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Dipidax ciliata Baker. Damp places on flats and hills, fre- 

 quent ; 7-9. 



2. D. triquetra Baker. In shallow vleys, locally frequent; 9. 

 Kenilworth to Diep Eiver. 



Ornithoglossum glaucum Salisb. Dry sandy plains and low 

 hills, frequent, but thinly distributed ; 7-8. 



XYRIDACEiE. 



Xyris capensis Thunb. "About Wynberg, &c.," Harvey. Not 

 found by us. 



COMMELINACEiE. 



Commelina africana Linn. Under bushes and rocks at all 

 elevations and seasons, frequent ; 1-12. 



JUNCACE^. 



Juncus effusus Linn. By streams and vleys, occasional; 10-12. 

 Tokai ; Kenilworth station ; rail beyond "Wynberg ; between Eetreat 

 and Muizenberg. Only seen in single specimens except in the last 

 station. 



2. J. maritimus Lam. Damp places all over the flats, frequent; 

 11-12. 



3. J. acutus Linn. "Between Claremont and Kenilworth, 

 January," Schlechter. Not found by us. 



4. J. punctorius Linn, f . Wet fields, local ; 11-12. Observatory; 

 Vaarsche Vley ; Eapenburg Vley ; lower part of Vygeskraal Eiver. 



5. J. oxycarpus E. Mey. Vleys and wet ditches, frequent but 

 thinly scattered ; 11-12. 



6. J. rupestris Kunth. Damp gravelly places, rare ; 10-11. 

 Fish Hoek Valley; "Simon's Bay," Wright. 



7. J. scabriusculus Kunth. Damp sandy flats, frequent; 10-11. 

 Some of our gatherings seem almost as near J. diaphanus Buchen. 



8. J. bufonius Linn. In cultivated and waste ground, common ; 

 9-1. Seen in Waai Vley, but rarely at so high an elevation. 



9. J. cephalotes Thunb. In damp sandy ground, locally 

 abundant ; 9-10. Camp Ground ; Fish Hoek Valley ; Maitland 

 station ; Table Mountain, &c. This species runs very near the 

 next, but we think our identifications are correct. 



10. J. Sprengelii Nees. " Kamp's Bay," EcMon and Zeylicr. 

 Not found by us. 



11. J. inequalis Buchen. Granite rocks, &c., rare ; 9. " Wyn- 

 berg," Schlechter. " Kamp's Bay," Ecklon. Not found by us. 



12. J. Dregeanus Kunth. " Geele Kley (sic) on Devil's 

 Mountain, December," Ecklon. 



