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ST. HELENA. 
and grows at alt. 3 '8 to 5, mucli lower down than the other cabbage- 
trees. Next to the Whitewood, and the Black cabbage-tree, this is 
now the most abundant. Plate 44; also Hk. Icon. Plant. 1055. 
There appears to be a variety differing very slightly, if at all, 
which Roxburgh called Solidago cuneifolia. 
Senecio, Linn. 
387. S. elegans, Linn. — Jacobea; single and double purple 
varieties grow well cultivated in gardens. — Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 
388. S. Jacobaea, Linn. — Mentioned by Roxburgh. — Hab. 
Europe, N. Asia. 
389. S. mikanioides, Otto. — Called Ground Ivy; an abundant 
weed, overrunning walls and banks, and growing wild everywhere 
most readily. — Hab. S. Africa. 
390. S. vulgaris, Linn. — Groundsel ; a most abundant weed on 
the high land, growing wild everywhere ; used for feeding birds. — 
Hab. Europe. 
Othonna, Linn. 
391. O. pectinata, Linn. — This plant, with yellow composite 
flowers and leaves resembling wormwood, grows in an uncultivated 
state, but is rather rare, about shrubberies. Alt. 4. Bot. Mag. 306. 
— Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 
Tribe Calendulacej®. 
Calendula, Linn. 
392. C. Tragus, Linn. — A plant with white and purple flowers, 
said by Roxburgh to grow in the Island. — Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 
393. C. officinalis, Linn. — The common Marigold ; grows almost 
wild about the neighbourhood of gardens both on the high and low 
lands. — Hab. S. of Europe. 
Tripteris, Less. 
394. *T. Burchellii, Hk. f. mss. — A native of the rocky, barren 
land near the coast, where it grows with Mesembryanthemum cryp- 
tanthum. It springs up after the winter rains in July or August, 
blossoms and seeds freely, and dies in the following summer weather 
about February or March. It is not abundant, and grows chiefly in 
the neighbourhood of Sandy Bay beach. I have also gathered it 
near Flagstaff and Turk’s Cap Valley, on the eastern side of the 
