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rosea. Gravelly flats and hill slopes, common ; 8-9. A form with 

 very small pale flowers from Vlaggeberg, Wolley-Dod, 1645, prob- 

 ably belongs here. Another form with corm of this species, and 

 densely pubescent but broad leaves, otherwise just as in R. chloro- 

 leuca, w^e suppose to be a hybrid. It was gathered above Observa- 

 tory gravel fields, and above Sea Point, Wolley-Docl, 2659 and 1160. 



8. R. rosea Eckl. Corm globose. Leaves two to several, rigid, 

 glabrous, much overtopping inflorescence, as do the floral leaves. 

 Peduncles with erect glabrous or rarely (and only in varieties) finely 

 scabrous pedicels. Flowers various shades of purple, violet, blue, or 

 rose, rarely white, very generally with green bands externally. Appears 

 to be the commonest species ; 6-11. 



Var. R. pudica Baker is unknown to us, but appears to be only 

 a colour form. 



Var. R. speciosa Baker has the green bands on the backs of the 

 perianth segments more strongly marked and pinnately branched. 

 It is the common mountain form. 



Var. R. parviflora Baker is the small-flowered form, common by 

 roadsides or even on roads, and in waste gravelly places. 



Var. R. dichotoma Baker. Peduncles 10 to 12 inches, with 2-4 

 divaricate finely scabrous pedicels and small blue flowers, green 

 externally. Only seen in water in Eapenburg Vley in October, 

 Wolley-Dod, 3631, but a very similar plant, though much dwarfer 

 and with less divaricate pedicels, is frequent in damp sandy places 

 on the flats, especially north of Maitland, Wolley-Dod, 3276 and 

 1795. 



A rarer form, very similar to the dwarf form of R. dichotoma but 

 with glabrous pedicels, and pale orange or ochreous flowers, red or 

 red-striped externally, is found occasionally in dry sandy ground, as 

 in Chapman's Bay ; and flats near Wynberg, Eondebosch, and Mait- 

 land, Wolley-Dodri^l^, 1589, 3275. 



9. R. arenaria Eckl. is unknown to us except from Baker's 

 quotation, "Wynberg, Ecklon." 



10. R. papyracea Wolley-Dod. Very local ; 10. Lower Plateau. 

 The corm of this species has very thin, not thick, papyraceous tunics, 

 as described in Journ. Bot. xxxviii. p. 170. 



Two other species, R. filifolia Eckl. andR. longifolia Baker, are 

 said to have been found on the Peninsula, but we cannot trace good 

 authority, nor do we know either species, unless Wolley-Dod, 1489, 

 from Wynberg Park, with leaves 2 feet long, is referable to R. 

 longifolia. 



Bobartia filiformis Ker. Flats to mountain tops, usually in 

 damp places, occasional ; 10-2. Frqquent on the Flats ; Lower 

 Plateau ; Waai Vley ; summit of Table Mountain. 



2. B. gladiata Ker. Hill and mountain slopes to 1,500 feet, fre- 

 quent ; 10-11. 



3. B. spathacea Ker. Hill slopes, common ; 11-3. 



