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tivated and common in gardens. Alt. 3'8. Bot. Mag. 514.—Hab.
Cape of Good Hope.
62. C ampantji.ace/E (Campanula Family).
Michauxia, Herit.
409. M. campanuloides, Juss.—Recently introduced at the
Hermitage as a garden plant. The blossoms are somewhat like
a Passion-flower, and light blue in colour. Bot. Mag. 219.—Hab.
Levant.
Wahlenbergia, Schrad.
410. *W. angustifolia, A. D.C.; Roella angustifolia, Roxb.—A
delicate little plant, growing on the bare, somewhat rocky banks
along the central ridge to about eight inches in height. Its beautiful
little white bell-shaped flowers may be seen peeping out from
amongst the grass in the months of July and August. I t is one of
the indigenous plants, and is now rare. H. L. Alt. 4 to 5.—
P l a t e 47.
411. *W. linifolia,A.D.C.; Roella Uni folia, Roxb.—Another of tbe
indigenous plants, bearing beautiful large white bell-shaped blossoms.
Found at Diana’s Peak, as well as generally and abundantly on the
central ridge, amidst ferns and other indigenous plants; grows to a
shrubby plant from two to three feet high, and sometimes parasitic
on the Tree. Fern. Its pufe white flowers and light-green foliage
contrast beautifully with the deep crimson blossoms and dark-green
leaves of the exotic Fuchsia coccinea, as they now grow together.
This is the most- abundant species of the three, and flowers nearly
all the year round. H. L. Alt. 4 to 5. P l a t e 48.
412. * W. B urchellii, A. D.C.; Roellapaniculata, Roxb.-r-A species
less abundant, but found in similar situations to the last mentioned.
I t grows less shrubby and more upright to a height of three or four
feet, and blossoms in J uly, the flowers being pure white, and intermediate
in size between the other two species. H. L. Alt. 4 to 5.—
P l a t e 4 9 .
63. Ericacea) (Heath Family).
Arbutus, Linn.
413. A. TJnedo, Linn.—Strawberry Tre e; one old tree only,