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larger than in Glad. Watsonius, deep scarlet, segments of perianth 

 acute, often narrow, but hardly acuminate ; spathe valves about 

 2 inches long ; stamens as in G. Watsonius. 



5. A. Merianella Linn. Hill plateaux and flats, locally common ; 

 6-9. From Steenberg southwards. Flowers brilliant orange and 

 red, rarely yellow. 



6. A. Lucidor Linn. f. Hill and mountain slopes, locally fre- 

 quent ; 12-3. From Steenberg southwards; ''Devil's Peak," 

 EckloJi. 



7. A. nervosa Thunb. Hill and mountain slopes, occasional, 

 though here and there frequent ; 1-3. Orange Kloof ; Simonsberg ; 

 Smitswinkel Vley ; Devil's Peak. 



AMARYLLIDACE^. 



Pauridia hypoxidioides Harv, Sandy flats, locally common ; 

 5-6. Camp Ground ; Rapenburg ; Maitland. 



Curculigo plicata Ait. Pine woods and hill slopes to over 1,000 

 feet, common ; 4-6. 



Hypoxis minuta Linn. f. Sandy flats, locally common ; 6~Q. 

 Camp Ground. 



2. H. alba Linn. f. Damp flats and low hill slopes, common ; 

 5-7. 



3. H. curculigoides Bolus. Sandy flats, rare ; 4-5. Near 

 Kenilworth ; Wynberg ; '' Hout Bay Valley," Schlechter, 627 [ also 

 Herb. Norm. Austr. Afr., 1383 ! 



4. H. Schlechterl Bolus. Flats and hill slopes, common and 

 general ; 6-8. This appears in Flor. Cap. as a var. of the preceding. 

 It is, however, quite distinct by its terete leaves and ovate, not 

 flattened, corm. 



5. H. serrata Linn. f. Flats and low hill slopes, common, 

 sometimes abundant ; 5-10. Usually readily distinguished from 

 H. stellata by its smaller redder paler flowers, pale green, or very 

 rarely red on backs. What appears to be a slender elongated form 

 grows on wet rocks in Orange Kloof River. 



6. H. aquatica Linn, f . Pools on flats, dry in summer, frequent, 

 often abundant ; 7-8. 



7. H. stellata Linn. f. Flats and hills, very common ; 7-10. 

 The white-flowered form is rather rare. All our gatherings of this 

 species have reflexed hispidity on the leaf - margins just as in 

 H. serrata, so that the most important specific distinction fails. 

 The colour and size of flowers is much less important, still we 

 believe the two species are distinct. One or other species, probably 

 stellata, was gathered on Lower Plateau. 



Hessea stellaris Herb. Sandy flats, frequent but rather local ; 

 4-6. 



