Floioering Plants and Ferns of the Cape Peninsula. 275 



Carpacoce scabra Sond. " Simon's Bay," Wright. Not found 

 by us. 



2. C. spermacocea Sond. Shrubby places on hill and mountain 

 slopes, frequent ; 9-1. Eeaches the Lower Plateau. 



Galium monticolum Sond. ** Mountains near Cape Town," 

 Ecklon. Not found by us. 



2". IG. Aparine Linn. An occasional garden weed. 



3. G. asperum Thunb. Sandy bushy places near sea, locally 

 rather frequent ; 9-2. Fish Hoek and Chapman's Bay southward. 



4. G. tomentosum Thunb. Sandy bushy places, rare ; 11. 

 Between Eetreat and Muizenberg, WoUey-Dod, 3680. 



DIPSACE^. 



Cephalaria rigida Schrad. Hill and mountain slopes to about 

 2,000 feet, occasional ; 1-2. Devil's Peak ; Orange Kloof ; Con- 

 stantia Nek ; Steenberg Farm. 



Scabiosa Columbaria Linn. Flats and hill slopes, frequent ; 

 8-12. A very variable plant. 



2. S. africana Linn. Hill slopes, frequent ; 7-11. 



COMPOSITE. 



Corymbium nervosum Thunb. Hill and mountain slopes, 

 common ; 11-1. Beaches Lower Plateau. 



2. C. glabrum Thunb. " Simon's Bay," MacGiUivray. " Wyn- 

 berg," Dr. Wallicli. Not found by us. 



3. C. scabrum Linn. f. Chiefly on flats, but also hill and moun- 

 tain slopes, rather common ; 11-1. Reaches Lower Plateau. 



Pteronia hirsuta Linn. f. Dry ground northern and western 

 foot of Table Mountain, rare ; 11-12. Bolus, 4500. 



2. P. camphorata Linn. Sandy flats, rare ; 8-10. Klassen- 

 bosch ; Chapman's Bay ; " Simon's Bay," Wright. 



Amellus Lychnitis Linn. Sandy flats, locally common ; 10-11. 

 Hout and Chapman's Bays. 



Charieis heterophylla Cass. Sandy flats, occasional ; 9-10. 

 Camp Ground ; about Maitland and Paarden Islands ; Farmer Peck's 

 Valley.; Chapman's Bay. All the examples we have seen have the 

 disc florets bright deep blue. 



Mairea crenata Nees. Mountain plateaux, locally frequent ; 

 9-12. Lower Plateau and summit of Table Mountain ; near Wyn- 

 berg reservoir. 



2. M. taxifolia DC. Mountain slopes and plateaux, common ; 

 2-3, also 6-8, probably flowers the whole year. Reaches summit of 

 Table Mountain. 



