Bevised List of the Flora of Natal. 



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withered or blackened by fire, and even in the woods and by streams 

 but few flowers are to be found, a notable exception being some 

 species of Aloe which bear their flowers in the winter, and so 

 brighten the hills with their brilliant colour; another exception 

 is the rare and pretty little Orchid, Gynorchis compacta, which, 

 after eluding many attempts to rediscover it, was at last found 

 in full flower during the winter or very early spring, and in a 

 district where but few flowers are to be found at that season. 



It will be noticed that some of the species enumerated in this list 

 are found from the coast to almost the highest parts of the Colony ; 

 two at least of these species are remarkable for the change of colour 

 of their flowers at different altitudes, the most prominent being 

 Helichrysum adenocarpum, the flower-heads of which are in coast 

 districts white or with only a faint tinge of pink, while in the upper 

 districts they are brilliant crimson ; Dierama pendula also bears 

 pure white flowers as the rule in the coast districts, pink in the 

 midlands, while in the upper districts, and occasionally perhaps in 

 the midlands also, they are often deep purple. The same thing 

 doubtless occurs in other plants also, but the two quoted are the 

 most prominent cases. 



The following Orders are in Natal represented each by one 

 species only, so far as known to us : — 



Bruniacese Flagellariese Monimiaceae Salicineae 



Ceratophylleae Goodenovieae Pittosporese Typhacese 



Cacteae Guttiferese Plumbagineae Zygophylleas 



Connaracese Ilicineae Eesedacese 



The following Orders include genera which are represented by 

 one species only, as under: — 



Eanunculaceae ... 



Anonaceae 



Menispermaceae .. 



Papaveraceae 



Crucif ereae 



Capparideae 



Violarieae 



Bixineae 



Garyophylleae . . . 



Portulaceae 



Malvaceae 



Sterculiaceae 



1 Tiliaceae 1 



4 Lineae 1 



1 Malpighiaceae ... 1 



4 Zygophylleae 1 



6 Geraniaceae 1 



1 Eutaceae 3 



1 Meliaceae 1 



2 Olacineae 3 



6 Celastrineae 3 



1 Ehamnae 4 



5 Sapindaceae 6 



2 Anacardiaceae ... 5 



Leguminosae 23 



Eosaceae 4 



Saxifrageae 2 



Crassulaceae 1 



Hamamelideae ... 1 



Haloragete 4 



Ehizophoreae 4 



Comb etaceae 1 



Myrtaceae 1 



Melastomaceae ... 1 



Lythrarieae 4 



Onagrarieae 1 



