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The northern slopes of the same mountain, towards the town, though more 
arid than the eastern side, nevertheless afford many curious plants, among 
which may be noticed the following : 
Pterygodium catholicum, (grows 'also d erg De C. 
he Flat hrharta Mnem 
on t a 
Disperis TUNE A bu D 
secunda E. caluci 
Corycium orobanchoides. Së oe Centella, 
Gladiolus gracilis, H. virgata, (also on the Flats.) 
G. alatus. Erica Sebana. 
G. versicolor (?) E. Plukenetii. 
Geissorrhiza secunda. Hallia alata. 
Galaxia ovata. H. imbricata (very common). 
Hermannia multiflora. Oxalis tricolor. 
Mahernia grossularifolia. Diosma niu: 
Helichrysum crispum 
Some of the plants which may be considered most common in the neigh- 
bourhood of Cape Town are, 
Cliffortia Sr: Leucadendron adscendens. 
Muraltia Heister te as E 
Dimorphotheca dini: Cenia turbina 
aoe sp. Sg ZEthiopica. 
Cotula Lobelia oan. 
Lobelia VERLA lutea. 
(I) Among the plants to be found near Simon's Town, may be enumerated 
the foilowing, 
Gladiolus Cunonia. Serruria hirsuta R. Br, and other sp. 
Diasia iridifolia Red. of that genus. 
Sparaxis bulbi n Mimetes Hartogii R. Br. 
Cysticapnos Afric Gnidia pinifolia. 
Heliophila ee B. M. Helipterum speciosissimum Br. 
Erica spumosa. Audouinia capitata Br. 
E. Halicacaba. Nemesia bicornis. 
Sutherlandia frutescens. 
m ) The penis plants were in blossom on the Paarl hill when I visited 
it in August 
Diosma EAS marginata. L. grandiflorum R. Br. 
Drosera sp. Serruria pinnata R. Br, 
Geissorrhiza excisa. Do a Sp. 
ermannia alnifolia, Hydrocotyle calliodus De C. 
B. altheifolia. Eustegia filiformis. 
H. flammea. parazis bicolor. 
Leucospermum lineare R. Br. Hemimeris montana. 
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