Wolley-Dod's Waai Vley
Wolley-Dod collected numerous species in an area which appears to be close to today's Echo Valley. He calls it "Waai vley" and I wanted to compile all the mentioned taxa to try and pin it down. There is some evidence to suggest that it is not exactly the same area as Echo valley, rather lying slightly to the east along the trail from Smuts track to Echo valley proper.
Heliophila dentifera
599741
Heliophila meyeri meyeri
Mountain slopes, rare; East slopes DP; Waai vley; plentiful after a fire at top of Skeleton ravine
Argyrolobium lanceolatum
597749
Argyrolobium lunare sericeum
Flats and hill slopes, rather common; Seen in Waai vley and near summit of Table Mountain, but very rarely so high
Rochea jasminea
578594
Crassula obtusa
Dry places on mountain plateaux, local; Lower plateau, Skeleton ravine, Waai vley
Staavia glutinosa
594692
Mountain slopes and plateaux, rather rare; Skeleton ravine, lower plateau, Waai vley
Hermas capitata
587324
Damp rocks on mountains, occasional; Waai vley; Steenberg; Constantiaberg; Klaasjagersberg
Helichrysum humile
569495
Edmondia pinifolia
Mountain slopes and rocks, occasional; Waai vley; Kasteel poort; Kalk Bay mountains, plentiful on Constantiaberg
Osmites dentata
590959
Osmitopsis dentata
Hill and mountain slopes, especially by damp rocks, common, Reaches 3200 ft in Waai vley
Senecio speciosus
569624
Hill and mountain slopes, partial to damp shade, frequent, Reaches 3200 ft in Waai vley.
Senecio crispus
594221
Mountain plateaux, locally common. Lower plateau of Table Mountain; Waai vley
Senecio cymbalariifolius rotundifolius
... forms near var. rotundifolius may be found in Waai vley
Senecio grandiflorus
336368
Hill and mountain slopes, frequent. Reaches 3000 ft in Waai vley.
Ursinia nudicaulis
595911
Wet places on mountains, locally common. From Waai vley to summit
Lobelia depressa
Monopsis debilis?
Damp hollows, inundated in winter, on flats and mountains, occasional. Rapenburg vley; roadsides beside Camp Ground; Waai vley and near summit.
Erica obtusata
575049
Mountains, rare; Head of Waai vley
Erica dodii
584795
Mountains, rare. Head of Waai vley
Sebaea capitata
593931
Mountains, very rare. Near mouth of Waai vley. Only a single specimen was gathered. It appears to have been seldom found before.
Selago quadrangularis
592593
Pseudoselago peninsulae
Shady rocks at high elevations, occasional; Devil's peak; Waai vley, frequent; Constantiaberg; West slopes of Orange kloof
Holothrix hispidula
Holothrix cernua, H. brevipetala
Sandy places on mountains, rather rare; Lower Plateau over Klassenbosch; Farmer Peck's valley; frequent in Waai vley
Our reference is Probably H. villosa condensata
Satyrium lindleianum (lindleyanum)
568748
Satyrium retusum
Mountain slopes, occasional. Klaver vley; Constantiaberg; north slopes of Table mountain; rocks over Waai vley
Satyrium rhynchanthum
593751
Mountain swamps, rare. Waai vley; by the reservoir on lower Plateau; Steenberg
Disa uniflora
132845
Wet krantzes and by mountain streams, locally common. Especially common on Lower Plateau and in Waai Vley etc. also in kloofs on west slopes of Orange kloof; above Tokay; Silvermine river
Disa bodkinii
140788
Moist mountain ravines, very rare. Table Mountain above Klassenbosch, 2400ft; Also in Waai vley
Pterygodium acutifolium
574891
Mountain slopes, occasional. Lower plateau; Waai vley; Muizenberg
Disperis capensis
528758
Flats and slopes to a considerable elevation, common. Reaches Waai vley. The yellowish-flowered variety looks a distinct species, and is distinct from the much rarer albino form of the type, but we cannot separate it by definite characters. It is frequent on the lower slopes of the Devil's peak, where it flowers at a different period from the type
Disperis paludosa
584076
Marshy ground on mountains, usually rare; Waai vley; near Ranger's cottage and Wynberg reservoir; Silvermine valley. In some years abundant on the lower Plateau.
Moraea ramosa
575123
Moraea ramosissima
Damp places from flats to high mountains, frequent and locally abundant. Reachs Waai vley
Moraea jacquiniana
600309
Moraea tripetala jacquiniana
Mountain slopes and plateaux, occasional; Waai vley and near the summit of Table Mountain; summit of Twelve apostles; Vlaggeberg; Constantiaberg; Steenberg
Bobartia filiformis
581196
Flats to the mountain tops, usually in damp places, occasional; Frequent on the flats; Lower plateau; Waai vley; summit of Table Mountain
Geissorhiza wrightii
119366
Geissorhiza imbricata imbricata
Mountain slopes, rare; Rocks over Waai vley
Gladiolus blandus
565965
Gladiolus carneus
Mountain slopes, frequent. Abundand in Waai vley after a fire. Rarely below 1000ft but gathered at 300ft at Steenberg farm
Anthericum tabulare
595586
Trachyandra tabularis
damp plateaux and dripping rocks at high elevations, locally frequent. Plentiful on Lower plateau, also along Twelve apostles, and above Waai vley
Juncus bufonius
57107
In cultivated and waste ground, common. Seen in Waai vley but rarely at so high an elevation
Scirpus fluitans
323390
Isolepis fluitans
Scirpus capillifolius
587991
Isolepis striata
One or other of these two species is common and reaches Waai vley
Ficinia ixioides
585920
Wet ground on mountains, rare; Wynberg reservoir; Waai vley
Ficinia zeyheri
585953
Hill and mountain slopes, rare. Waai vley, slopes beyong Simon's town
Ehrharta setacea
584381
Mountain plateaux, locally frequent. Lower plateau over Skeleton ravine; Waai vley.
