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in the leaf, but from the eud where it had been 

 broken from the stem. This plant bears large 

 heads of small star-like flowers, both scarlet and 

 yellow, but the leaves of the scarlet variety are 

 not notched ; both are species of Crassulce. 



I have found two ground orchids, Saturium 

 sphcerocarpum, and Eulophia dispersa (11. sp.). 



A very pretty Adiantum grows freely in the 

 thick bush, and I have found Achrostichum 

 tenuifolium growing in or near water to a 

 height of four feet, the seed - bearing fronds 

 being quite distinct and finely branched. Poly- 

 podium Phymatodes, smelling strongly of new- 

 mown hay when dry, and a fern resembling the 

 common lady-fern also grow here, and are the 

 only ferns I have yet discovered. 



There are great quantities of an aloe, Aloe 

 Monteiroce, with very thick mottled leaves and 

 heads of pale pink flowers, and I have found 

 two stapelias, one with a flower about an inch 

 in diameter looking like a little hat, pale cream 

 yellow with small crimson Hues (Huernia 

 hystrix), and another with a very similar flower 



