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10. M. edulis Ker. Dry sandy flats and low hills, common and 

 very variable ; 8-11. The yellow-flowered var. longifolia Sweet, 

 with leaves sometimes 5 feet long, nearly as common as the mauve- 

 flowered type. 



11. M. xerospatha MacOwan. Gravelly flats, locally common ; 

 9-10. From the Grand Parade to Salt Eiver. 



12. M. tripetala Ker. Flats and low hills, common ; 8-9. Var. 

 mutila Baker is common above Observatory, and in the kloof on 

 west slopes Lion's Head ; the leaf, besides being pilose, is usually 

 broader, and the inner perianth segments are much longer. Forms 

 of the type with leaf broad but glabrous do not appear to have the 

 long inner perianth segments of the variety. 



13. M. Jacquiniana Schltr. Mountain slopes and plateaux, 

 occasional ; 10-1. Waai Vley, and near the summit of Table 

 Mountain ; summit of Twelve Apostles ; Vlaggeberg ; Constantia- 

 berg ; Steenberg. 



14. M. glaucopis Drap. Lower hill slopes, frequent ; 9-11. By 

 this we understand the species with white outer perianth segments 

 having a dark patch at the base of the lamina, the lateral lobes of 

 the inner segments being erect, narrow, and subacute, but we 

 admit our inability to distinguish between this and the two fol- 

 lowing species, and varieties of M. Pavonia Ker. 



15. M. tricuspis Jacq. Similar situations, but appears much 

 more local ; 9-11. Frequent on lower slopes beyond Simon's Town. 

 Closely resembles the last, but the outer perianth segments are pale 

 yellow. It agrees with figures of both M. tricuspis Ker. in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 696, and M. tricuspis var. lutea Ker. ih. t. 772, but Baker 

 places the latter as a variety of M. PaYOnia. 



16. M. tenuis Ker. Lower slopes, locally frequent ; 9-10. West 

 slopes Signal Hill and Lion's Head. Very like the last, with the 

 same coloured flowers but much taller, sometimes 4 feet high, and 

 with the lateral lobes of the inner perianth segments broader, much 

 more obtuse, and spreading. 



Homeria collina Vent. Flats and hills to moderate elevations, 

 very common ; 7-10. A very variable plant. The prevalent moun- 

 tain form, Wolley-Dod, 594, is a much stouter plant, with much 

 .firmer perianth, which is deep yellow instead of the fragile pale red 

 of that from the flats. A dwarf small-flowered form from Eed Hill, 

 Klein Slangkop and Salt Eiver, Wolley-Dod, 3010 and 3304, may 

 be H. miniata Sweet. 



2. H. simulans Baker. Sandy flats, occasional ; 11. Kenil- 

 wortli Flats and racecourse ; Eetreat. Probably often passed by as 

 Moraea viscaria. 



Ferraria undulata Linn. Sandy places, near the sea, frequent ; 

 9-10. Eeaches 1,500 feet on Lion's Head. 



Hexaglottis longifolia Vent. Flats and hill slopes, common ; 

 10-11. Very variable in stature. The form of marshy ground which 

 we have only seen in Orange Kloof swamp, by Constantia Nek, and 



