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11. E. erythrina Link. Flats and bushy hill slopes, frequent ; 

 7-10. 



12. E. striata Thunb. Shrubby hill slopes, rare ; 12. " Kamp's 

 Bay," ScJilecJiter, 79. Much resembling the last species. 



13. E. platyphyllos Linn., var. literata Koch. Locally plentiful, 

 9-11. Vaarsche Vley, Wolley-Dod, 3202. 



Cluytia pulchella Linn. Damp kloofs and stream sides, 

 frequent ; 2-9. Eeaches at least 2,000 feet. 



2. C. alaternoides Muell-Arg. Hill and mountain slopes, more 

 rarely on flats, common; 5-11. Reaches 2,000 feet. Leaf-edges 

 callous and smooth. 



3. C. pterogona Muell-Arg. Bushy hill slopes, occasional; 7-11. 

 Eastern slopes from Devil's Peak to Klassenbosch. 



4. C. pubescens Thunb. Bushy hill slopes, rare ; 5. Wynberg 

 Hill ; " Lion's Head and Devil's Peak," Pappe. 



5. C. polygonoides Linn. Hill and mountain slopes, apparently 

 frequent ; 6-11. Liable to be mistaken for C. alaternoides, but 

 distinguishable by the subscabrous membranous leaf-edges, and the 

 absence of an apiculus at their tips. 



6. C. ericoides Thunb. Hill and mountain slopes, rare ; 6-Q>. 

 Orange Kloof ; Devil's Peak. Eather near narrow-leaved forms of 

 the last, but leaves flat or concave, more acute and often apicuiate. 



Leidesia capensis Muell-Arg. Damp places in woods, locally 

 frequent ; 7-12. Newlands Woods and Groot Schuur. 



2. L. obtusa Muell-Arg. Under bushes, rare?; 9. Near shore 

 in Smitswinkel Bay, Wolley-Dod, 3302. 



Adenocline pauciflora Muell-Arg. Sandy and grassy flats, 

 occasional ; 8-10. Hout Bay ; about Oatlands Point ; Buffel's Bay. 



Paradenocline procumbens Mueh-Arg. Similar places, locally 

 frequent ; 9-10. Chapman's Bay ; Oatlands to Smitswinkel Bay. 



jMercurialis annua Linn. Roadsides, rare ; 6-12. Path to 

 Lion Battery ; road to Platteklip ; Kloof Road ; Klein Constantia ; 

 casual at Rondebosch. 



URTICACE^. 



?t Urtica dioica Linn. Has been recorded, but, we suspect, in 

 error for next. 



tU. urens Linn. A very common weed of cultivation and waste 

 places ; 5-12. 



Australina capensis Wedd. Damp shady ground and under 

 bushes, frequent ; 7-4. 



Celtis rhamnifolia Presl. Mountain kloofs, rare ; 9. Skeleton 

 Ravine (not seen in flower). " Ravines on the east side of Table: 

 Mountain," Krams, 1776. 



■[Cannabis sativa Linn. A casual at Black River. 



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