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ON THE FLORA OF KENTANI 
Lichtensteinia makes a show of white on the valley slopes. 
At the coast the vleis are blue with Nymphaea stellata, bright Chironia 
laxa on the Gogwana banks, white Turraea obtusifolia, Pavetta, and Jas- 
minum among the scrub. 
Shrubby Acacia Benthamii is seen on the slopes above with here and 
there the red, green-edged flowers of Gyrtanthus obliquus, and numbers of 
small flowers too numerous to mention, but mostly inconspicuous, except 
for the mesembrianthemums, which make a splendid show with their white 
and crimson of various shades. 
Lobelia coronopifolia occupies a belt along the veld (at an altitude of 
perhaps 200 ft.) giving this region a distinct purple hue. 
2. List of Plants 
Ranunculaceae 
Clematis brachiata, Thunb. Kentani, outskirts of forests, 415; common, 3 — 4. 
Know! tonia vesicatoria, Curt. Gogwana River Mouth, hill slope, 1348; 
rare, 7. 
Knowltonia bracteata, Harv. Kentani, valleys among tall grasses, 125 ; 
frequent, 10 — 12. 
Ranunculus pinnatus, Poir. Kentani, among streams and in marshy ground, 
97, 1754; frequent, 10 — 1. 
Anonaceae 
Guatteria catfra, Sond. Kentani, forests, 722; common, 12 — 1. 
Menispermaceae 
Cissampelos torulosa, E. Mey. Kentani, forests, 740; common, 9 — 12. 
Nymph aeaceae 
Nymphaea stellata, Willd. Vleis, near coast, 796; occasional, 11 — -1. 
Papaveraceae 
Papaver aculeatum, Thunb. Kentani, 789; seen once in a mealie-land, 12. 
f 1 umaiia officinalis, Linn. Kentani, 519 ; seen once in a mealie-land, 11. 
Cruciferae 
Heliophila stylosa, Burch. Kentani, hill slope, 139; rare, 12 2. 
Heliophila rigidiuscula, Sond. Kentani, grassy plains, 259; rare, 11. 
Heliophila subulata, Burch., var. glabrata. Coast flats, 445 ; frequent, 12—1. 
Lrassica Napus, Linn. Kentani, waste places, 1818; common, 12 1. 
