196 
specimens. The only specimens I have before seen from the 
Transvaal are in the Delessert Herbarium at Geneva, viz., Wilms 
No. 1658, and this is named by Graebner in Engler’ 8 Pflanzen- 
characters: ‘Planta gracilis. Caulis tenuis. Folia remota, 
angusta, ca. 3 cm. longa, valde crispa. Spica pauciflora, dein 
recurvata.’— _ Your plant has not ‘folia remota’ nor ‘ spica 
recurvata ’. 
36. Potamogeton badius, Hagstrém Crit. Res. Pot. p. 104 in 
K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. lv. No. 5, (1916). P. pusillus 
Auct. non Linn. Founded on Drége 4458 from “ Cap. bon. Spei.” 
South Arrica. Transvaal: Heidelberg Dist., Klip River 
at Kookfontein near Vereeniging, Dec. 1919, Burtt-Davy, 18,177; 
Lydenburg, Wilms 1656 and 1657, Dec. 1894, in herb. Delessert 
and herb. Bennett. Natal: Medley Wood 3055, sub nom. 
P. obtusifolius in herb. Kew and herb. Bennett. Cape Province: 
Buffalo River, King Williams Town, Apl. 7, 1885, J. Leighton 
in herb. Kew and herb Bennett; ‘In (cap) bon spei’”? Mundt 
and Maire (sub nom. P. pusillus) in herb. Berlin; teste 
A. Bennett in litt. 
37. Peponia caledonica, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 
p- 410 (1881). Luffa caledonica Sond, in Fl. Cap. ii. p. 490 
( Ja 
Sourn Arrica. Transvaal : Witwatersrand, Houghton Ridge, 
J ohannesburg, about 1710 m., May 31, 1915 (in fruit), Burtt-Davy 
15,262 in herb. Bolus. Orange Free State : Wolve Kop, near the 
Caledon River (the type locality), Burke 305 and Zeyher 589 in 
herb. Kew; near Bethlehem, Bolus 8162; Winburg Dist., Doorn 
Kop, Burke. Basutoland: Coopey. Cape Province: near 
Cradock, Cooper; Graaf Reinet Div., near Wagenpad’s spare 
(on the southern side), Burchell 2837. 
The Transvaal locality is an interesting northerly extension 
of known range. The leaves vary much in depth of sinus, but 
the Johannesburg plant compares well with the type. 
38. Scandix Pecten-Veneris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 256 (1753). 
Souta Arrica. Transvaal: Government Experiment Farm, 
Potchefstroom, Oct. 1909, Burit-Davy 5590 in Transv. Dep. 
Agric. herb. A cornfield weed, adventive from Europe. It is 
distributed through Europe, N. ee W. Asia, to N.W. India, 
and is also naturalized in N. Americ 
39. Tournefortia tuberculosa, Cham. in Linnaea, iv. p. 467 
(1829). Heliotropium tuberculosum, Guerke in Engl. & Prantl., 
Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 3a, p. 94 (1898), non Boiss. 
Sout Arrica. Transvaal: Bloemhof Dist., farm Kaffraria 
near Christiana, Mch. 1912, Burtt-Davy 12,820 in herb. Bolus. 
“ Flowers creamy-white, small.’’ This is an interesting addition 
to our flora as it is distinctly a Karroo (“Central Region ”’) 
species, found in the Prince Albert, Colesberg, Victoria West and 
