and grows at alt. 3'8 to 5, much lower down than the other cabbage-
trees. Next to the Whitewood, and the Black cabbage-tree, this is
now the most abundant. P l a t e 4 4 ; 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. Jacobsea, Linn. — Mentioned by Roxburgh.— Hab.
Europe, N. Asia.
389. S. mikanioides, Otto,—Called Ground Iv y ; an abundant
weed, overrunning walls and banks, and growing wild everywhere
most readilyH-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,
—Hah. Cape of Good Hope.
Tribe Calendclaceje.
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. Burcliellii, Hk. f. mss.—A native of the rocky, barren
land near the coast, where it grows with Mesembryanthemum cryp-
tanthum. I t 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. I t 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
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