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? M. formosum Haw. We enter this because some of the plants 

 beyond Sea Point run very near it, though equally near M. sar- 

 mentosum, which differs from this in having slightly rough-keeled, 

 vaginate leaves, smaller flowers, and connivent styles. 



23. M. falciforme Haw. Chiefly on dry mountain rocks, 

 common ; 11-1. A well-marked plant, ascending to the summit of 

 Table Mountain. Bonder is misleading in saying the leaves have 

 " angles acute ; " the keel is quite rounded throughout. 



24. M. falcatum Linn. Similar situations, occasional; 11-1. 

 Farmer Peck's valley; KalkBay; Vlaggeberg; Miller's Point. Keel 

 of leaves more angular, flowers smaller, but chiefly recognisable by 

 its much slenderer leaves. 



25. M. roseum Willd. Gravelly hill slopes, locally common; 10. 

 Beyond Sea Point. A most showy plant, quite covered with large 

 pale, rarely deep, rose flowers. Styles very short and remarkably 

 stout. Its leaves are quite those of this section, yet it has been 

 placed to various others in herbaria. 



26. M. aristulatum Sond. Dry hill slopes and on rocks, locally 

 frequent ; 8-9. Signal Hill and Lion's Head to 1,500 feet ; rocks by 

 shore at Sea Point ; by Kenilworth racecourse. Quite distinct 

 from any other Peninsular species. 



27. M. tumidulum Haw. Sands by sea-shore, not very common 

 though locally abundant ; 8-9. Beyond Sea Point ; Kalk Bay ; 

 Miller's Point ; Smitswinkel Bay ; below Paulsberg ; Chapman's Bay; 

 Slangkop ; Hout Bay. Plant prostrate, in dense masses. Leaves 

 more subterete than subtriquetrous, and often longer than internodes. 

 Our specimens may possibly belong to the next species, but in habit, 

 stature, length of leaves and inflorescence, they differ more widely 

 from its description than the gathering we have so named. 



28. M. umbellatum Linn. "> Wolley-Dod, 3661 (November), 

 near Retreat Station, is nearest this, but leaves are shorter and bracts 

 longer than in its description. 



29. M. veruculoides Sond. Rocks, very local ; 10-1. Lion's 

 Head, 1,500 feet. '' North side Table Mountain," Marloth, 2581. 

 Leaves quite terete, very glaucous, hardly mealy. Stamens erect or 

 spreading. Styles longer than stamens, curved out. 



30. M. productum Haw. ? Sandy ground, very local; 1. Mui- 

 zenberg Vley. Leaves terete, very pale and glaucous. Petals pale 

 rose or whitish. Styles short, thick, very spreading. Seems to be 

 var. lepidum Salm Dyck. 



31. M. Zeyheri Salm Dyck. Dry sandy ground, local; 10-11. 

 Hills west of Simon's Town ; Chapman's Bay, frequent. Stem 

 decumbent, branches very erect. Leaves subcylindrical. Flowers 

 large and showy. Petals bright deep rose. Styles very short and 

 obtuse. 



32. M. flexuosum Haw. Gravelly hill slopes, appears very local ; 

 10. Behind Lion Battery, Wolley-Dod, 3420. Leaves semiterete or 

 bluntly trigonous. Calyx finely warted, limb suddenly contracted into 



