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3. i S. gallica Linn. Cultivated and waste ground, very com- 

 mon ; 6-10. Eeaches 2,500 feet on Devil's Peak. S. quinquevul- 

 nera Linn, occurs occasionally by roadsides. 



4. S. clandestina Jacq. Sandy flats to mountains, frequent ; 

 8-11. Though usually easily distinguished, some forms of this are 

 superficially very like the next. 



5. S. Burchellii Otth. Similar situations but more partial to 

 mountains, frequent ; 6-12. A very variable plant. 



6. S. crassifolia Linn. Sandy places near sea, occasional ; 9-1. 

 From Muizenberg to Simon's Town ; Slangkop ; Chapman's Bay ; 

 Signal Hill. Probably S. Thunbergiana E. and Z., and S. primuli- 

 ilora E. and Z., are only varietally distinct. 



i Lychnis dioica Linn. Flats, rare ; 8. Schlechter ! 



Cerastium Dregeanum Fenzl. Mountain slopes, local ; 10-11. 

 Above Tokay plantation ; west slopes of Orange Kloof. 



2. C. capense Sond. Flats to mountains, very common ; 8-12. 



3. tC. glomeratum Thuill. A single plant above Groot Schuur ; 

 8. This is not synonymous with C. viscosum Linn., stated by 

 Sonder to occur round Table Mountain (Fl. Cap. I. 131j, and of 

 which we have seen no specimens. 



tStellaria media Vill. Shady places on flats and hills, common ; 

 5-12. Eeaches 3,000 feet on Twelve Apostles, but very rarely seen 

 above 600 feet. 



ISagina ciliata Fr. Eoadsides and gravelly places, rare ; 9-10. 

 The Castle ; Eondebosch Station; Kirstenbosch ; Maitland ; Eanger's 

 Cottage. 



tSpergula arvensis Linn. An abundant weed of cultivation; 

 7-10. 



tSpergularia rubra Pers. Grassy and gravelly places near sea, 

 frequent ; 7-10. 



2. tS. media Pers. (S. marginata DC). Sea-shores and flats, 

 common ; 9-3. 



i Polycarpon tetraphyllum Linn. f. A weed of cultivation and 

 waste ground, common ; 9-1. 



fPOKTULACE^. 



jPortulaca oleracea Linn. A weed • of cultivation, rare; 8-10. 

 Eondebosch; near Kenilworth racecourse; Kalk Bay. 



ELATINACE^. 



Bergia glomerata Linn. f. Flats near Eondebosch ; rare ; 

 flowers not seen. 



MALVAGE^. 



1 Lavatera arborea Linn. Waste places, rare ; 9-11. Muizen- 

 berg ; Kalk Bay ; Sea Point ; Maitland. 



