, March, 1912, Burtt-Davy, 12777: fide Miss Kensit. 

 Common in sandy soil where the grass-tufts are scattered or the 

 veld generally thin. Collected by Drege " on the Great Karroo 

 2,000 to 3,000 feet" (Flora Capensis). 



*Rhoicissus capensis (Burm.). Planch. (Yitaceae). — 

 Transvaal, teste Gilg and Brandt. 



Riiojctssus cirrhifolia (Linn, f) Gilg and Brandt, loc cit. 

 Syn., R. cuneifoiia ( E. and Z.) Planch. 



Riiotctssus digitata (Linn, f) Gilg and Brandt, he. cit. 

 Syn., R. Thunbergii (E. and Z.) Planch. 



Rhynchosia nervosa Benth. (Leguminosae). — Kaffraria, 

 Christiana, March, 1912, a common and characteristic species; 

 Burtt-Davy. Also at Smitskraal, Boshof District, Burtt-Davy, 

 12902. 



Rorira xudiuscula (E. Meyr?) Thellung, loc. cit., p. 

 259. Syn.. Arabis? nudiitscula E. Mey., ex Harv. and Sond., 

 Flora Capensis | Cruciferae ). 



'■'•Forma 1, pinnatifida Thcll., loc. cit., p. 260. Type 

 locality : in the Cape Colony, foot of the Boschberg. Transvaal : 



