Bevised List of the Flora of Natal, 201 



6. M. sessiliflorum Hiern. From 1,000 to 2,500 feet alt., near 

 Durban, 100 feet alt.. Wood, 142 ; Gueinzms, 572 ; Cooper, 2900 ; 

 Gerrard, 291. 



Striga elegans Bth. Between Mooi Eiver and Estcourt, 4,000 

 feet alt., Wood, 3484 (12); Colenso, 3-4,000 feet alt., Kuntze. 



2. S. Forbesii Bth. Inanda, Wood 8 ; 440 ; (1) ; without precise 

 locality, Gerra7~d, 424 ; usually, if not always, found in maize fields, 

 on the roots of which plant it is parasitical. It is much the largest 

 and most leafy of any of the Natal species. 



3. S. Junodii Schinz. 



4. S. lutea Lour. Common in maize fields all over the Colony, 

 known as Isona, or " Witchweed" ; the fact of its being parasitical on 

 the roots of maize was fully proved by Mr. Claude Fuller, the 

 Government entomologist. 



5. S. orobanchoides Bth. Near Durban, 150 feet alt., Sanderson, 

 456; Inanda, Wood, 4276 (2). 



6. S. Thunbergii Bth. Attercliffe, 300 feet alt., Sanderson, 428 ; 

 Charlestown, 5,500 feet alt., Kuntze. 



Buttonia natalensis McKen. Near Pinetown, 1,000 feet alt., 

 McKen, 1-2; Umzinyati Falls, 800 (?) feet alt., Wood, 1225 (2); Zulu- 

 land, near Pongola Eiver, Sanderson ; also near Delagoa Bay, Mrs. 

 Monteiro. A very handsome climber, bearing flowers in abundance, 

 most likely parasitical ; has never, to our knowledge, succeeded in 

 cultivation. 



Sopubia cana Harv. Between 2,000 and 7,000 feet alt. ; Noods- 

 berg. Wood, 883 ; near Lidgetton, 3-4,000 feet alt.. Wood, 11^1 (1). 



2. S. simplex Hochst. Coast to 2,000 feet alt., usually in moist 

 places ; Inanda, Wood, 166, 383. 



3. S. trifida Hamilt. Griffin's Hill, near Estcourt, Behmawi, 

 7302. Not known to us. 



Bopusia scabra Presl. Common, coast to 5,000 feet alt. ; Inanda, 

 Wood, 183 ; near Hoffenthal, 5,000 feet alt., Wood, 3508 (1). 



Buchnera dura Bth. Inanda, Wood, 4:4: ; near Durban ; 

 numerous collectors. 



2. B. glabrata Bth. Nottingham Eoad, 4-5,000 feet alt., Wood, 

 4400 (12). 



Cycnium adonense E. M. Coast to 3,000 feet alt. ; Inanda, 

 Wood, 50 ; between Greytown and Newcastle, Wilms, 2224. 



2. C. Huttonise Hiern. Near Howick, 3-4,000 feet alt., Mrs. 

 Hutton, 224. Not known to us. 



3. C. racemosum Bth. From 2,000 to 7,000 feet alt. ; Inanda, 

 Wood, 13 ; Drakensberg Mountains, Evans, 355. 



Rhamphicarpa fistulosa Bth. Between Greytown and New- 

 castle, Wthns, 222. Not known to us. 



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