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west of the Uit. div., and does not occur in the Albany and Bathurst divs. 
The two former are widely spread in the coast districts of South Africa. 
Gunnera also occurs in the North-East, and Myrio^phyllum in the system of 
the Orange River. 
UMBELLIFLORAE. 
Araliaceae. 
The only South African genus, Cussonia Thunb., is recorded from the 
Uit. and P. E. divs. It is very widely spread though thinning out westwards^ 
only one species reaching the Cape Peninsula. 
Umbelliferae. 
The majority of South African genera have been recorded from the Uit. 
and P. E. divs. The exceptions (leaving out obvious garden escapes) are 
Sanicnla L. and Ptychotis Koch (excl. Trachyspermum Link.), both with wide 
distribution east and west of Uitenhage ; Oenanthe L., Levisticum Koch, and 
Buthea Bolle (Glia Sond.), all found only in the south-western coast region ; 
Choritaenia Benth. et Hook (Pappea Sond. et Harv.), with northern dis- 
tribution ; Polemamiia E. and Z., with northern and eastern distribution as 
far as the Katberg. Of the recorded ones. Hernias L., Capnophyllum 
Graertn., and Trachyspermmn Koch are south-western and do not extend in 
an eastern direction, while Arctopus L. and Annesorhi7:a Clam, et Schl. (incl. 
Stenosemis E. Mey.) with similar distribution reach the Albany district. 
Pimpinella L. with eastern distribution does not go further west, while 
Heteromorplia Ch. et. Schl. extends to G-eorge. Bhyticavpus Sond., with 
northern distribution, is also found north of Grrahamstown. Pituranthos 
Yiv. (Deverra. DC), with central, northern, and western distribution, reaches 
neither Natal nor the Cape Peninsula. The other genera have more or less 
general distribution in the southern and south-eastern coast belt. 
Cornaceae. 
The genus Curtisia Ait. is reported from the Zuurberg. It is found in 
all forest regions in South Africa, extending even to the Cape Peninsula. 
The genus Cornus L. is recorded from Natal, and does not extend westwards. 
METACHLAMYDEAE (Sympetalae). 
ERICALES. 
Ericaceae. 
Erica L. is represented in the Uit. and P. E. divs. by twenty-eight species, 
many of which are only recorded from Van Stadens. East of Uit. div. the 
number is very much smaller. Blaeria L., Thoracosperma KL, Anomalan- 
