pdwhugo's Journal

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.