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_ Sourn Arrica. Transvaal: “ Batlapin Country ”’ (Bloemhof 
Distr.) Holub! ; Pretoria, Leendertz 416! Louis Trichardt, 
T.M.H. 20872; Rustenburg, 7':.M.H. 9795; Johannesburg, 
T'.M.H. 6159; Vereeniging, 7.M.H. 10919; Standerton, 7.M.A. 
9935; Volksrust, 7'.M.H. 9933; Bethal, 7.M.H. 9354. Natal: 
Phoenix, Schlechter 3146 (type); Port Natal, Krauss 412! 
Isipingo, “in cane fields,” J. M. Wood 1004. Cape Province : 
Transkei; Bazeia, ‘“‘ weed in cultivated lands,” 600 m. alt., 
Baur 375; Albany Div.; Bolus 1948; Fish River Heights, 
Hutton ; MacOwan 955; Queenstown Div.; between Table Mt- 
and Zwartkei River, 1150-1400 m. Drége! (co-type of Sinapis 
pendula, E. Mey.) 
Sonder, l.c., appears to have overlooked Meyer’s name and. 
to have confused the plant with Sinapis retrorsa, Burch.; the 
pods of the latter are quite different. 
64. Eruca sativa, Mill., Gard. Dict. ed., viii, No. 1 (1768); 
Brassica Eruca, Linn. j 
Sourn Arrica. Transvaal: Pretoria, Burtt Davy 30761: 
Bloemhof Distr.; Burtt Davy ! Vereeniging Distr. ; Burtt Davy 
15179! Sporadic in lucerne lands, introduced about 1904 with 
exotic agricultural seeds. Tab 
_ Cultivated in South Europe and Northern India as an oil: 
seed, and in Europe as a salad under the name of “ Roquette ” ; 
the young leaves are said to have somewhat the flavour of 
horseradish. It is eaten by pigs, and ostriches seem very fond 
of it. Reported as being hardy against frost in the Bloemhof 
District. Sometimes mistaken for Raphanus sativus, Linn. but 
differs in the more distinctly veined petals and the broad 
ensiform beak of the pod. 
65, Raphanus sativus, Linn., Sp. Pl. 669 (1753). 
Soutn Arrica. Transvaal: Pretoria, Aapjes River, Leendertz 
974! Cultivated, and occasionally met with as a garden escape. 
Sometimes confused with Eruca. sativa, 
66. Arabis perfoliata, Lam., Encyc. i. 219 (1783). Bi 
Sourn Arrica. Cape Province: Aliwal North Div, ; Witte- 
bergen Drége 7537 (type) in herb. Sond,; Somerset East Div. ; 
Boschberg, 1000 m. alt., Dec, 1886, MacOwan 702! “ Kaftraria,” 
on mountains, Mrs. Barber in 1867! Natal: Banks of the Mooi ° 
River, 1150 m,. alt. J. M. Wood 4069! Transvaal: Ermelo’ 
Distr.; Goede Hoop Farm, Mrs. Pott 5134 in T.M.H.! : 
Apparently rare; found in the early days of settlement in 
Cape Colony, locally scattered over the eastern mountain region, 
but whether then alien or indigenous is not stated on collector's 
abels, ; is 
67. Sisymbrium capense, Thunb., Prod. Pi. Cap. 109 ( 1800). 
Sourn Arrica. Transvaal: a common weed of roadsides, 
vacant “erven” and gardens, in 1904, evidently adventive ! 
Standerton, Burtt Davy 896! Pretoria, Burtt Davy 5557! . 
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