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Thesidium fragile Sond. ? Sandy flats and hill slopes, rare ; 

 9-11. Eetreat ; beyond Paulsberg ; north slopes, Slangkop. 



2. T. strigulosum Sond. ? Mountains, rare ; 10. Near Simon's 

 Town at 1,200 feet, Bolus, 4689. 



Colpoon compressum Berg. Bushy hillsides, frequent, here and 

 there very common ; 12-4. 



GRUBBIACE^. 



Grubbia rosmarinifolia Berg. Upper slopes and sumoiits, 

 locally common ; 8-12. Platteklip ; summit of Table Mountain ; 

 Lower Plateau ; Silvermine Eiver, &c. 



2. G. stricta DC. Eocky hill slopes, locally frequent ; 3-6. 

 Klaasjagersberg ; Eed Hill ; ridge beyond Smitswinkel Vley ; 

 Batsata Eock. 



EUPHORBIACEA^. 



Euphorbia tuberculata Jacq " Table Bay," Drege, 8202. 

 Not found by us, unless it be a plant closely resembling the next 

 species, found on Paarden Island and also, beyond our limits, on the 

 sandhills towards Durban Eoad. 



2. E. Caput -Medusae Linn. Flats and hill slopes, occasional ; 

 6-9. Smitswinkel Bay ; Paulsberg ; frequent from Three Anchor 

 Bay along Western slopes to Hout Bay Nek. 



3. E. tuberosa Lam. Flats and hill slopes, common ; 4-9. 



4. E. elliptica Thunb. Hillsides, local, or passed over as the 

 last species; 6-9. Over Kamp's Bay; above Mowbray; frequent 

 on Signal Hill. 



5. E. mauritanica Linn. Near the shore locally plentiful ; 9-10. 

 Paarden Island ; Kalk Bay ; Kamp's Bay. 



6. E. sp. (^Arthrothamnus). An undetermined species of this 

 section was gathered by Wolley-Dod (1777) above road beyond Sea 

 Point. 



7. IE. Helioscopia Linn. A common weed on roadsides and 

 cultivation ; 5-12. 



8. IE. Peplus Linn. More common than last, and reaching 

 1,500 feet on the mountain slopes ; 5-12. 



9. E. Meyeri Boiss. " Mountains near Cape Town," Eck Ion and 

 ZeyJier. Not found by us, but it somewhat resembles the next 

 species, and a specimen gathered on the Lion's Back {Wolley-Dod, 

 3104) may belong to it. 



10. E. genistoides Linn. Low hills, rather frequent ; 8-11. 

 Appears to have been frequently confounded with the next species, 

 from which it is totally distinct, and may be readily distinguished by 

 its more branched and shrubby growth, and its stem always, and 

 fruit and leaves often finely densely pubescent. 



