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2. P. natalensis O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. i. p.357 (1891). Fl. Cap. 
Conyza cafra DC. Prodr. v. p. 381 (1836); Harv. & Sond. iii. 
p. 112 (1865) (caffra). C. natalensis Schultz Bip. ex Walp. Rep. 
ii. p. 971 (1843). Blumea natalensis Schultz Bip., l.c. 
MossaAmMEepEs.—An erect annual herb, branched from the base, 6 to 
8 in. high, with the habit of an Erigeron ; florets violet-purple. In 
sandy thickets at the Garganta or mouth of the Bero, many specimens 
but sporadic ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 3414. 
3. P. gariepinus O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. i. p. 357 (1891). 
Blumea gariepina DC. p. 448; Harv. & Sond. Z.c., p. 120. 
MossamMeEpes.—A suffrutescent herb, 3 ft. high or more ; stem erect, 
branched from the middle ; branches erect-spreading, winged with the 
decurrent leaves ; florets yellow, turning pale in drying. In gravelly 
bushy places at the river Bero, near Quipola, not abundant ; fl. and fr. 
July 1859. No. 3910. 
22. LAGGERA Schultz Bip.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 290. 
1. L, aurita Schultz Bip. ex A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 393 (1847). 
Conyza aurita L, f. Suppl. Pl. p. 367 (1781). Blumea aurita 
DC. in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 16 (1834); O. & H. in Oliv. 
Fi. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 322. 
Loanpa.—A_ strong-scented, viscid, erect, branched, apparently 
annual herb, with a Senecioid habit, and purplish florets. The scent 
is somewhat like that of the aromatic Chenopodia. In flooded places 
in the course of drying up, about the represa (pond) of Imbondeiro 
dos Lobos, sparingly ; in fl.-bud 8 June 1858, and fl. July 1858. 
No. 3894. 
Ampaca.—An annual erect herb, branched from the base, with 
ascending viscid-hairy branches, and yellowish flowers. In moist 
bushy places on the left bank of the Caringa rivulet ; fl. and fr. June 
1855. No. 3895. : 
Huvriia.—F lowers purplish. In moist meadows (varzeas) between 
Catumba and Ohay; fl. end of March 1860. Perhaps the variety 
egyptiaca of B. aurita DC. Prodr. v. p. 449 (1836). No. 3909. 
No locality nor notes ; fr. annual. A poor specimen, probably this 
species. No. 3933. 
2. L. purpurascens Schultz Bip., /.c., p. 395. 
Blume pterodonta DC. in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 16 (1834). 
B. purpurascens A. Rich., l.c., 1. p. 395; Serratula polygona A. 
Rich., l.c., i. p. 457, t. 62. L. pterodonta Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. 
Beitr. Fl. Acthiop. p. 151 (1865); O. & H., Zc., p. 324. 
Hvitita.—On wooded hills along the road towards Catumba in the 
Lopollo country ; without fl. beginning of April 1860. The species 
was so determined by Welwitsch. No. 3899. 
3. L. alata Schultz Bip. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxix. p. 94, 
187 (1873) ; O. & H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 326. 
Conyza alata Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 61 (1814). Blumea alata 
DC., lc., p. 448. 
Gotunco ALTro.—Flowers purplish. In moist parts of Varzea do 
Isidro, among tall grasses ; fl. and fr. July 1856, A form with much 
